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*02 Mar (Wednesday)*  

*Shishir Ritu* Krishna पक्ष:: 

 *Month*: Phalguna 14, (Purnimata)/ Magha 29 (Amanta)

 *Purnimanta* calendar (Ujjain)

*Vikram Samvat* - 2078

 *Nakshatra* : Shatabhisha

Purva Bhadrapada

 *Titi*:  Amavasya (up to 11:04 pm) Pratipada

 *Rahu Kaal* : 12:39 PM – 02:06 PM ×××××××××××××××××××××××

*TODAYs TOP NEWS*

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1. Maha Shivratri is being celebrated across the country. Devotees worship Lord Shiva, the destroyer of evil, on this occasion. 

2. PM Modi chaired a high-level meeting on Ukraine issue in Delhi on Tuesday evening. This was the third such meeting convened by the Prime Minister. Union Minister Dr. S Jaishankar and Piyush Goyal, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, and NSA Ajit Doval were among those who attended the meeting.

3. 9th Operation Ganga flight reaches New Delhi from Bucharest

9th Operation Ganga flight reaches New Delhi from Bucharest

4. Government has invited applications for National Startup Awards 2022 across 17 sectors and 7 special categories. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade has launched the third edition of the National Startup Awards.

5. Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has said that about 8,600 Jan Aushadhi centres are running in India to provide affordable medicines to everyone.

6. Over 177 crore 70 lakh vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive.

 7. *ASSAM* govt has declared the entire state as a 'disturbed area' under AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act) for up to 6 months w.e.f 28 February 2022.

8. *DELHI* govt has given its approval to withdraw 17 cases, including one involving the violence on Republic Day last year, registered by the police here during the anti-farm law protests, a senior government officials said

9. *Jammu and Kashmir* Police on Tuesday arrested one terrorist associate from the Santnagar area of Srinagar.Ten magazines of AK-47 rifle and other ammunition have been recovered from him.Further investigation is underway. 

10. *KARNATAKA* CM Basavaraj Bommai has condoled the death of Karnataka based student Navin Gyangowdar in Ukraine due to shelling. He called the father Shekar Gowda over phone and expressed his grief over the death of his son Navin in war ravaged Ukraine.  21-year-old Naveen Shekharappa, a final year medical student was standing in a queue outside a grocery store when he was hit.

11. A case has been registered against the administrator of a Facebook page 'Mangalore Muslims' and another person who had posted against one of the three judges of the Karnataka High Court hearing the hijab case.

12. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday laid the foundation stones for 26 National Highway projects spread across 925 km worth Rs 12,795 crore in Karnataka in the presence of the state Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

13. *MAHARASHTRA* : A special court in Mumbai on Tuesday denied bail to dismissed policeman Riyazuddin Kazi, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for his alleged role in the Antilia bomb scare and Mansukh Hiran murder case.

14. A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court granted permission to the CBI to question Maharashtra’s former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in the corruption case at the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai. The court allowed CBI to carry electronic devices for recording Deshmukh's statement. Notably, Deshmukh is accused of corruption by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh.

15. *TAMIL NADU* : There is no willful disobedience of an order passed in 2015 with regard to implementation of Thamirabarani- Karumeniyar-Nambiar river linking project, the Madras High Court on Tuesday said and closed a contempt of court application filed in 2017 by the then DMK MLA P Appavu.

16. *TELANGANA* : State government will create 12 basic facilities in select government schools in Telangana under its “Mana Basti / Uru, Mana Badi” programme being implemented from the next academic year starting June.

17. The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) has launched ‘KCR as Prime Minister’ campaign in bordering villages of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh in the wake of its president and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao's recent decision to play a key role in national politics.

×××××× *FINANCE* ××××××

*USD 75.68*

💷 *GBP 101.53*

 *BSE Sensex* *56,247.28* 

*NIFTY* : *16,793.90*  

1. Prices of commercial liquified petroleum gas (LPG), which is used in hotels and other commercial establishments, were hiked by Rs 105 on Tuesday to its second-highest level, even as subsidised gas sold to households remained untouched.

