- World Obesity Day 2021: Obesity day is observed on 4 March each year. This day tries to crate awareness about obesity and how to prevent it.
- Puducherry Schools: The students from Class 1 to Class 12 will have classes as per school timings on all six days (Monday to Saturday) of the week.
- The Odisha Government decided to set up another six planetariums in the State. Currently, two planetariums are functioning in Bhubaneswar and Sambalpur.
- In continuation to National Testing Agency’s Public Notice dated February 2, 2021 regarding submission of online application form of UGC-NET December 2020 Cycle (May 2021) for Junior Research Fellowship and eligibility for Assistant Professor, the last date for submission of online application form has been extended from 02 March 2021 to 09 March 2021
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the most-watched personality on television in India last year, according to the annual TV viewership report for 2019-2020
- The proposed airport in Ayodhya will become functional early next year.
- Pakistan may allow cotton import from India through land route as prospects of gradual restoration of bilateral trade ties have brightened
- Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved an operation to capture or kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, according to a US intelligence report
- Indian-American policy expert Neera Tanden has withdrawn her nomination as his top White House budget official after she faced strong opposition from both Democratic and Republican senators for her past controversial posts on social media.
- The government has room to cut excise duty on petrol and diesel by up to Rs 8.5 per litre without impacting its target for revenue from the tax on the two fuels, analysts said
- The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and France will help in the development of technological know-how in the field of renewable energy and thereby aid the process of attaining the ambitious target of 450 GW of installed renewable energy capacity by 2030.
- Microsoft has warned its customers against a new sophisticated nation-state cyber attack origin from China
- Adani Ports to acquire minority stake in Andhra's Gangavaram Port
- India will commemorate 'Chabahar Day' on March 4 on the margins of the Maritime India Summit-2021 which is being held from March 2 to 4.
- Top court imposes a fine of Rs 50,000 on petitioners for filing a frivolous PIL; Farooq Abdullah was accused of sedition for his statement that for restoring Article 370 he would take help of China
- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has swept the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) by-polls by winning four out of the five wards where election was held.
- The closure of over 15 lakh schools due to the pandemic and lockdowns in 2020 impacted 24.7 crore children enrolled in elementary and secondary schools in India, a Unicef report has found.
- India's first auction of telecom spectrum in five years ended on Tuesday with Rs 77,814.80 crore of airwaves being bought, mostly by billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio.
- Maharashtra reported 9,855 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the tally of infections in the state to 21,79,185, a health department official said. While the state recorded more than 9,000 cases after a long time, the death toll rose to 52,280 with 42 fresh fatalities, he said.
- The use of the prime minister’s photograph in such hoardings violates the Model Code of Conduct (MCC), the official of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said.
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