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Kerala
- 2021 murder case of Kerala BJP leader, in which 15 got a death sentence.
- Eight urban health centres are to be open on February 6th.
- Govt to proceed with K-Rail and Kozhikode, TVM Light Metro projects.
- Days since the assistant public prosecutor's suicide, the probe has made no progress.
- Papanasam Beach in Varkala is featured among the world's best 100 beaches.
- The Kerala music festival was cancelled on the eve of kick-off.
- HC orders probe against Guruvayur Elephant camp, action against mahouts who beat elephants.
- Celebrities among customers, and foreign drugs inflow into Kochi.
- HC discourages defection.
- LDF declares candidates in all 20 constituencies.
- State to form an inter-state panel to monitor the movement of wild animals across state borders.
- State witnesses a series of man-animal conflicts with notable deaths.
- Massive blast at Tripunithura firecracker unit leaves Worker killed in an explosion at Tripunithura cracker unit, dozen people injured, 25 houses damaged, more casualties feared.
- Aluva witnessed a hit-and-run case.
- Congress sacks 5 panchayat committee presidents for not raising money for the Samaragni poll campaign.
- Congress's Samaragni and BJP President's rally continues in the state.
- Father of Alappuzha boy who died by suicide lodges complaint against school teachers.
- Kerala not to be hit by 'Bharat Bandh'.
- Strict action against waste dumping, warns Kochi Mayor.
- The kid that went missing from Trivandrum was found in record time at Kochuveli railway station.
- BJP's senior leaders seek to contest from Trivandrum and Attingal.
- Wayanad human-wildlife conflict: Govt's ministerial team assures to deploy more RRTs.
- Non-payment of arrears: Ernakulam Collectorate in darkness after KSEB removes fuse.
India
- Centre starts to survey to assess women's participation in the workforce.
- 600-year-old mosque In Delhi’s Mehrauli was demolished.
- Punjab's war on drugs end are easy target as big remain elusive.
- Temple demolished in PWD's anti-encroachment drive in Geeta Colony in Delhi.
- Hemant Soren was sent in 1-day judicial custody the day after arrest.
- Champai Soren To Take Oath As Jharkhand Chief Minister after Hemanth Soren.
- Nithish Kumar's party JDU is back to NDA ending its tie-up with the NDA alliance.
- Can Hindu Law Principles Be Applied While Deciding Inheritance Rights Under Mohammedan Law? Supreme Court To Examine.
- Untenable To Imagine Dependency On Father Was Restored Due To Husband Losing Job: Kerala HC Declines Married Daughter's Plea Seeking Employment Assistance.
- Meghalaya’s new state anthem has led to a controversy over the state’s Jaintia tribe.
- The Archaeological Survey of India surveyed the Gyanvapi mosque.
- Centre plans to replace the Indian Stamp Act of 1899 with a new law.
- Karnataka to face water scarcity.
- India nominates 12 forts of Maratha Military landscapes.
- BJP stalwart LK Advani to be conferred with Bharat Ratna announces PM Modi.
- Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit resigns from the post citing personal reasons.
- Case Against NIT Professor in Kerala for 'Proud of Godse' Comment.
- Ladakh-Kargil witnessed a massive shutdown demanding a request for statehood.
- ‘Thalapathy’ Vijay decided to float his own party.
- Pigeon suspected of being a Chinese spy released.
- Uttarakhand Cabinet Approves Uniform Civil Code Draft Report in Cabinet Meeting Today.
- PM Modi Mocks Rahul In Lok Sabha, Predicts 400-Seat NDA Victory.
- SC cancels elections of Chandigarh Mayoral Posts.
- Kerala's Muslim League leader says Ram Mandir as the necessity of a majoritarian society.
- Revanth Reddy requests Sonia Gandhi to contest from Telangana.
- Indians will no longer need visas to travel to Iran.
- Ajit Pawar's faction is real Nationalist Congress Party, says the Election Commission.
- PM Modi says Nehru and Indira had a low opinion of Indians.
- UP ATS. arrested a Pakistan ISI agent working at the Indian Embassy in Moscow from Meerut.
- Kerala is set to host India's first international autism film festival.
- Sharad Pawar gets a new name for his party - ''Nationalist Congress Party - Sharadchandra Pawar'.
