1. The e-NAM platform has expanded to boost agricultural trade with the addition of 10 new commodities and their tradable parameters. These commodities include dried tulsi leaves, besan, dragon fruit, and wheat flour.
2. The Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari today said eight National High-Speed Corridors of over two thousand four hundred kilometres in length have been operationalised in the country under the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan.
3. The eighth edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha, the interaction program, will be held in a new format this season, spanning eight episodes. The program is scheduled to be held on the 10th of this month at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.
4. Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has approved the establishment of a sex sorting laboratory at the “Sperm Production Centre” in Hisar to Boost Cattle Breeding. It is being set up through the National Dairy Development Board, will employ the country’s Developed Bovine Sex Sorted Semen Production Technology.
5. Janjatiya Yuva Kumbh was organised at Mahakumbh Mela in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj today under the Janjati Sanskritik Samagam. More than eight thousand tribal youths from across the country participated in the Yuva Kumbh.
6. India will launch the Chandrayaan-4 mission to bring back samples of moon rocks to the Earth in 2027, Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said.
7. The Council for Leather Exports (CLE) will organise the Delhi International Leather Expo (DILEX) 2025 on the 20th and 21st of this month in New Delhi. DILEX is a B2B event designed to provide a platform for manufacturers and exporters to showcase their latest collections, innovations, and capabilities to international buyers seeking viable sourcing alternatives.
8. The Indian Space Research OrganisationAero India 2025, Asia's premier aerospace and defence exhibition, will take place in Bengaluru from February 10–14 at the Air Force Station Yelahanka (ISRO) has introduced the latest version of its structural analysis software, Finite Element Analysis of Structures (FEAST) 2025, at the 8th National Finite Element Developers’/FEAST Users’ Meet (NAFED08) held at IIT Hyderabad. The event, organized in collaboration with Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC).
9. Manipur Police arrested four militants belonging to three proscribed outfits from Imphal East, Imphal West and Bishnupur districts.
10. A road-cum-metro corridor – similar to the 5-km double-decker project on south Bengaluru's Ragigudda-Silk Board stretch – has been proposed along the western part of the outer ring road (ORR) between J P Nagar and Hebbal. Stretching a total length of 32.15 km, this will also be the longest flyover in Bengaluru.
11. The labour ministry plans to seek Cabinet approval for a pension scheme for one crore gig workers associated with online platforms. This scheme will ensure social security contributions from their income per transaction and provide healthcare under PM Jan Arogya Yojana. The e-Shram portal will facilitate worker registration.
12. Maharashtra will establish India's first AI university to advance education, research, and innovation. A task force of experts from academia, industry, and government will oversee its planning. The university aims to drive AI development, boost innovation, enhance skills.
13. The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday reviewed voting for the Delhi Assembly polls and asserted to win around 50 seats. The review meeting was held at the Delhi BJP office here for feedback from the candidates, their election agents and district presidents.
14. The Kerala government has recently approved the Kerala Health System Improvement Programme, supported by a Rs 2,424.28 crore loan from the World Bank. This initiative aims to elevate healthcare standards across the state.
15. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast thunderstorms accompanied by lightning at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and Meghalaya.
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LEGAL REPORT
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1. An actor-turned- politician Shatrughan Sinha has supported a nation-wide ban on non-vegetarian food. Uttarakhand has implemented a UCC (Uniform Civil Code) on January 27 and is the first state to do so. This implementation is in order to establish single set of laws for all religious communities that covers matters like marriage, divorce, inheritance, and adoption.
2. The Supreme Court on Thursday granted interim police protection to the officials of Discovery Communications India on a plea alleging threats by followers of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu following the release of the documentary series Cult of Fear: Asaram Bapu.
3. The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Commission of Air Quality Management (CAQM) in the National Capital Region (NCR) and Adjoining Areas to hold a meeting with the governments of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the proposed action plans to tackle stubble burning.
4. DeepSeek, a Chinese AI application, has recently faced scrutiny due to privacy and security concerns. Various governments have issued bans on its use, particularly within official capacities. The Finance Ministry of India has advised its employees against using AI tools like DeepSeek and ChatGPT, citing risks to sensitive government data. This advisory comes at a time when India plans to develop its own AI models to compete globally.
