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News for 23 February, 2021
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India Ratings raises banking sector outlook to ‘stable’
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‘Growth momentum needs to be strengthened’
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Iran, IAEA reach deal on inspections
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Maldives Parliament debates defence deal with India
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China firm slams ‘third-party’ interference in Lanka project
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House panel asks ISRO to make landslip warning system
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NASA releases Mars landing video: ‘Stuff of our dreams’
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News for 22 February, 2021
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Ingenuity helicopter, strapped to NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, sends first status report
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‘Union govt. gradually managing fiscal deficit’
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China detains 3 bloggers for ‘insulting’ Galwan soldiers
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Iran says talks with IAEA chief ‘fruitful’
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UK urges Sec Council to push for pause in wars
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News for 21 February, 2021
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China’s Coast Guard law raises concern
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Ease path for businesses: Modi
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Officials have to walk extra mile to serve citizens: HC
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‘Privatisation will deprive poor of quota benefits’
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‘View India’s spending in context of stimulus’
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Wettest place on Earth sees decreasing trend in rainfall
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An estimate of WASH across healthcare facilities in India
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‘Something we’ve never seen’ – Mars rover beams back selfie from moment before landing
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News for 20 February, 2021
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New education policy key to self-reliant India: PM
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India, China complete Pangong Tso withdrawal
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‘New PSE policy envisages at most 4 strategic-sector firms’
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Indian IT workers to benefit from U.S. immigration bill
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Indian-American behind NASA rover’s Mars landing
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Iran renews call to US to lift all sanctions imposed by Trump
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NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars: Will search for signs of life, to collect rock samples
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News for 19 February, 2021
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Quad meet: India, U.S. call for rule of law in Myanmar
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Democrats set to unveil Biden’s immigration Bill
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Biometric authentication to benefit farmers: Centre
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NASA’s Perseverance rover to land on Mars today: 5 things you must know
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NASA rover Perseverance hurtles toward historic landing attempt on Mars
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NASA’s Perseverance rover makes historic landing on Mars
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News for 18 February, 2021
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Cabinet approves PLI plan for telecom
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India’s rating to hinge on lower fiscal deficit, debt: S&P
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Start-ups must create world-class products: PM
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China blocked Ma’s IPO over ‘political links’
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Iran says ready for talks with UN nuclear watchdog chief
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NASA’s Perseverance rover ready for a difficult landing on Mars’ Jezero crater
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News for 17 February, 2021
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Toolkit case: role of PJF under scanner
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‘Sedition law can’t be used to quell disquiet: court
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Sri Lanka considering India’s grant instead of China project
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Telcos ask government to defer net neutrality rules
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UAE’s Hope probe sends back its first image of Mars
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Earth to Voyager 2: After a year in the darkness, we can talk to you again
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The right MSP: What govt pays and what farmers say they deserve
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News for 16 February, 2021
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Toolkit case: two seek anticipatory bail
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Indians concerned about privacy, says CJI
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More fast-track courts under POCSO Act
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From clashes between troops on the LAC to disengagement
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Bangladesh authorities send more Rohingya to island
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States’ fiscal deficit to narrow to 4.3% of GDP in FY22: Ind-Ra
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IT revenue to grow to $194 bn in FY21: Nasscom
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NASA’s TESS discovers three hot planets orbiting a very young star
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News for 15 February, 2021
Important News for Today:
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PM hands over Arjun Mk-1A tank to Army
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‘Rock mass of landslide fell on frozen stream causing disaster’
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Fossils of ‘Dickinsonia’ found at Bhimbetka
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UAE’s Hope Probe sends home first image of Mars
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Scientists design rotation profile of the Sun based on century-old sunspot images
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News for 14 February, 2021
Important News for Today:
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‘Defence fund to tap Gross Revenue Receipts not tax revenue’
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Equirus Capital eyes double-digit growth
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PLA paper offers clues to China’s moves
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Almost 100% productivity in two weeks of Budget session
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IIT-M Ph.D. entry tough for students from marginalised communities
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Uttarakhand: Early warning system for glaciers needed
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