- TVM MP Shashi Tharoor conferred France's highest civilian honour.
- Uttarakhand becomes the first state to clear the UCC Bill.
- Farmer's protests began in Delhi and the Haryana-Punjab border.
- Portion of Delhi's Gokulpuri Metro Station Collapses; Some People Injured.
- FM Nirmala Sitharaman Presents White Paper In LS; Will Compare Economy's Growth In UPA Vs Modi Govt.
- Interfaith couples in UP faced legal battlegrounds after being attacked.
- Chaudhary Charan Singh, Narasimha Rao, MS Swaminathan to be honoured with Bharat Ratna, tweets PM Modi.
- Violence erupted in Haldwani, Uttarakhand followed by a government response.
- Rajya Sabha Passes Jammu and Kashmir Local Bodies Laws (Amendment) Bill 2024.
- PM Modi Surprises 8 MPs With Impromptu Lunch At Parliament Canteen.
- Government releases White Paper on economic development.
- AAP says no alliance in Punjab.
- Anurag Thakur wears a 'Namo Hattrick' saffron hoodie to parliament.
- Rahul Gandhi says it's okay for people to leave the party.
- El Nino condition fades paving the way for a good monsoon next year.
- Ex-Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan Resigns from Congress and joins BJP for Rajya Sabha elections.
- Nitish Kumar Kumar wins the trust vote with 129 votes, Opposition walks out.
- The Centre informs the SC, open to having a meeting with the Kerala govt and discussing financial issues.
- Indian PM visits Qatar after UAE.
- India-Qatar ties growing stronger and stronger: PM Modi after talks with Emir.
- Former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri's grandson Vibhakar Shastri quits Congress and joins BJP.
- Firing occurs at the Jammu Sector from the Pakistani side.
- Farmers called for Bharat Bandh on the 17th.
- A panel of 3 union ministers to hold talks with farmer leaders in Chandigarh.
- Diamond merchant who donated ‘generously’ to Ram temple is the BJP’s RS nominee Govindbhai Dholakia.
- Eminent Jurist Fali S Nariman Passed Away.
- Seven dead after fire breaks out at main market in Alipur.
- Supreme Court gives unanimous verdict in electoral bonds case declaring them unconstitutional.
- Rajya Sabha elections for open positions held amidst chaos.
- Sonia Gandhi Files Nomination For Rajya Sabha Election 2024 From Rajasthan.
- Bulldozers line up to shower petals on UP MLAs visiting Ayodhya’s Ram Temple.
- 'Delhi Chalo' March Suspended For 2 Days, Announces Farmer Leader.
- IUML pitched for a third seat.
- Setback for BJP as Rajasthan minister loses to Congress rival in key bypoll.
- AAP and Congress announce alliance for Delhi, Haryana and Gujarat.
- New Criminal Laws will take charge on July 1.
- SP and Congress announce seat share arrangement in UP.
- TMC to go alone in West Bengal.
- Arrest Trinamool Strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, Says Calcutta High Court.
- Amended Citizenship Rules Likely To Be Enforced From Next Month: Sources.
- BJP wins most of the Rajya Sabha seats with massive cross-voting reported.
World/International
- Nikki Haley says Texas to secede from the US.
- EU agrees $50B funding deal for Ukraine at a pivotal time in the war despite the Hungarian Opposition.
- The US approves the plan to strike Iranian targets in Syria and Iraq as revenge against Jordan.
- France constitutionalizes abortion rights.
- Nikki Haley attacks age morals in wealth in 2024.
- Indian Navy foils another piracy attempt along the East coast of Somalia and rescues Iranian, and Pakistani crew members.
- Democrats Warn Their Voters Against Backing Haley in South Carolina.
- Fulton County DA acknowledges personal relationship with lead prosecutor on Trump case but says it doesn’t disqualify her.
- US retaliation strikes against pro-Iranian militias in Iraq and Syria.
- Imran Khan, wife Bushra Bibi sentenced to seven years in 'un-Islamic' marriage case.
- Chile declared a state of emergency as 120 people were killed in wildfires.
- The rise in illegal immigrants across the USA has become headlines.
- Californian water supply and demand reaching a crisis.