5. The National Council of Assessment and Accreditation (NAAC) has debarred seven members of its inspection committee, who were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) last week for bribery and favourable ratings, from further visits to colleges and universities for evaluation and the Council is probing their past one-year visits.
6. Telangana Disciplinary Action Committee of TPCC has issued a show cause notice to party Chintapandu Naveen who is popularly known as Teenmaar Mallanna. He was seen a few days ago burning the socio-economic caste survey report calling it as bogus. He had also drawn the ire of Reddy community for his some objectionable remarks.
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Maharashtra reported three new suspected cases of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS). According to the state’s public health department, a total of 173 suspected patients have been detected to date, out of which 140 patients have been confirmed to be suffering from GBS. While 72 of these patients have recovered, 55 patients are currently in ICU while 21 are on ventilator support.
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FINANCE
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💰 USD ₹ 87 (Approx)
💷 GBP ₹108(Approx)
€ Euro : ₹ 90(Approx)
🇨🇳 Yuan ¥ : ₹ 12
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BSE SENSEX
78,058.16 −213.12 (0.27%) 🔻
NIFTY
*23,603.35 −92.95 (0.39%)🔻
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Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai
GOLD : ₹ 85,200/ 10gm (24 krt)
SILVER : ₹ 98,400/KG
1. Newly appointed RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra, who is chairing his first Monetary Policy Committee (MPCC) meeting, will announce the decision of the six-member panel today.
2. The Odisha government has placed a demand of 12.59 lakh crore rupees before the 16th Finance Commission. The demands have been placed before the Commission team led by its Chairman Aravind Panagariya at a meeting with Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi at Bhubaneswar.
3. Food and grocery delivery platform Zomato said on Thursday it will rename the company to "Eternal" and unveiled a new logo, a move that comes more than two years after it began using the new name internally.
3. The Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) attracted an investment proposal of over four lakh forty thousand crore rupees. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stated this during her concluding speech at the summit in Kolkata.
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
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1. The release of Jolly LLB 3, starring Akshay Kumar and Arshad Warsi, has been postponed to August 2025 from its original April 10 release date.
2. Colombo Hosts First Bharat Rang Mahotsav, Celebrating 25 Years of Theatre Excellence
Colombo marked a historic cultural milestone as it hosted the Bharat Rang Mahotsav (BRM) for the first time, celebrating 25 years of the world’s largest theatre festival. The inauguration took place at Tower Hall Theatre in Colombo.
Organised by India’s National School of Drama (NSD) and hosted by the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, in collaboration with the University of the Visual and Performing Arts.
3. The 10th edition of the Arunachal Film Festival began at TNZ Cinema in Itanagar today. The three-day film festival was inaugurated by Arunachal Pradesh’s Minister for Education, RD and Tourism, PD Sona.
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DEFENCE News
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1. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and US Secretary of Pete Hegseth reviewed the India-US defence cooperation spanning across multiple domains, including land, air, maritime, and space. During their phone conversation, Defence Minister Rajnath congratulated Mr. Hegseth for his appointment as the US Secretary of Defence.
2. The government on Thursday inked contracts worth more than Rs 10,000 crore with defence entities for the procurement of Area Denial Munition Type-1 and high-explosive rockets with an enhanced range for the Pinaka multiple launch rocket system, aiming to enhance the Indian Army’s firepower capabilities.
3. An Air Force fighter jet Mirage-2000 fighter aircraft of the IAF crashed in an agriculture field in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district on Thursday after developing a snag, a defence spokesperson said. Both pilots ejected safely and were being airlifted to Gwalior by a helicopter. The Indian Air Force has ordered an investigation into the incident.
4. The Indian Army is significantly enhancing its firepower with the induction of 70,000 AK-203 assault rifles as part of a landmark Indo-Russian defence deal. These rifles, produced under a technology transfer agreement, mark a critical step in modernizing the Army’s infantry weapons and phasing out the aging INSAS rifles.
5. Aero India 2025, Asia's premier aerospace and defence exhibition, will take place in Bengaluru from February 10–14 at the Air Force Station Yelahanka.
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✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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1. External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar and Greece Foreign Affairs Minister George Gerapetritis held a bilateral meeting in New Delhi. Both leaders expressed their views on a wide gamut of bilateral relationships.
