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Today's Headlines: Check Out Today's Top Stories Indradhanush joint exercise between IAF and UK’s Royal Air Force concludes at Air Force Station Hindan (UP) Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan and TN CM Edappadi Palaniswami lay foundation stone for a new govt. medical college in Ramanathapuram IAF, Savitribai Phule Pune University sign MoU to set up ‘Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh Chair of Excellence’ Explosive detection device RaIDer-X unveiled; co-developed by High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) Pune and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Chief Justice of India Sharad Bobde inaugurates 7-day camp for distribution of artificial limbs to specially-abled persons in Nagpur Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurates Regional Hub campus of National Security Guard (NSG) at Kolkata Punjab Govt. prohibits online supply of food from food business operators (FBOs) which don’t have hygiene rating Konkani writer Richard John Pais dies aged 51 in Mangaluru Rashmi Thackeray, the wife of Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, named new editor of Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), Haridwar-based Patanjali Bio Research Institute (PBRI) sign MoU for joint research and education Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela being organised in New Delhi by ICAR-IARI (Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Agricultural Research Institute) from March 1 to 3 44th Civil Accounts Day celebrated on March 1 Berlin International Film Festival concluded Golden Bear for Best Film awarded to Iranian film ‘There Is No Evil’, directed by Mohammad Rasoulof Visit Our Website: kopykitab.com Follow Us On: Today's Headlines: Check Out Today's Top Stories Silver Bear for Best Director was won by Hong Sang-soo for ‘The Woman Who Ran’ (Korean) Silver Bear for Best Actress was won by Paula Beer for ‘Undine’ (German) Silver Bear for Best Actor was won by Elio Germano for ‘Hidden Away’ (Italian). Malaysia: Former deputy PM Muhyiddin Yassin sworn in as PM Zero Discrimination Day observed by UNAIDS on March 1 KHELO INDIA UNIVERSITY GAMES Khelo India University Games 2020 concluded in Bhubaneswar Panjab University (17 gold, 19 silver, 10 bronze) were crowned champions Swimmers Sadhvi Dhuri (Savitribai Phule Pune University) and Siddhant Sejwal (Panjab University) were most successful with five gold each Tokyo marathon: Birhanu Legese of Ethiopia (2:4:15) win’s men’s race; Israel’s Lonah Chemtai Salpeter (2:17.45) wins women’s race Mexican Open tennis tournament at Acapulco: Rafael Nadal (Spain) and Heather Watson (UK) win men’ and women’s singles titles respectively Dubai Championships tennis: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic won the men’s singles title India’s former national athletics coach and Dronacharya awardee Joginder Singh Saini dies at 90 Ex hockey player Balbir Singh Kullar dies at 77; won 1966 Asian Games gold (Bangkok) and 1968 Olympic Bronze (Mexico) PM lays foundation stone of the 296-km-long Bundelkhand Expressway in Chitrakoot (UP) Visit Our Website: kopykitab.com Follow Us On: Today's Headlines: Check Out Today's Top Stories PM launches Har Ghar Jal Scheme to provide piped water to the households in Bundelkhand region which comprises certain districts of UP & MP Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla launches ‘Suposhit Maa Abhiyan’ in Kota, Rajasthan to provide nutritional support to pregnant women and adolescent girls. Centre for Policy Research (CPR) to organise conclave ‘CPR Dialogues 2020: Policy Perspectives for 21st Century India’ in New Delhi on March 2-3 Norway’s Minister of International Development Dag-Inge Ulstein participates in Mithi river clean up in Mumbai Indian Railways launches its first ‘Restaurant on Wheels’ at Asansol Railway station in West Bengal Janata Dal (United) Lok Sabha Member Baidyanath Prasad Mahto from Valmiki Nagar constituency passed away on February 28, 2020 at the age of 72 in New Delhi. PM distributed Assistive Aids and Devices to senior citizens and differently-abled at ‘Samajik Adhikarta Shivir’ (camp) in Prayagraj (UP) Senior citizens received them under the Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY) Differently-abled received them under Assistance to Disabled Persons for aids and appliances (ADIP) scheme PM launched 10,000 Farmers Producer Organisations (FPO) all over the country at Chitrakoot (UP) FPOs will provide small, marginal and landless farmers access to agricultural inputs and marketing help for selling their products The Centre will provide fund of Rs 15 lakh to each FPO. Visit Our Website: kopykitab.com Follow Us On: Today's Headlines: Check Out Today's Top Stories PM launched saturation drive for distribution of Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) Chitrakoot (UP) to ensure that all beneficiaries of PM-KISAN Scheme have KCCs Beneficiaries of PM-KISAN scheme who do not possess KCCs will be given KCCs under this drive. These cards will help farmers in availing short term loans. US, Taliban sign deal in Doha, Qatar for full withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan within 14 months Muhyiddin Yassin appointed new Prime Minister of Malaysia World Health Organization raises Novel Coronavirus threat assessment to highest level Visit Our Website: kopykitab.com Follow Us On: .