2. Adani Group will acquire a minority stake in Quintillion Business Media (QBM) Private Limited as it ventures in the news industry. A joint statement by the two companies said their relationship "marks a strong beginning of Adani Group's foray into Indian media". The deal is only limited to QBM and not any other products of QBM's parent company Quint

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1. The Kerala High Court is likely to pronounce on Wednesday its verdict on Malayalam news channel MediaOne's appeal against a single judge order upholding the Centre's decision to stop its telecast by not renewing its licence.

2. Actress Shilpa Shetty on Tuesday unveiled the first poster of her upcoming film 'Sukhee'. In the first look, the actress can be seen holding various household items in her hands. "

3. Actor Ralph Ahn, who was best known for his role as Tran in TV series 'New Girl', has died at the age of 95. His career spanned over 65 years with credits such as 1950s shows 'Terry and the Pirates', '21 Beacon Street', among several others. "RIP. So much fun to work with," Ralph's former co-actor Jake Johnson said.

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1. The Assam government on Tuesday extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) for another six months with effect from February 28. An official statement said that the AFSPA was extended after reviewing the law and order situation in Assam in the past six months. The state has been declared a "disturbed area" for up to six months.

2. *AIR FORCE* : PM Modi instructed the Indian Air Force (IAF) to engage in evacuating the Indians stranded in Ukraine due to the Russian military offensive against it. The IAF is likely to deploy several C-17 aircraft as part of Operation Ganga.

3. *NAVY* :. MBDA's Sea Ceptor next-generation, ship-based, all-weather, air defence weapon systemEuropean weapon manufacturer MBDA plans to display a full-scale Meteor missile and missile systems at DefExpo 2022, scheduled to be held between March 10-13 at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

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✈ *INTERNATIONAL NEWS* ××××××××××××××××××××××××

1. 4th day of evacuation: Three evacuation flights by IndiGo, Air India Express bring back 616 Indians

2. 9th Operation Ganga flight has reached New Delhi from Bucharest, Romania. It was carrying 218 Indian nationals.

3. Seventh flight carrying 182 Indian nationals landed in Mumbai this morning. Union Minister Narayan Rane received them at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. More than 1,400 students have already been evacuated from war-hit Ukraine under Operation Ganga.

4. Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla informed on Tuesday that all Indians have been evacuated from Kyiv, the capital of war-hit Ukraine. He said the government estimated that 20,000 Indians are in Ukraine and of them, 12,000 have been evacuated. Of the remaining 40%, most are in Kharkiv. India will operate 26 flights over next three days for evacuation

5. An Indian student Naveen Shekharappa has lost his life in shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine on Tuesday morning. In a series of tweets, the External Affairs Ministry & PM Modi conveyed deepest condolences to the family.

6. Indian Embassy assures students evacuated from Ukraine that no visa required to exit Romania.

7. Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation General (Retd) VK Singh has reached Poland to oversee the evacuation efforts of Indian nationals stranded in Ukraine. After reaching there, he met a group of Indian students staying at a Gurudwara at Warsaw in Poland.

8. Pak senators demand provincial status for Gilgit Baltistan: India has clearly conveyed to Pakistan that the entire union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, including the areas of Gilgit and Baltistan, are an integral part of the country by virtue of its fully legal and irrevocable accession.

9. Pakistan has raised objections to the design of India's Kiru hydroelectric plant, which is a mega 624 MW project over the Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir.

 *Indus Waters Treaty Between India & Pakistan* :India and Pakistan signed the accord in 1960 brokered by the World Bank. The Treaty pertains to all the waters of the eastern Rivers - Sutlej, Beas, and Ravi, which amounts to around 33 million acre-feet (MAF) annually, being allocated to India for unimpeded usage. The waters of western Rivers - Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab, which amounts to 135 MAF annually, has been assigned largely to Pakistan.

According to the IWT, India is granted the right to generate hydroelectricity through run-of-the-river projects on the western rivers subject to criteria for design and operation. Indus Treaty grants Pakistan the right to raise objections on Indian design within 3 months of the receipt of the information. India supplied the information on this project to Pakistan in June last year.

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🌎 *WORLD NEWS* 🌍

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1. Ukrainian authorities said on Tuesday that more than 70 Ukrainian servicemen were killed by a Russian rocket attack and dozens of civilians have died in “barbaric” shelling, as a huge Russian military convoy approached the capital Kyiv.

