- The United States is looking forward to continue to develop and foster its relationship with the Indian military, the Pentagon has said.
- Unemployment rate for persons aged 15 years and above in urban areas declined to 7.2 per cent during October-December 2022 from 8.7 per cent a year ago, the National Sample Survey Survey (NSSO) showed.
- A head constable deputed in the security of the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath died after he accidentally shot himself in head with his service revolver on Friday, police said.
- The Gautam Adani group has sought 94,000 square metres of 'gauchar' (grazing land) and non-arable land from the Gujarat government to build a township and special economic zone, the state Assembly was informed on Friday.
- Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari Friday presented an annual Budget of `2.30 lakh crore for 2023-24 in the Assembly. This outlay is 15% more than the Budget of 2022-23.
- The total budget outlay is proposed to be financed through revenue receipts of `1,84,500 crore and borrowing and other receipts of `45,500 crore. Total revenue receipts for 2023- 24 include state’s share in central taxes of `46,251 crore, state’s own tax of `53,000 crore, own non-tax revenue of `52,500 crore and grants from Centre for `32,749 crore.
- Total Budget allocation of `22,528 crore has been made for school and mass education department while `986 crore for Skill Development & Technical Education which is 22% higher than previous year’s provision and `2,554 crore for the Department of Mission Shakti which is 27% more over the estimation for 2022-23
- Under the Mukhya Mantri Medhabi Chhatra Protsahan Yojana, an outlay of `811 crore is proposed for disbursement of scholarship to more than 23 lakh students of which 60% are girls.
- Sports has been one of the priority sectors of the Odisha government over the last decade. With an aim to give a fillip to the sports sector, the Odisha government has over the past few years significantly enhanced the budgetary allocation dedicated to infrastructure development, coaching, competitions and hosting major sporting events. Odisha, like always, has come out with flying colours, while hosting the recently-concluded FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup which ended January.
- A senior official of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was arrested Friday for allegedly sharing secret information related to India’s defence sector with a Pakistani spy, the Odisha Police said.
- A farmer from Maharashtra’s Solapur was in for a rude shock when he got to know that he has earned a profit of merely rs 2.49 against the sale of his 512 kg onions to a trader in the district.
- A woman dies every two minutes during pregnancy or childbirth, according to a report released by UN agencies revealing alarming setbacks for women’s health over recent years. The report, titled ‘Trends in maternal mortality’, showed that there were an estimated 287,000 maternal deaths worldwide in 2020.
- Former Supreme Court judge Justice S. Abdul Nazeer Friday took oath as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh. Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court, Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra administered the oath of office to him at a ceremony held at Raj Bhavan.
- Delhi Patiala House court Friday extended alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar's Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody for three more days. The agency told the court that it needed to gather details about payments made to Deepak Ramdani and other jail officials.
- Ukrainians paid tribute to fallen loved ones Friday and vowed to fight on to victory, while Russia said its forces were making gains in battle in the east as its invasion entered a second year with no end in sight.
- The US announced a new round of sanctions on Russian firms, banks, manufacturers and people Friday, aiming them at entities that helped Russia evade sanctions earlier in the year-old war against Ukraine.
- The FATF Friday suspended Russia’s membership for its “illegal, unprovoked and unjustified” full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, an official statement said. Russia’s actions were “unacceptably run” counter to FATF’s core principles that aims to promote security, safety, and integrity of the global financial system.
- Pakistan Friday received a much-needed cash injection of $700 million from all-weather ally China to help its ailing economy before the finalisation of talks with the IMF for financial assistance.
- NSE Indices Ltd, an NSE arm, Friday said it has launched the country’s first ever municipal bond index.
- In its bid to develop the game at the grassroots level, Hockey India (HI) is planning to introduce zonal system tournaments in the sub-junior (U17) and junior (U-19) categories across the country, the body’s president Dilip Tirkey said Friday.
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