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February 23, 2021

News for 23 February, 2021

Important News for Today:

India Ratings raises banking sector outlook to ‘stable’
[Important for: Economy, Business, Essay]
‘Growth momentum needs to be strengthened’
[Important for: Economy, Business, Essay]
Iran, IAEA reach deal on inspections
[Important for: IP, IR, Essay]
Maldives Parliament debates defence deal with India
[Important for: IP, IR, Essay]
China firm slams ‘third-party’ interference in Lanka project
[Important for: IP, IR, Essay]
House panel asks ISRO to make landslip warning system
[Important for: Science & Tech., Essay]
NASA releases Mars landing video: ‘Stuff of our dreams’
[Important for: Science & Tech., Essay]

February 22, 2021

News for 22 February, 2021

Important News for Today:

Ingenuity helicopter, strapped to NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, sends first status report
[Important for: Science & Tech., Essay]
‘Union govt. gradually managing fiscal deficit’
[Important for: Polity, Essay]
China detains 3 bloggers for ‘insulting’ Galwan soldiers
[Important for: IP, IR, Essay]
Iran says talks with IAEA chief ‘fruitful’
[Important for: IP, IR, Essay]
UK urges Sec Council to push for pause in wars
[Important for: IP, IR, Essay]

February 22, 2021

News for 21 February, 2021

Important News for Today:

China’s Coast Guard law raises concern
[Important for: IP, IR, Essay]
Ease path for businesses: Modi
[Important for: Polity, Essay]
Officials have to walk extra mile to serve citizens: HC
[Important for: Polity, Essay]
‘Privatisation will deprive poor of quota benefits’
[Important for: Polity, Essay]
‘View India’s spending in context of stimulus’
[Important for: Economy, Business, Essay]
Wettest place on Earth sees decreasing trend in rainfall
[Important for: Environment & Ecology, Essay]
An estimate of WASH across healthcare facilities in India
[Important for: Polity, Essay]
‘Something we’ve never seen’ – Mars rover beams back selfie from moment before landing
[Important for: Science & Tech., Essay]

February 20, 2021

News for 20 February, 2021

Important News for Today:

New education policy key to self-reliant India: PM
[Important for: Polity, Essay]
India, China complete Pangong Tso withdrawal
[Important for: IP, IR, Essay]
‘New PSE policy envisages at most 4 strategic-sector firms’
[Important for: Polity, Essay]
Indian IT workers to benefit from U.S. immigration bill
[Important for: IP, IR, Essay]
Indian-American behind NASA rover’s Mars landing
[Important for: IP, IR, Essay]
Iran renews call to US to lift all sanctions imposed by Trump
[Important for: IP, IR, Essay]
NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars: Will search for signs of life, to collect rock samples
[Important for: Science & Tech., Essay]

February 19, 2021

News for 19 February, 2021

Important News for Today:

Quad meet: India, U.S. call for rule of law in Myanmar
[Important for: IP, IR, Essay]
Democrats set to unveil Biden’s immigration Bill
[Important for: IP, IR, Essay]
Biometric authentication to benefit farmers: Centre
[Important for: Polity, Essay]
NASA’s Perseverance rover to land on Mars today: 5 things you must know
[Important for: Science & Tech., Essay]
NASA rover Perseverance hurtles toward historic landing attempt on Mars
[Important for: Science & Tech., Essay]
NASA’s Perseverance rover makes historic landing on Mars
[Important for: Science & Tech., Essay]

February 18, 2021

News for 18 February, 2021

Important News for Today:

Cabinet approves PLI plan for telecom
[Important for: Polity, Essay]
India’s rating to hinge on lower fiscal deficit, debt: S&P
[Important for: Polity, Economy, Business]
Start-ups must create world-class products: PM
[Important for: Polity, Economy, Business]
China blocked Ma’s IPO over ‘political links’
[Important for: IP, IR, Essay]
Iran says ready for talks with UN nuclear watchdog chief
[Important for: IP, IR, Essay]
NASA’s Perseverance rover ready for a difficult landing on Mars’ Jezero crater
[Important for: Science & Tech., Essay]

February 17, 2021

News for 17 February, 2021

Important News for Today:

Toolkit case: role of PJF under scanner
[Important for: Polity, Essay]
‘Sedition law can’t be used to quell disquiet: court
[Important for: Polity, Essay]
Sri Lanka considering India’s grant instead of China project
[Important for: IP, IR, Essay]
Telcos ask government to defer net neutrality rules
[Important for: Polity, Essay]
UAE’s Hope probe sends back its first image of Mars
[Important for: Science & Tech., Essay]
Earth to Voyager 2: After a year in the darkness, we can talk to you again
[Important for: Science & Tech., Essay]
The right MSP: What govt pays and what farmers say they deserve
[Important for: Polity, Essay]

February 16, 2021

News for 16 February, 2021

Important News for Today:

Toolkit case: two seek anticipatory bail
[Important for: Polity, Essay]
Indians concerned about privacy, says CJI
[Important for: Polity, Essay]
More fast-track courts under POCSO Act
[Important for: Polity, Essay]
From clashes between troops on the LAC to disengagement
[Important for: IP, IR, Essay]
Bangladesh authorities send more Rohingya to island
[Important for: IP, IR, Essay]
States’ fiscal deficit to narrow to 4.3% of GDP in FY22: Ind-Ra
[Important for: Polity, Economy, Essay]
IT revenue to grow to $194 bn in FY21: Nasscom
[Important for: Polity, Economy, Essay]
NASA’s TESS discovers three hot planets orbiting a very young star
[Important for: Science & Tech., Essay]

February 15, 2021

News for 15 February, 2021

Important News for Today:

PM hands over Arjun Mk-1A tank to Army
[Important for: Polity, Defence, Essay]
‘Rock mass of landslide fell on frozen stream causing disaster’
[Important for: Environment & Ecology, Essay]
Fossils of ‘Dickinsonia’ found at Bhimbetka
[Important for: History, Archaeology, Essay]
UAE’s Hope Probe sends home first image of Mars
[Important for: Science & Tech., Essay]
Scientists design rotation profile of the Sun based on century-old sunspot images
[Important for: Science & Tech., Essay]

February 14, 2021

News for 14 February, 2021

Important News for Today:

‘Defence fund to tap Gross Revenue Receipts not tax revenue’
[Important for: Polity, Economy, Essay]
Equirus Capital eyes double-digit growth
[Important for: Polity, Economy, Essay]
PLA paper offers clues to China’s moves
[Important for: IP, IR, Essay]
Almost 100% productivity in two weeks of Budget session
[Important for: Polity, Economy, Essay]
IIT-M Ph.D. entry tough for students from marginalised communities
[Important for: Polity, Essay]
Uttarakhand: Early warning system for glaciers needed
[Important for: Environment & Ecology, Essay]