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It is Maha Shivaratri tonight. This is a major festival in Hinduism annually observed in honour of Lord Shiva. The occasion is also known as 'Padmarajarathri' and 'The Great Night of Shiva'. On this day devotees worship Lord Shiva, observe strict fast and do various religious activities to please Lord Shiva. Devotees further believe that by pleasing Lord Shankara on the auspicious Shivaratri day, a person is absolved of past sins and is blessed with Moksha or salvation.
Agartala, Guwahati and Imphal airports in the Northeast have completed a year as “single-use plastic-free” terminals. As of now, there are 85 such terminals within the country. Various steps have been undertaken by AAI to eliminate the single-use plastic items at passenger terminals and city side of AAI airports. These steps include banning of singleuse plastic items like straws, plastic cutleries, plastic plates etc. AAI is also enhancing its waste management systems and is promoting the use of ecofriendly sustainable alternatives like use of biodegradable garbage bags in the garbage bins and installation of plastic bottle crushing machine at airports.
Assam Governor Prof Jagdish Mukhi on Friday paid a visit at the Jorhat Medical College Hospital (JMCH) and was dissatisfied to see the attendants sitting on the bed of the patients along with their luggage. During his visit he spotted many attendants were sitting on the bed along with luggage as there was a shortage of seating arrangement in the OPD waiting and consultation area. The Governor immediately called the authorities at the hospital and directed them to make necessary seating arrangements for patient’s attendants.
Amulya Leona, a student activist from Karnataka was charged with sedition and sent to 14 days of judicial custody for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans. In a video widely circulated in social media her speech is disrupted by a group of people who snatch away her mike as soon as she says Pakistan Zindabad. “She (Amulya Leona) wanted to talk about what she had written in her Facebook post in the protest, but unfortunately she started with ‘Pakistan Zindabad’. Organisers should have allowed her to complete her speech,” one of the friend said during an interview.
The numbers just keep rising—from 7 million to now 10 million. “Prime Minister Modi said we will have 10 million people to greet you. Here’s my problem, we have a packed house. We have a lot of people, thousands of people who couldn’t get in. It’s going to look like peanuts from now on. I’ll never be satisfied with the crowd if we have 10 million in India,” the US President said during a campaign rally in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Trump while addressing the crowd spoke about his upcoming visit to India. US President Donald Trump is scheduled to come to India for a two-day official visit on February 24 and February 25.
Preparations are in full swing to welcome US President Donald Trump in India. The Taj Mahal is likely to be one of the places that the President will visit during his two-day India stay in India. Therefore work is underway to get the Taj Mahal and its surroundings ready for the much-anticipated visit. According to reports, authorities are engaging in a clean-up drive of the Yamuna around the complex.A lot of water have been released into the river to get rid of the foul smell. The UP irrigation government believes that this will also improve the oxygen level in the Yamuna in Mathura and in Agra, and remove the foul smell.
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju spoke about structural reforms that can turn India into a sporting powerhouse. “From this year, we are going to start junior TOPS scheme, so that means we will start funding the junior, at the age of 12, 13, 14,” Rijiju said during the launch of a book called ‘Dreams of a Billion India and the Olympic Games’ co-written by Boria Majumdar and Nalin Mehta.