INDIA
– Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya launches National Polio Immunization Drive for 2022
– India, Oman conduct 5-day air exercise ‘Eastern Bridge-VI’ in Jodhpur from Feb 21 to 25
– IAF decides not to deploy aircraft in multi-lateral air exercise Cobra Warrior 2022 in UK in March
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Cabinet approves supply of coal through common e-auction window instead of sector-specific auctions
– Govt approves national roll-out of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) with budget of Rs. 1,600 crore for five years
WORLD
– UN Security Council fails to adopt resolution deploring Russian aggression in Ukraine; 11 countries vote in favour while veto wielding Russia votes against, 3 countries (India, China and UAE) abstain from voting
– Russian troops push toward Ukrainian capital Kyiv
– Amin Awad of Sudan to serve as UN Crisis Coordinator for Ukraine
– Russia suspends space launches from French Guiana in response to the EU sanctions; withdrawing its technical personnel
– Vietnam: 13 tourists found dead after boat capsized off the coast of Hoi An
– Joe Biden nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, first Black woman, to US Supreme Court