- Bill to tackle exam malpractices introduced in Lok Sabha.
- Biden holds campaign rally in Las Vegas for Nevada Primaries.
- PM Modi wishes a speedy recovery to Britain's King Charles III after his cancer diagnosis.
- One year after the devastating earthquake in Syria and Turkey.
- China’s ‘suspended’ death sentence for Australian citizen.
- She is charged with involuntary manslaughter in relation to a school shooting.
- Biden won the Nevada Primary Election in a landslide.
- Nikki Haley lost the Primary Election to None of these candidates.
- 12 Killed In Blast Outside Balochistan Candidate's Office Day Before Polls.
- Mobile phone services were suspended across the country as voting began in Pakistan Elections 2024.
- Indonesia gets new President and Vice President.
- Kyrsten Sinema criticised Republicans on the Border Bill being lapsed.
- Supreme Court hears Trump's 14th Amendment case arguments.
- The volcano erupted in Iceland.
- Russia's ship in the Black Sea was sunk by using Ukrainian drones.
- Trump wins the Nevada Caucus.
- Pakistani military interferes in the National Election elections. PMLN and PPP are neck to neck while Imran Khan independents form the largest number.
- US Senate advances aid package for Ukraine and Israel.
- Coalition Government to come up in Pakistan with Shehbaz Sharif as the PM.
- Russia has recruited as many as 15,000 Nepalis to fight its war. Many returned traumatized. Some never came back.
- Trump will pull the US out of NATO if he wins election, ex-adviser warns.
- Democrats win the NY 3 Special election narrowing GOP majority in the House of Representatives.
- Indian PM addressed the Diaspora crowd in Dubai.
- New York City sees the highest daily snowfall in over 2 years.
- Nawaz Sharif nominates brother Shehbaz as Pakistan PM candidate.
- Ukraine claims Russia used hypersonic Missile.
- Pennsylvania State House 140th District Special Election saw a Democratic hold.
- Massachusetts is the most educated state in the USA.
- Russia's Putin will be 'assassinated' if he steps back from Ukraine war, says Elon Musk.
- Donald Trump will face his first criminal trial with jury selection beginning March 25 in New York.
- Alexander Smirnov, 43, was charged with making a false statement and creating a false and fictitious record for information he fed the FBI.
- Jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny dies in the prison. Russia delayed the release of Body.
- Biden meets Seth Meyers on his show ahead of Primary Elections.
- Seattle cop who struck and killed Indian student Jaahnavi Kandula will not face criminal charges.
- Navalny's family visits the USA and meets President Biden.
- Tucker Carlson conducts an interview with Putin.
- Farmer's protests were reported in several parts of Europe.
- North Korean missiles fired by Russia against Ukraine contained US and European components.
- The US imposes extensive sanctions on Russia.
- China: 15 killed, 44 injured in building fire in Nanjing- a month after 39 people died in similar accident.
- Trump defeats Nikki Haley in South Carolina Primary.
- Autoworkers extend support to Biden in Michigan.
- Sweden joins NATO after Hungary approves its Accession.
- Biden and Trump win the Michigan Primary from their respective parties.
- Ceasefire groups have voted for uncommitted in the ballot.
- Both Biden and Trump visit the US Mexico Border.
- Qatar frees Indian ex-servicemen charged of spying.
Israel-Palestine
- Biden Says Will Respond to Jordan Attack: Options US Has, risks it must weigh.
- Israeli soldiers struggle to square political views with the realities of war.
- Hamas rejects three-phase deals.
- Both Israel and Hamas reject the Gaza hostage release and sustained cessation proposal
- Israel starts bombing the Rafah region despite its earlier promise not to bomb Southern Gaza.
- Israeli strike kills 14 people in Khan Younis.
- Israel pulls out of truce talks in Cairo, cites Hamas' 'delusional demands'.
- 9 Killed In Israeli Strikes On Lebanon Amid Gaza War.
- Egypt has started building a Buffer zone on the Gaza border.
- ICJ pays hearing to Genocide case against Israel.
- US vetoes UN resolution calling for immediate ceasefire in Gaza after proposing a temporary halt in fighting.
- Israel’s Druze Arabs, fiercely loyal to the state, feel let down after ‘paying with their blood’.
