International Affairs
Approximately 1.1 billion teenagers and young adults are at risk of hearing loss due to unsafe use of personal audio devices, including smartphones, and exposure to damaging levels of sound at nightclubs, bars and sporting events, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned.
The WHO also recommends that people should use personal audio devices for no more than one hour a day.
An Egyptian court declared Hamas a "terrorist organization", further isolating the blockaded rulers of the Gaza Strip once openly welcomed by the country's toppled Islamist-dominated government.
The move underlines Egypt's increasing hostility to Hamas, which the court blamed for violence in the country's restive Sinai Peninsula.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will be leaving for Sri Lanka on two day visit.
During this visit, Ms. Swaraj will call on Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and hold talks with Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera.
She is also expected to call on President Maithripala Sirisena.
Her visit will set the stage for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Sri Lanka (on 13th March 2015)
This will be the first bilateral visit to the country by an Indian premier in over 25 years.
During this visit, Modi is likely to travel to war-ravaged Jaffna in the Tamil-dominated Northern Province and Trincomalee in the Eastern Province.
He is scheduled to travel to Jaffna, Anuradhapura and Kandy during his stay in Sri Lanka.
Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is on four SAARC nations visit (SAARC Yatra) starting with Bhutan
Today he called on Bhutanese PM Tshering Tobgay and King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
National Affairs
Today is 25th Foundation Day of NASSCOM
NASSCOM - National Association of Software and Services Companies
Ending 49-days of Governor rule, PDP leader Mufti Mohammad Sayeed took over as new Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
BJP's Nirmal Singh sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister
Alongwith 24 ministers (13 from PDP and 11 from BJP), his cabinet marked the entry of BJP for the first time in the state government.
J&K Governor - N N Vohra
Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has launched a new front Hindustani Awam Morcha to counter Nitish Kumar's JDU.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved financial aid worth 426.83 crore rupees from the Prime Ministers National Relief Fund for flood affected people of Jammu and Kashmir.
This aid will benefit 1.87 lakh owners of houses damaged in the floods.
New Appointments
Kannan Ramesh, a 49-year-old Indian-origin lawyer has been appointed as a Judicial Commissioner to Singapore’s Supreme Court bench for two years.
Science & Technology
Myanmar has announced that it has found a rare, white elephant in the jungles of the western Ayeyarwaddy region.
White elephants, actually albinos, have for centuries been revered in Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and other Asian nations.
Sports
Roger Federer beats Novak Djokovic to win the Dubai Open Tennis tournament.
Former BCCI president and secretary Jagmohan Dalmia set to become BCCI President as he is the lone contender
The election to be held tomorrow
World Cup 2015
Pakistan register first victory in World Cup 2015 after beating Zimbabwe by 20 runs.
Sri Lanka thrash England by nine wickets.
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