2. France will offer €100 million in financial aid to Ukraine amid ongoing Russian military offensive, French Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. The aid, which comes in response to request by Ukraine, aims to relieve humanitarian crisis in country, ministry added. First shipment of 33 tonnes of aid, including sleeping bags and hygiene kits, was handed over to Ukraine on Monday.

3. The Russian forces on Tuesday attacked the main TV tower in Ukraine’s Kyiv, potentially disrupting its signal, said Ukrainian Interior Ministry adviser Anton Herashchenko. The attack reportedly claimed the lives of five people

4. China on Tuesday warned the United States that it will pay a 'heavy price' for its attempts to show support to Taiwan's independence as a delegation of ex-American defence officials dispatched by President Joe Biden landed in Taipei amid apprehensions that Beijing may attempt action against the self-ruled island akin to Russia's military assault in Ukraine.

5. Govt of Bangladesh signed two separate agreements with Asian Development Bank (ADB) for loans worth USD 292 million on Tuesday. The agreements were signed in Dhaka between Fatima Yasmin, Secretary, Economic Relations Division, and Edimon Ginting, Country Director, ADB.

6. Nepalese Parliament approved a $500 million U.S. government aid program Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) overcoming domestic political divisions and objections from China.

7. A Ship with 4,000 cars including Porsches sinks 2 weeks after catching fire mid-ocean. A burnt-out cargo ship carrying around 4,000 cars made by Volkswagen Group, including Lamborghinis, Porsches, Bentleys and Audis, sank on Tuesday off the Portuguese Azores archipelago. The ship sank nearly two weeks after it caught fire mid-ocean. "When the towing started...water started to come in...The ship lost its stability and sank," the captain of the nearest port said.

8. Norway bans Russian alcohol from shops over invasion of Ukraine.

9. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has asked his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi to use China's ties with Russia to stop the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. China is ready to make every effort to help end the war through diplomacy, Wang told Kuleba. China has strong trade links with Ukraine, according to Reuters.

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🚣🚴🏇🏊 *SPORTS* 

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1. On Mar 04, Friday

India vs Sri Lanka

1st Test at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali

09:30 IST / 04:00 GMT

2. BCCI allowed 50% crowd in the stadium for Virat Kohli's 100th Test match in Mohali, a fan wrote on Twitter, "Viratians rule everywhere. We've won in the end." Another fan tweeted, "So happy to hear." Earlier, it was decided that the match will be held behind closed doors, however, the BCCI changed its decision after receiving widespread criticism.

3. FIFA and UEFA have suspended Russian national teams and clubs from all international soccer competitions until further notice. The suspension, which comes after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, will likely leave the Russian team out of the upcoming World Cup in Qatar.

4. Adidas on Tuesday suspended its partnership with the Russian Football Union (RFU) with immediate effect due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Adidas has made the Russian national team kits for both the men's and women's teams since 2008.

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 *J&K*:  Capital

Srinagar (May–October)

Jammu (Nov-April)

 *Formation* : Union territory 31 Oct 2019

 *Lieutenant Governor* :

Manoj Sinha

 *CM* : ×××××

 *Districts* : 20

*🥇Gold ₹50,810 @10 gm 24 (Krt)*

🥈 *Silver ₹70,000@ Kg*

⛽ *Petrol ₹ 96.15* 

⛽ *Diesel ₹ 80.32* 

*LPG : ₹951/14.2 Kg*

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🇮🇳 *FACTS ABOUT INDIA* 🇮🇳

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 The Western Ghats, also known as Sahyadri, are a mountain range that covers an area of 140,000 square kilometres in a stretch of 1,600 kilometres parallel to the western coast of the Indian peninsula, traversing the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat.

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*😀Thought of the day*

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“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” =======================

*JOKE OF THE DAY*

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 *Boy* : I love you!

 *Girl* : तुम पागल हो क्या..

मैं शादी शुदा हूँ.. मेरा *पति* है, और

एक *boyfriend* भी है ऑफिस मे,

और मेरा *ex–boyfriend* मेरे पड़ोस मे रहता है,

और कल ही मेरे *boss* ने प्रपोज किया है

और मै उन्हे मना नही कर सकती..

और वैसे भी मेरा एक *school friend* के साथ सीरियस मैटर है..