2. External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar said the process of deportation of illegal immigrants in United States is a generally accepted principle in international relations, asserting that it is in the collective interest of the nations to encourage legal mobility and discourage illegal movement.
3. The 5th Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting between the Ministry of Defence of India and Spain was held in New Delhi.
4. Bangladesh on Thursday lodged a formal protest with India over ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s activities during her stay in India, which Dhaka considers provocative.
5. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Expo City Dubai. The agreement, formalised during the Cities in Action Forum 2025, aims to facilitate Indian participation in the upcoming Asia Pacific Cities Summit (APCS) and Mayor’s Forum scheduled to be held in October this year.
6. Eighteen Indian nationals remain in the Russian armed forces, of whom 16 have been "reported as missing" by the Russian side, the government informed Parliament on Thursday.
7. The ongoing Nepal-Bharat Rang Mahotsav is a delight for theatre lovers in Kathmandu Valley. The Rang Mahotsav features six plays that started on 5 February and will run until 12 February 2025 at the Nepal Cultural Corporation Auditorium in Jamal. It is jointly organised by India and Nepal and was inaugurated by the Minister for Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation of Nepal, Badri Prasad Pandey.
8. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is expected to meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during Modi's visit to the United States from February 12 to 14, 2025, at the invitation of President Donald Trump.
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🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
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1. US military-contracted plane crashed in a rice field in the southern Philippines yesterday, killing all four people onboard. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines confirmed the crash of a light plane in Maguindanao del Sur province.
2. In Nigeria, at least 17 children were killed in a fire that erupted in an Islamic school in the northwestern part of the country. The country’s emergency response agency said about 100 children were at the school when the fire broke out in the Kaura Namoda district of Zamfara state.
3. In the United States, the two most recent largest wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles County are estimated to have caused total property and capital losses of as much as 164 billion dollars.
4. The Australian Parliament passed tough anti-hate crime laws, including mandatory minimum sentences for terror offences and displaying hate symbols, in a bid to tackle a recent surge in antisemitism. The laws will impose minimum jail sentences of 12 months for less serious hate crimes, such as giving a Nazi salute in public, and up to six years for those found guilty of terrorism offences.
5. In Bangladesh, the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in the capital Dhaka was demolished with bulldozers by a raging crowd last night amid the presence of law enforcers. The museum, Dhanmondi 32, was the personal residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding president of Bangladesh and father of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
6. The US Post Service (USPS) backtracked on a decision to suspend incoming parcels from China and Hong Kong, after fears of major trade disruptions.
7. United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order into law keeping men out of women’s sports and also prohibiting transgender women and girls from competing in women’s sports. The order has directed agencies to withdraw federal funding for any schools that refused to comply.
8. Palestinian leaders, along with regional leaders from countries such as Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, have rejected US President Donald Trump’s recent proposal to have the United States “take over” the Gaza Strip, calling it a violation of Palestinian rights and international law.
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🚣🚴🏇🏊 SPORTS
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38TH NATIONAL GAMES in Uttarakhand,
(a) Four-time Olympian archer Tarundeep Rai from Sikkim won the Bronze Medal in the Men’s Recurve event. Juel Sarkar from West Bengal clinched the Gold while Indira Chand from Services Sports Control clinched the Silver medal.
(b) Niraj Kumar from Services clinched the gold medal in the 50m Rifle Three Positions (Men) event. Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar from Madhya Pradesh secured the silver, while Swapnil Suresh Kusale from Maharashtra bagged the bronze.
(c) Sikkim Olympic Association (SOA) congratulated ace archer Tarundeep Rai on winning the bronze in archery.
(c) In the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event, Haryana’s Suruchi and Pramod struck gold.
(d) Medal tally, Karnataka leads with 29 gold medals, followed closely by Services with 28 gold medals.
2. India vs England
1st ODI in Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur, Maharashtra
India won by 4 wkts
ENG: 248(47.4)
IND : 251/6(38.4)
Shubman Gill (87), Shreyas Iyer (59) and Axar Patel (52) have chipped in with half-centuries in the chase on Thursday chasing 249 runs.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Shubman Gill
The Indian team will play their second match against England in Cuttack on Sunday. The third and final ODI will be played in Ahmedabad on the 12th of this month.
3. Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, along with his family members, called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The President and Mr. Tendulkar also took a round of Amrit Udyan.
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🇮🇳 FACTS ABOUT BHARAT 🇮🇳
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Mumbai (formerly called Bombay) is a densely populated city on India’s west coast. A financial center, it's India's largest city. On the Mumbai Harbour waterfront stands the iconic Gateway of India stone arch, built by the British Raj in 1924. Offshore, nearby Elephanta Island holds ancient cave temples dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. The city's also famous as the heart of the Bollywood film industry.
In the mid-1990s, Shiv Sena, the Hindu nationalist party in power in Bombay, decided to change the city's name to Mumbai, a name often used in local languages that derives from Mumba Devi, the patron Hindu goddess of the island's original residents, the Koli fishermen.
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😀 Thought of the day 😀
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😉 *JOKE OF THE DAY 😜
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Chintu's , after a deep thought: 😳🙄🤔Kuchh bhi ho jaye, shaadi to main tujhse hi karunga!
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😳WHY❓❓❓
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Why in India, Fuel price is different in various states: Prices is calculated like this:
Crude Oil (Indian Basket) + Refining Cost + Central Excise Duty + Dealer's Commision + VAT (collected by State Government) = Petrol Price (in your city)
Refining Cost = ₹5.93
Central Excise Duty = ₹19.48
Dealer's Commision = ₹3.62
*till here the price is now fixed before entering into state
i.e. Total = ₹61.42
1 — VAT (eg Delhi is 27%) = ₹61.42 × 0.27 = ₹16.58
Pollution Cess = ₹0.25
Then Petrol Price in Delhi becomes = ₹78.25/L
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LEARN Sanskrit🙏🏻
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वयं गच्छामः We go
ते गच्छन्ति They go
सा गच्छति She goes
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🤔 HOW IT WORKS ⁉ =================
How does matchbook work 🔥
When the matchstick is rubbed against the side of the match box, some of the red phosphorus is converted into white phosphorus; this immediately reacts with potassium chlorate in the matchstick head to produce enough heat to ignite antimony trisulphide and starts the combustion of matchstick.
In 1826 John Walker of England invented the first friction matches. Walker's matches were ignited by drawing the heads through a folded piece of paper coated with ground glass. He began selling them in 1827, but they were difficult to light and were not a success. Again In 1831, Charles Sauria of France developed a match that used white phosphorus.
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GK TODAY
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Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, measuring just 0.2 square miles. With an area of 49 hectares (121 acres) and a population of about 801.
All citizens of Vatican City are Roman Catholic. The only people allowed to live in the Vatican City are clergy (religious people) and the Swiss Guards who are the Police force of the country. Over 2,400 other people work in the country but they travel in each day from Italy.
=================BORN TODAY 🐣💐=================Ramabai Bhimrao Ambedkar (7 February 1898 - 27 May 1935); also known as Ramai was the first wife of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, who said her support was instrumental in helping him pursue his higher education and his true potential.
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ANTONYM Approached × Receded / DepartedSYNONYMS Glad : Happy=================🛕 VEDIK GYAN
(kindly inform, if given info is vary from actual facts🙏🏻) =================
RATHA SAPTAMI , also known as Surya Jayanti is celebrated on the seventh day of Magha, Shukla Paksha. It is believed that Lord Surya showered his blessings and brightened the world on Ratha Saptami day.
Ratha Saptami is symbolic of the change of season to spring and the start of the harvesting season. For most Indian farmers, it is an auspicious beginning of the New Year. The festival is observed by all Hindus in their houses and in innumerable temples dedicated to Surya, across India.
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🧬 HEALTH CARE: HOME REMEDIES🩺
( Note : These home tips followed in villages/ancient traditions, it is up to you to use it or not🙏🏻) =================
Fenugreek seeds / Methi
A. Swallow a teaspoon of fenugreek seeds (without chewing) with water for immediate relief of loose motions
B. Soaked fenugreek seeds help keep acidity away, which in turn also promotes good digestion.
C. The most commonly claimed fenugreek benefits are milk production in new mothers, blood sugar levels, testosterone and male libido, and treating inflammation
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