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Meenakshi temple to ban mobile phones from March 3 over security.

• The ban on devotees carrying mobile phones inside the famous Goddess Meenakshi Amman temple in Madurai will come into effect from March 3.
• A release from the temple administration said the ban was being enforced in line with the recent order of the Madras High Court’s.
• The order was issued on a PIL seeking to direct the central and state governments to frame guidelines and safety and security code.

India, Nepal to hold the joint exercise in Pithoragarh.

• India and Nepal would hold a joint exercise in Uttarakhand that will include training on jungle warfare, anti-terrorism combat.
• Nepal’s newly-appointed defence minister Ishwor Pokharel after assuming office on Monday signed an agreement to launch Surya Kiran Nepal – India Military Joint Exercise.
• Last year, the 12th edition of Surya Kiran Military exercise was held in Kathmandu.

Foodgrain production may touch record 277 mn tonnes.

• India’s overall foodgrain production may touch a record of 277.49 million tonnes in the 2017-18 crop year.
• The option of extending the government’s guarantee to banks and lending agencies to ensure that state agencies do not face fund crunch.
• Though the year is expected to report the decline in production of wheat and oilseeds as compared to previous year.

India, Pakistan trade heavy fire on LoC.

• Heavy firing exchanges started on Tuesday between Indian and Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Rajouri districts.
• The Pakistani Army targeted defence and civilian facilities in Poonch’s Bhimber Gali sector and in Rajouri’s Balakote.
• The Pakistani troops used small arms, automatics and mortars. Our positions effectively and strongly retaliated.

Congress wins majority seats in Ludhiana Municipal Corporation elections.

• The Congress party on Tuesday swept the Municipal Corporation elections by bagging 62 out of 95 seats.
• The BJP managed 10 seats, it’s alliance partner Shiromani Akali Dal 10, Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) 7, Independent candidates 6 seats and one seat was won by Aam Aadmi Party.

Tata Steel to host 179th founder’s day celebration.

• Tata Steel’s 179th founder’s day celebration, which is held to commemorate the birth anniversary of Tata Steel founder Jamshetji Nusserwanji Tata, will be held on March 3.
• Where chairman of ThyssenKrupp Steel Henrich Hessinger will be the special guest of the event.
• A nine-member delegation from ThyssenKrupp Steel comprising of top executives will accompany Hessinger to the function.

International Affairs

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Nawaz Sharif becomes lifetime leader of PML-N.

• The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) appointed the party’s ousted president Nawaz Sharif as
• The younger Sharif was elected unopposed. He is currently chief minister of Pakistan’s most populated province, Punjab Quaid (leader) for a lifetime.

China developing 400 kmph bullet train.

• China is developing new bullet trains with a speed up to 400 kmph besides researching on the next generation magnetic-levitation train with a top speed of 600 kmph.
• The maximum speed of China’s bullet trains increased to 350 kmph when the Fuxing (Rejuvenation) bullet trains started operation between Beijing and Shanghai on September 21, 2017.
• China started to run its first 350-kmph high-speed train between Beijing and Tianjin in August 2008.

Business News

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Google integrates its mobile payment app with SBI.

• Global search engine giant Google today integrated its mobile payment app, Tez with the nation’s largest lender State Bank.
• Under which its customers can create an SBI UPI Id–@oksbi and get access to exclusive SBI offers.
• SBI and Google’s will work towards a wider adoption of digital payments and focus on building unique propositions.

Airtel, Google to launch Android Go phones in India.

• Bharti Airtel on Tuesday announced a partnership with Google to launch low-cost Android Oreo (Go edition) smartphones in India.
• Airtel will be launching these products under its ‘Mera Pehla Smartphone’ programme where it subsidises the price of 4G VoLTE handsets.
• Google had, in December last year, unveiled the Android Oreo Go edition for smartphones with 1GB RAM or less.

Reliance Jio ties up with Cisco to deploy multi-access edge computing.

• Networking giant Cisco and Reliance Jio on Tuesday announced a partnership to utilise multi-access edge computing.
• The two companies will work together on optimising and enhancing video experience over the network by developing a mobile content delivery network.
• The companies demonstrated the concept at the Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona, Spain.

Agreement Affairs

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Cipla partners with Roche India to sell key drugs.

• Cipla and Roche India jointly announced that they have entered into an agreement.
• Under which Cipla will promote and distribute key medicines – tocilizumab (Actemra) and Syndyma, the second brand of Roche’s cancer therapy.

Trump reaches deal $3.9 billion deal with Boeing on Air Force One planes.

• US President Donald Trump has reached an agreement with the Boeing Co to provide two Air Force One planes for $3.9 billion, the White House.
• President Trump has reached an informal deal with Boeing on a fixed-price contract for the new Air Force One Program.
• He said the contract will save taxpayers more than $1.4 billion, but those savings could not be independently confirmed.

Appointment Updates

PNB appoints A K Pradhan as Group Chief Risk Officer.

• Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Tuesday appointed its general manager A K Pradhan as the Group Chief Risk Officer.
• The exchange is hereby informed that A K Pradhan, General Manager, has been appointed as Group Chief Risk Officer.
• The state-owned lender, however, did not disclose the functions and responsibilities of the Group Chief Risk Officer.

Resignations  and Retirements News

Karnataka’s Sreenath Aravind retires from first-class cricket.

• Karnataka left-arm seamer Sreenath Aravind announced his retirement from first-class cricket.
• In his 10 year career, he played 56 first-class games taking 186 wickets including two five-fors.
• Often on slow tracks, he would bowl his slow left-arm spinners. He also had 103 T20 wickets from 84 games.

Sports Updates

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R Ashwin named India A captain in Deodhar Trophy.

• Senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is named him captain of the India ‘A’ team for the Deodhar Trophy.
• Shreyas Iyer is the captain of India ‘B’ team while the third team in the tournament are Vijay Hazare Champions Karnataka led by Karun Nair.
• Among the victorious U-19 World Cup team, Shubman Gill and Prithvi Shaw have been included in the India A side.

Roger Federer becomes the most decorated Laureus award winner.

• Tennis legend Roger Federer became the most decorated winner in the history of Laureus World Sports Awards.
•  He won twin honours, his sixth, which includes the Sportsman and Comeback titles at the 18th edition of the prestigious awards ceremony.
• Federer waved off tough competition from the likes of Rafael Nadal and Cristiano Ronaldo to bag the honours.
• Serena, who gave birth to her first child last year, is now the most decorated female Laureus Award winner with five Laureus statuettes.

Karnataka beat Saurashtra to win Vijay Hazare Trophy.

• Karnataka beat Saurashtra by 41 runs in Vijay Hazare Trophy final.
• This is Karnataka’s first domestic trophy of the season after having lost out on the Ranji Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
• Off-spinner Makvana bagged four wickets for 34 but India’s T20 player Unadkat went wicketless.

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