India wants Israel to be mindful of civilian death
· Annual Munich Security Conference ( MSC ) started in Germany from February 16
· India’s external affairs minister S. jaishankar participated in a talk , which was also accompanied by US secretary of state Antony Blinken and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.
· S. Jaishankar talkin on Israel Hamas war Called Hamas’s attack as ‘ terrorism ‘ , he calls for return of hostages and a Gaza ‘relief corridor’.
· He also called for “ permanent “ and “ long term “ fix for Israel Palestinian issue . He reiterated India’s called for two state solution of Israel and Palestine issue .
· S Jaishankar also observed that Israel has obligation to observe humanitarian law .
· EAM said that Israel has an obligation to observe humanitarian law .“ It is very important that Israel should be , Israel should have been very mindful of civilian casualties “.
Urdu poet & Sanskrit Scholar gets Janpith
· Celebrated Urdu poet Guljar and Sanskrit scholar Rambhadracharya have been selected for 58 th Janpith Award ,
· It is country’s largest literary honour .
· Janapith Award – Is annually given for “outstanding contribution in literature“ prize amount of ₹11 lakh and a plaque of goddess Sarswati is given to the awardee .
· It is given to Indians only writting in Indian language and English . It is not given posthumously .
Greek PM to attend annual Raishina dialogue
· Greece PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis will travel to Delhi this week as the Chief guest of Raisina dialogue , while final schedule is yet to be announced .
· Raisina dialogue is being organized between Fabruary 21 to 23 in New Delhi .
· Deputy Foreign Ministers of many countries is expected to participate . Deputy Foreign Ministers of Many countries such as Latavia , Romania. Estonia , Serbia and the Netherlands and neighbouring countries like Nepal , Vietnam and other ministers from other parts of the world .
· G20 Foreign Minister meeting will coincide with Raisina dialogue and many Foreign Ministers will be participating in that .
· Miskotis visit : On PM Modi’s visit last year India Greece partnership was elevated to “ strategic partnership “ .The two countries had targetted to double bilateral trade by 2030.
· Greece is very crucial for India for implementation of IMEC ( India Middle East European Corridor).
Farmers want Ordinance on farm guarantee
· Protesting farmers which are on the boundary of Delhi and currently camping in Delhi and Haryana has asked government to bring a Ordinance for a legal guarantee of minimum support price ( MSP ) of crops .
· At Shambhu border Sharwan Singh Pandher ,of Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM ) said the government should quickly issue the address , if it wanted to resolve the address to bring an ordinance on
INSAT – 3DS meteorological satellite successfully injected into orbit
· The GSLV F 14 carrying INSAT 3D S wias successfully launched on Saturday from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota .
· The satellite is exclusively designed for enhanced meterological observation , monitoring of land ocean and surface ls for weather forecasting and disaster warning .
Vayu Shakti 24 Exercise –.
· Vayu Shakti exercise is currently going in Pokhran . Rafale , Apache were among those which showed it’s maneauovres at the event .Vayu Shakti is Organized every year at Pokharan .
Kerala brings back Rugby fever as students take to the combative sports
· Rugby has emerged as the fastest emerging combative sports in the state , currently all the district institutions have their own Rugby team .After National games that was organized last time in Kerala the sports has been gaining traction .
World
Ukraine withdraws from Avdiivka as Russia pushes on
· Ukrainian troops in Saturday withdrew from Avdiivka , this paves the way of Avdiivka falling g in Russian hand .
· This is biggest win of Russia since May 2023 capture of Bakhmut . Russia had captured Bakhmut after months of heavy fighting .
· Avdiivka too has seen heavy fighting since months . Ukriane recently changed its army chief .
· Both sides have gone through heavy casualties in Avdiivka but none has confirmed the actual figure .
· On Saturday Russia said that it’s forces had inflicted heavy defeats to Ukraine over 1000 km border .
· Kremlin for Alexie Navalny’s team confirms his death , cause unclear
· Alexie Navalny spokesperson confirmed on Saturday that the Russian Opposition leader died at the age of 47 , at a remote Arcticr Penal Colony , and said he was “ murdered “ but it was unclear where his body is. ffical notes says that he died at 2:17 PM on Friday after a walk . The cause of death is still “ being established “ .
· At least 273 have been detained across Russia for protesting in favour of Navalny.
· Navalny was a fierce opponent of Putin . In 2021 he was jailed for 19 years on several Charges rekating to extremism .
Somalia accuses Ethiopia of trying to block meet access
· African Union ( AU ) meeting is going on in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa .On Saturday , Somalian President who came to participate said that he was blocked by Ethiopian security forces from accessing the African Union summit . Mogadishu described it as “ Outrageous Conduct “ .
· Somalia and Ethiopia has tense relationship in recent times over an Agreement between Somaliland and Ethiopia . Under the agreement Somaliland has given its ports on the lease to Ethiopia . In one part of the Agreement Ethiopia agreed to view Somaliland as an independent country .
· Somaliland earlier had declared itself independent from Somalia . No country in the world recognises Somaliland as an independent nation except Somalia .
