- 1.US Secretary of State warns China not to repeat its ‘irresponsible act’ of sending a spy balloon into American airspace.
- 2.The Tamil Nadu government has moved the Supreme Court challenging the validity of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Examination (NEET) for admissions in medical courses in colleges across the nation, alleging that the single window common test is violative of the principle of federalism.
- 3.Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday assured the people of Padampur Assembly constituency that Padampur subdivision will be made a separate district within a year. Patnaik assured this to the people while addressing public meetings at Padampur, Paikamal and Jharbandha.
- 4.From new academic year, students of the central universities can pursue two courses together. After the central universities accepted this proposal, students studying in their facilities will be able to perform studies for other course simultaneously.
- 5.India has witnessed a fast resurgence in organ transplant activities post COVID19 and, for the first time, achieved more than 15,000 transplants a year in 2022, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said Sunday.
- 6.India’s largest gas firm GAIL is imitating billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd in planning to import ethane from the US to replace natural gas and naphtha as feedstock at its petrochemical plants.
- 7.The government is likely to put on sale six mineral blocks, including four iron ore mines, in the current month. The move would give a boost to mining sector’s contribution to the country’s gross domestic product. The four iron ore blocks, situated in Chhattisgarh, are likely to be auctioned Tuesday, according to the mines ministry.
- 8.The Transport department has cautioned bike taxis against running on the roads of Delhi, warning that it was a violation of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, that would make aggregators liable for a fine of ₹ 1 lakh.
- 9.The new flight, AI 657, would depart from Mumbai at 5.40 AM and reach Thiruvananthapuram at 7.55 AM, Thiruvananthapuram International Airport Ltd said.
- 10.The Gujarat government-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) has found in its preliminary probe that corrosion on nearly half of the wires on a cable led to the collapse of the Morbi bridge.
- 11.Brigadier BD Mishra (Retd) on Sunday was sworn in as the new lieutenant governor (LG) of Ladakh.
- 12.Facebook and Instagram's parent company Meta has launched a new product called 'Meta Verified'. It's a subscription service that lets users verify their accounts with a government ID, get a blue badge and get extra impersonation protection against accounts claiming to be them.
- 13.More than 46,000 people have been killed in the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria and the toll is expected to soar, with some 345,000 apartments in Turkey now known to have been destroyed, and many still missing.
- 14.Popular Tamil comic actor R Mayilsamy passed away on Sunday early morning, February 19. He was 57.
- 15.World’s highest weather station rebuilt on Mount Everest.
- 16.Assam government has started Bal Panchayats, involving village-level meetings, to create awareness among citizens against child marriages. CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said the initiative was officially launched in Cachar on Sunday.
- 17.Karnataka's Lingayat leader HD Thammaiah quit the BJP and joined Congress in the presence of KPCC President DK Shivakumar on Sunday.
- 18.Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann to inaugurate a 225-MLD sewage treatment plant (STP) in Jamalpur, Ludhiana.
- 19.The Indian Navy will soon deploy homegrown firefighting robots on its largest warships, including the aircraft carriers INS Vikrant and INS Vikramaditya.
- 20.India and US are looking to explore cooperation in the civil nuclear energy sector after failing to move forward since inking an agreement over 14 years ago.
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