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It will be good if people respond positively to celebrate Feb 14 as ‘Cow Hug Day’: Rupala

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New Delhi: Union Minister Parshottam Rupala on Thursday said it will be good if people respond positively to the call given by the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) to celebrate February 14 as Cow Hug Day’.
Rupala, who is Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, said nothing much should be read into the choice of February 14 as a date for this purpose.
February 14 is observed as Valentine’s Day across the world.
“This country has an age-old tradition of worshipping the cow and it is a matter of great happiness that people embrace the cow It is good if people respond positively to our appeal,” the minister told reporters.
Since February 14 is a day of love, it is good if people remember and love the cow on that day. “And if someone taunts on this, then one should not feel angry but feel pity…,” he added.
It is for the first time, AWBI — a statutory advisory body on animal welfare laws, has appealed to cow lovers in the country to celebrate ‘Cow Hug day’.
The Board noted that the appeal has been made because the vedic traditions are almost on the “verge of extinction” due to the progress of western culture.
The Board, established in 1962 under Section 4 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, provides grants to animal welfare organisations and advises the Centre on animal welfare issues.

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February 9, 2023
Telangana: National Lok Adalat to be held on Feb 11

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Hyderabad: The National Lok Adalat will be conducted on Saturday in Telangana at all levels from the Telangana High Court to the Taluk level for the settlement of all kinds of civil cases and compoundable criminal cases as per the directions of the National Legal Services Authority.
The National Lok Adalat is scheduled to be organised all over Telangana in all the courts on Saturday for settlement of the cases under the guidance of the Chief Justice and Patron-in-Chief, Telangana State Legal Services Authority (TSLSA), Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and the Executive Chairman TSLSA, P Naveen Rao.
The Lok Adalat will be rendering services without any expenditure fees in both physical and virtual modes. The court fee, if any paid in the pending cases will be refunded and if the matter is settled through Lok Adalat, no appeal lies against the award passed in Lok Adalat, a press release informed.
TSLSA urged the general public to avail the benefit of Lok Adalat for speedy and amicable settlement of their cases in physical and virtual modes, said the press note.
All the persons who are willing to settle their pending cases or pre-litigation cases may approach the Chairman, Secretary of District Legal Services Authority, Nyaya Seva Sadan in District Court complexes of respective districts, nearest Mandal Legal Services Committee or nearest court to get their disputes resolved on Saturday.
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February 9, 2023
G20: First Environment and Climate Sustainability meeting in Bengaluru from Feb 9

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Bengaluru: The first Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group (ECSWG) meeting, under India’s G20 presidency, will be held here from February 9 to 11.
Hosted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the conference will be chaired by Secretary in the ministry, Leena Nandan.
With the goal of adopting an integrated, comprehensive and consensus-driven approach to tackling the challenges of climate change, several delegates from G20 countries along with representatives of international organisations will participate in this meeting.
As a matter of priority, the working group will be focusing on arresting land degradation, accelerating ecosystem restoration, and enriching biodiversity; promoting a sustainable and climate-resilient blue economy; and encouraging resource efficiency and circular economy.
LiFE is an “important and cross cutting” theme across all three priorities, officials said, adding that the three-day meeting includes an event on ecosystem restoration and biodiversity enrichment practices. The subsequent meetings will take place at Gandhinagar, Mumbai and Chennai.
The G20 or Group of 20 is an intergovernmental forum of the world’s major developed and developing economies. Over 200 G20 meetings on various themes are scheduled to be held during the country’s year-long presidency of the influential group which will culminate with an annual summit in New Delhi on September 9 and 10.
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February 9, 2023
Nadda to release manifesto for Tripura polls on Feb 9

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New Delhi: BJP President J.P. Nadda will release the manifesto for Tripura Assembly polls on February 9.
The 60-member Tripura Assembly will go to the polls on February 16, while the counting of votes will be taken up on March 2.
According to a source, “Nadda will release the manifesto for Tripura on February 9 during his visit to the poll-bound state. After releasing the manifesto, Nadda will address a public rally.”
“Many new points have been added to the manifesto which are important for the development of the state. The Narendra Modi-led government always thinks for the development of the northeastren region. His vision is the growth of state and most importantly, the youth,” the source added.
The last BJP manifesto for Tripura included promises like job creation, AIIMS like facilities in hospitals, pay matrix of the 7th Pay Commission, hiking monthly social pension to Rs 2,000, providing houses to 3.8 lakh families, and drinking water to 53 per cent households, among others.
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February 7, 2023
Upgradation of Tirupati Railway Station to be completed by Feb, 2025

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Tirupati: The upgradation work of Tirupati Railway Station to cater the needs of the rail passengers for the next 40 years is proceeding at brisk pace and is scheduled to be completed in two years
The South Central Railway (SCR), which started the upgradation work in May 2022, said on Tuesday that the work is being monitored at all levels so as to ensure timely completion of the project. The work has been awarded under EPC mode and the entire project is targeted for completion by February, 2025.
A new station building is coming up on the South side of the existing station building. After completion of geological survey, setting-up of camp office, concrete lab and storage sheds, remaining works have continued to move in a fast manner.
The concreting of the foundations has been completed 100 per cent for the new upcoming station building. Till date, about 7,450 cubic meters of concrete has been used in foundations, columns of basement floor and retaining wall.
The SCR said in the next phase, work related to centering and shuttering of the concrete slab for the basement floor has commenced and is progressing briskly. As on date, almost 20 per cent of the work has already been completed. An underground water tank with a capacity to hold 29 litres of water is to come up as part of the new station building. For this, both excavation works for construction of underground tank as well as concreting of its foundations has also been completed.
Two new air concourses are planned to be constructed as part of the upgraded station to handle both incoming as well as outgoing passenger passengers. These air concourses will be of 35 meters width and will connect all the platforms of the station and also both sides (North as well as South) of the Station buildings.
Arun Kumar Jain, General Manager, SCR stated that the upgradation works of Tirupati station are being monitored regularly so that the work is not hampered and it is completed within the targeted time. He also stated that the works are taken up with utmost caution to ensure least inconvenience to the passengers and train movements in the station.

