NATIONAL NEWS
Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar passes away
Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar has passed away at the age of 92 after suffering a multi-organ failure. The Bharat Ratna awardee was admitted to the hospital after being diagnosed with pneumonia and tested positive for the coronavirus disease in January. She is survived by her 3 sisters – Usha Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Meena Khadikar and brother Hridaynath Mangeshkar. She began her career as a singer back in 1942 and never looked back. She recorded innumerable songs in over 36 Indian and foreign languages. She gave us musical gems such as Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo, Lag Jaa Gale, Yeh Kahan Aage Hain Hum and Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya, among others. Having led an eventful and rich life of several milestones, Lata Mangeshkar was conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1990. For her contribution to Indian music, she also was bestowed with Padma Bhushan in 1969 and Bharat Ratna in 2001.
Kotak General Ins. Partners CARS24 to offer Motor Insurance for used cars
Kotak Mahindra General Insurance Company has signed an agreement with Cars24 Financial Services Private Limited (CARS24 Financial Services) to provide motor insurance services to used car buyers. Under the partnership, used car buyers from Cars24 will be directly provided with Kotak General Insurance’s comprehensive motor insurance plans. The partnership will provide a trustworthy and faster way to avail of motor insurance with a fully digital insurance process. Customers can also avail of cashless claims servicing at Kotak General Insurance’s platform of garages and enable convenient claim settlement services.
LIC tie-up with Policybazaar for digital distribution of life insurance
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has tied up with Policybazaar to digitally offer a wide range of Life Insurance and investment products to its customers across India. This is LIC’s first association with a private insurance aggregator, which has mainly relied on its 1.33 million agents for distributing products. To facilitate seamless digital distribution of life insurance products and boost financial inclusion across India. The benefit of the tie-up: The alliance will provide insurance services in smaller cities to ensure financial inclusion and social security. It will increase its penetration digitally in rural and remote areas and offer a wide range of term and investment products to the customers.
India records win in 1000th ODI
India beat West Indies by six wickets at Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on February 6, 2022. This was India’s 1000th ODI match. Skipper Rohit Sharma, who is back after recovering from an injury, scored 60 runs off 51 balls helping India achieve the target of 177 runs in just 28 overs. The visitors were bowled out for 176 in 43.5 overs with Yuzvendra Chahal taking four wickets and Washington Sundar grabbing three wickets. India is now one up in the three-match ODI series.
Powerthon 2022 launched for enabling advanced technology in Power Distribution
Union Power Minister RK Singh launched Powerthon 2022 to enable participants to find innovative solutions based on advanced emerging technologies to solve the complex problems in power distribution and ensure quality and reliable power supply. The hackathon will see participation from startups, Technology Solution Providers (TSPs), educational and research institutions, equipment manufacturers and state power utilities and other power entities. The participants will be briefed on the current challenges faced across the power distribution sector and then invited to participate and showcase their technology-driven solutions to solve complex problems.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Sri Lankan foreign minister on 3-day visit to India
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G.L Peiris arrived in Delhi, India on February 7, 2022 for a 3-day visit. India’s Foreign Secretary Harshvardhan Shringla is expected to call on the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister. India’s External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar will also hold a meeting with the visiting Sri Lankan foreign minister in the evening.
Bangladesh signs deal to purchase 420 broad-gauge railway wagons from India
Bangladesh signed an agreement with India on February 6, 2022 for the procurement of 420 broad-gauge wagons. The agreement was signed in Dhaka between the Bangladesh Railways project director Mizanur Rahman and India’s Hindustan Engineering and Industries Limited. The agreement is worth Tk. 231 crore and it will be implemented within 27 months of the contract’s signing. It will be implemented with the joint funding of the Bangladesh Government and Asian Development Bank (ADB) under the Rolling Stock Operation Improvement Project.