- Palestinian PM from West Bank resigns.
- Biden Promises Ceasefire in Gaza By March first week.
Technology
- IBM ends WFH for Managers to come to the Office.
- Facebook parent Meta declares first dividend, shares soar.
- Poonam Pandey makes up that dies Of Cervical Cancer and faces backlashes.
- Model slammed for faking death due to cervical cancer; stunt labelled 'cheap, shameful'.
- Mark Zuckerberg apologised to the parents of young social media users in Congressional hearings.
- 94% electrification was done.
- Govt to proceed with K-Rail and Kozhikode, TVM Light Metro projects.
- Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode metro on track; Rs 239-crore boost for Kochi Phase II.
- Several Banks' Servers Down and Transactions Hit UPI servers.
- 'Few banks are having internal technical issues' says NPCI as UPI users face outage.
- Tik-Tok CEO is questioned by US Congress.
- The sixth edition of the India Boat & Marine Show is to be held in Kochi.
- Bengaluru techie posts about 'recession in tech,' gets laid off a day later.
- Elon Musk Says Will Discontinue His Phone Number, Use 'X' For Calls.
- KSRTC Aluva Bus Station was inaugurated.
- India to implement GPS-based toll collection.
- India's UPI, RuPay Services Launched in Sri Lanka, Mauritius.
- PM Narendra Modi and UAE President Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan introduced the UPI RuPay Card Service in Abu Dhabi.
- Google Removes More Than 170 Million Reviews From Maps And Search.
- CIAL signs pact to establish world's first green hydrogen plant in the airport. BPCL to collaborate.
- Elon Musk's X Allowed Terrorist Groups To Publish Long Posts And Buy Blue Ticks.
- X suspends accounts related to farmer's protests in India.
- CSL delivers 13th electric hybrid ferry to Kochi Water Metro.
- Byju's investors vote to remove founder CEO Byju Raveendran from troubled EdTech startup.
- PM Modi inaugurates India's longest cable-stayed bridge 'Sudarshan Setu' in Gujarat.
- Train runs 70km without Loco Pilot in J&K.
Business and Finance
- WEF held at Davos. India did leave a big mark in the same.
- RBI takes action against PayTM.
- Bideneconomics is an unfinished task claims experts.
- ED attaches property of Cong MLA K Babu.
- Economic Survey not presented this time, instead ten years.
- India passed its Interim Budget for the year 2024-25.
- MSP for rubber increased by Rs 10 to Rs 180.
- LIC soars 9% to breach the ₹ 1000 mark for the first time ever.
- Kerala among most financially unhealthy states, Centre tells SC.
- Central Government released Bharat Rice for 29/-. Over 150 bags of rice sold in Thrissur.
- The global financial crisis in 2008 wasn't as serious as COVID-19, UPA govt should have handled it with sincerity: FM Sitharaman.
- BJP received Rs 1300 cr through electoral bonds in the 2022-23 period.
- IndiGo plane misses taxiway after landing in Delhi, runway blocked for 15 minutes.
- Sovereign Gold Bond 2024 opened again this month.
- At 5.1%, retail inflation cools to a three-month low in January.
- Reliance becomes 1st listed Indian firm to cross Rs 20 lakh crore m-cap mark.
- Nirmala Sitharaman releases souvenir coins on Ram Janmabhoomi Temple, Ayodhya and Ram Lalla.
- KSRTC says the pensions due will be paid in two weeks.
- Congress party claims its bank accounts are frozen.
- SpiceJet shares climb 13% as airline submits bid to acquire GoFirst.
- RBI Gives 15-Day Relaxation To Paytm Payments Bank; Deadline Extended To March 15.
Sports
- KBFC makes a comeback in ISL by defeating FC Goa.
- Kansas City Chiefs defeated San Fransisco 49ners in the Superbowl finals. Celebrations witness shootings killing one.
- Russia loses appeal against IOC for Paris 2024 Olympics.
- Rohit Sharma named India captain for T20 World Cup 2024.
- Lewis Hamilton to leave Mercedes and Join Ferrari F1.
- Sajana Sajeevan, Wayanad girl hits match-winning sixer for Mumbai Indians in WPL.
- Sir Jim Ratcliffe gets 25% of the stakes in Manchester United Club.
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