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February 7, 2023
Shraddha Walkar murder: Delhi court takes cognisance of charge sheet, scrutiny on Feb 21

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Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday took cognisance of the charge sheet filed by Delhi Police against Aaftab Amin Poonawala, accused of murdering his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar and then chopping her body into several pieces.
On January 24, the police had filed the charge sheet in the case which contains over 6,000 pages and the court had extended Poonawala’s custody for 14 days.
After taking cognisance of the charge sheet, the court posted the matter for its scrutiny on February 21.
According to sources, the charge sheet was prepared on the basis of forensic and electronic evidence, and has around 100 witnesses.
Poonawala has been accused of killing Walkar and then chopping her body into several pieces and storing them in a refrigerator before disposing of them in the Chhatarpur forest area over a period of three months.
During the last hearing when Poonawala was produced before the court through video conferencing before Metropolitan Magistrate Aviral Shukla, he had contended that he wanted to change his lawyer.
Poonawala had demanded law books to study. The court had also directed the prison authorities to provide him with warm clothes.
On January 6, Poonawala had moved an application in the court seeking release of his debit and credit cards, citing the need for funds to purchase day-to-day items, as well as warm clothes.

Poonawala’s application was moved through his advocate seeking to release funds from his bank account citing that he did not have enough warm clothes to counter the winter chill inside the prison.
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February 7, 2023
Telangana Gurukulam entrance test extends submission date to Feb 11

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Hyderabad: The Telangana Gurukulam Undergraduate Common Entrance Test (TGUGCET ) 2023 has extended its last date for submission of forms up to February 11, 2023.
TGUGCET exam is conducted for getting into the first-year degree course offered by the Telangana Social and Tribal Welfare residential degree colleges for the academic year 2023-24.
For more information, visit the TSWREIS website or check here.
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February 6, 2023
President Murmu to visit Odisha on Feb 10

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Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to arrive here on Friday for a two-day trip to Odisha during which she will visit Lingaraj temple in Bhubaneswar, besides attending other programmes.
The President made her maiden visit to Odisha on November 10 and 11 last year.
Murmu would attend three public programmes during her second visit to Odisha after assuming the office of President, Cuttack-Bhubaneswar police commissioner, Saumendra Priyadarshi said.
She would attend two programmes in Bhubaneswar and one in Cuttack, besides visiting the Lingaraj temple, he said.
As per schedule, she would arrive here at Biju Patnaik International Airport on February 10 around noon and would proceed to Utkal Mandap, Bhubaneswar to attend the foundation day of Jnanaprabha Mission as chief guest.
After lunch, she will attend the second convocation of Rama Devi Women’s University. She will spend the night at Raj Bhawan.
Next morning, Murmu is scheduled to visit Lingaraj temple and then proceed towards Cuttack to inaugurate the second Indian Rice Congress at ICAR.
Then she will leave for Delhi from Bhubaneswar Airport on the same day.

The state administration has geared up to welcome the President in her home state.
A high-level meeting to this effect was held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra on Monday.
Mahapatra directed concerned officials to stay alert and keep strict vigil over the entire process meticulously so as to make the visit of Murmu free of any hitches and omissions.
Officials said RT-PCR test of all staff to be deployed for the visit, dignitaries and appointees will be conducted 72 hours prior to the event.
Use of face masks has been made mandatory for all who will attend the President’s programmes.
She visited Lord Jagannath temple Puri, her alma mater, and attended the civic reception and launch of an Odia textbook for engineering courses.
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February 6, 2023
President’s rule will be imposed in Telangana by Feb end: Uttam Kumar Reddy

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Hyderabad: Congress MP Uttam Kumar Reddy has stirred a new debate in political circles by making sensational remarks. He said President’s rule could be imposed in Telangana by dissolving the assembly by the end of this month.
He said that the central government will be asked to hold mid-term elections to the assembly during the President’s rule. Talking to media persons in Kodad, Uttam Kumar Reddy said that the Congress wave is going on across the country, because of which BJP wants to divide the country on religious lines.
Uttam Kumar Reddy hold a meeting with key Congress leaders of Suryapet district in connection with the ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo’ campaign. He said the BRS MLA from Kodad is getting commission from beneficiaries of Dalit Bandhu and sand mafia.
He said the Congress will win the upcoming elections in Kodad and Huzurabad with a majority of 50,000 votes and challenged that he would retire from politics if he did not get a majority in both the constituencies.
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February 6, 2023
Schumer: All senators to receive briefing on spy balloon Feb. 15

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China tried to steer the balloon to leave the U.S. “as soon as they could” once information about the balloon was exposed to the public, a press release from Schumer’s office said.
At least three similar balloons went over “portions of the U.S.” during the Trump administration, the press release said, though there were conflicting reports Sunday as to whether that is true.
Schumer also praised the Biden administration’s choice to shoot down the balloon over water as both the safest option and “the one that maximized our intel gain.” The U.S. can now analyze the surviving military equipment in the balloon, Schumer said.
“Republican critics were breathless, political, and premature. President Biden and his team were calm, calculating and effective,” Schumer said.
Members of the GOP on Sunday jumped on Biden’s delay in shooting down the balloon as a sign of perceived weakness.
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February 6, 2023