 *Boy* : (काफ़ी देर देखने के बाद) देख ले कहीं अड्जस्ट होता हो तो! 😛

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*😳WHY❓❓❓*

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 *Why Jaipur called Pink City*

Bcoz of the color of the stone exclusively used for the construction of all the structures. Anyone who has witnessed the city can substantiate the fact that all the buildings of Jaipur are pink in color. The pink color has its own history. In 1876, the Prince of Wales and Queen Victoria visited India on a tour. Since pink denotes the color of hospitality, Maharaja Ram Singh of Jaipur painted the whole city pink in color to welcome the guests. The tradition has been sincerely followed by the residents who are now, by law, compelled to maintain the pink color.

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*LEARN Sanskrit*🙏🏻

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  *अन्न-दानं महा-दानं विद्या-दानम् अतः परम् ।* 

 *अन्नेन क्षणिका तृप्तिः यावत् जीवं च विद्यया ॥* 

anna-dānaṃ mahā-dānaṃ vidyā-dānam ataḥ param ।

annena kṣaṇikā tṛptiḥ yāvat jīvaṃ cha vidyayā ॥

Giving food to a person is a great deed, but giving vidyā (education) is even better. The satisfaction (obtained) from food is momentary, but that (obtained) from vidyā lasts a lifetime

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 *आलस्यं:* Late

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 🤔 *HOW IT WORKS* ⁉ =======================

 *A simple dynamo* is a device that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy. A coil made of conducting wire is positioned between the North and South poles of two permanent magnets. When the coil is stationary, no voltage is induced. But when the coil is rotated it experiences a changing magnetic field. This induces a voltage within the coil. For the first half of a rotation the left side of the coil swings by the North pole of the left magnet and for the second half of the rotation it swings by the South pole of the right magnet. As a result, for the first half the coil generates a voltage with one polarity (either positive or negative) and for the second half the voltage has the opposite polarity. This type of voltage − one that switches between positive and negative − is called alternating voltage.

 *Dynamo invented:* Michael Faraday

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💁🏻‍♂‍ *GK TODAY* 

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 *APEC* : Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation is an inter-governmental forum for 21 member economies in the Pacific Rim that ...

Headquarters: Queenstown, Singapore

Establishment: 1989

Chairperson: 

 Prayut Chan-o-cha (2022)

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 *BORN TODAY* 🐣💐

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 Jai Hemant "Tiger" Shroff (born 2 March 1990) is a Bollywood actor. The son of actor Jackie Shroff and producer Ayesha Dutt, he made his film debut in the 2014 action film Heropanti.

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 🙏🏻 *IDIOMS & PHRASES* 

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 Cut the mustard

Do a good job

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 *ANTONYM* 

 Fortunate-Unfortunate

 *SYNONYMS* 

  Imitate – Mimic

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🛕 *VEDIK GYAN* 

(kindly inform, if given info is vary from actual facts🙏🏻) =======================

 *Science behind Havan:*

Havan is a type of Yajna on a small scale in which fire is kindled, oblation offered and Vedic hymns recited. 

 The process of yagya magnifies the advantages of the desirable medicinal phytochemicals and other healthy nutritional substances. Medicines and herbs are vaporized by offering them into the sacrificial fire and enter the human body in a gaseous form through the nose, lungs and the pores of the skin.

Yajna is the contact medium for gods and to seek their blessings. There are many types of Yajna performed by Hindus for e.g.,

Rajsuya Yajna

Ashwamedha Yajna

Chaaturmasya Yajna

Vaajpey Yajna

Purushmedha Yajna

Sarvamedha Yajna

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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🙏🏻) =======================

 Natural/Ayurvedic Home Remedies for Wounds

Wounds have been described in Ayurveda as Vrana. Application of turmeric paste or even turmeric powder over the affected area provides help since turmeric is known to contain antibacterial principles.

A piece of raw turmeric (unpowdered) or alternatively, a teaspoonful of it boiled in a glass of milk taken internally offers relief from pain associated with wounds.

 *Note* : The recipes mentioned are for minor wounds. For serious wounds and if the healing is not proper consult your doctor immediately and take appropriate treatments

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*Regards*

*chhayakantanaik..*.✒️

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