[CA] Daily News [Feb 25, 2018]

Around INDIA

# 7th edition of Youth Festival (Feb 22 - 27, 2018) began at New Delhi with the theme "Let Love Live"

- This is different from National Youth Festival (which was observed on Jan)

# NITI Aayog announced that, Nandan Nilekani will assist the government in developing IT infrastructure for NHPS (National Health Protection Scheme)

- NHPS aims to offer medical cover for up to Rs. 5 lakh to more than 10 crore poor families

- This will cover up to 40% of India's population

# A literary meet named "Samvaad" was held with participation from writers and poets from Manipur, Nagaland and other North Eastern States under Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav

# NHRC (National Human Rights Commission), India has retained its "A" status of accreditation with GANHRI (Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions) for the fourth consecutive term of five years

# CJI has constituted a five-judge bench (CJI Dipak Misra and Justices A. K. Sikri, A. M. Khanwilkar, D. . Chandrchud and Ashok Bhushan) to settle dispute over conflicting verdicts

TAMIL NADU

# Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi launched the Amma Two Wheeler Scheme on Feb 24, 2018 (commemorate the former Chief Minister, Ms. J. Jayalalithaa's 70th birth anniversary)

# Government to plant 70 lakh plants across the State

# Indian Express launched a photo book on former Chief Minister, Ms. J. Jayalalithaa named “Jaya”

STATES SCAN

# Daman & Diu: Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi launched the Pawan Hans Helicopter service between Diu and Daman

- Diu and Daman are separated by Gulf of Khambhat and it takes 16 hours to commute between these two places by road. The chopper service will reduce the commute time to an hour

- Prime Minister also launched Ahmedabad - Diu flight service under UDAN scheme (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik - let the common citizen of the country fly)

# Haryana: Government to introduce recitation of Gayatri Mantra during the morning prayers in government schools in the State; Government has already introduced Bhagavad Giota verse in the school text book

# Maharashtra: Gharapuri islands that houses the magnificent UNESCO world heritage site Elephanta Caves got electricity after a gap of 70 years

# Jammu & Kashmir: Government constituted the State Council for Promotion of Urdu Language

- Urdu is official language of Jammu & Kashmir

# West Bengal: 15th edition of Vodafone Odeon Theatre Festival was started in Kolkata

BILATERAL ISSUES

# Indian International Textiles Expo (IITExpo) was held in Colombo

# 8th edition of India - Seychelles joint counter terrorism exercise named LAMITYE (means Friendship) held in Seychelles

ECONOMICS

# CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) summit 2018 held in Visakhapatnam

# RBI has instructed all banks to integrate SWIFT (Society for World Interbank Financial Telecommunication) System platform with its core banking solutions (CBS) by April 30, 2018

# Airtel and Huwaei have successfully conducted India's first 5G network trial in Gurugram

SPORTS

# Aruna Budda Reddy created history by becoming the first Indian gymnast to grab an individual medal (Bronze medal) at the Gymnastics World Cup in Melbourne

MISC

# Senior journalist Neelabh Mishra (National Herald newspaper) passed away