INDIA
– India adds 5 new wetlands, total Ramsar sites now at 54; new additions — Karikili Bird Sanctuary, Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest & Pichavaram Mangrove in Tamil Nadu, Pala wetland in Mizoram and Sakhya Sagar in MP
– Mission Parivar Vikas 2016 boosted National Family Planning Programme, says Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar
– LS Speaker Om Birla and Esperanca Bias sign MoU of Cooperation between Parliaments of India and Mozambique
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Govt to provide 4G mobile services in 24,680 uncovered villages at cost of Rs 26,316 crore
– Cabinet approves Rs 1.64 lakh crore revival package for BSNL; BBNL (Bharat Broadband Network Limited) to be merged with BSNL
– Govt. approves additional investment by BPRL (Bharat Petro Resources Limited) for development of BM-SEAL-11 Concession Project in Brazil
– BPRL is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
– DGCA asks SpiceJet to operate 50% of approved flights for 8 weeks following snags
– Campbell Wilson gets security clearance, to take over as Air India MD-CEO
– Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Chairperson of HCL Technologies, has been named the wealthiest woman on Kotak Private Banking – Hurun Leading Wealthy Women List 2021
– Companies can spend CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) funds for ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign activities: Govt
WORLD
– Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy given Churchill Leadership Award of UK
– Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, China ‘epicenter’ of Covid-19 pandemic: Study
– Russia’s Gazprom cuts gas supply to Europe through Nord Stream 1 to 20% of full capacity
– US to sell additional 20 million barrels of oil from strategic reserve
– Russia taking over ownership stakes in Arctic oil field now held by French and Norwegian companies
SPORTS
– England: Leicester Cricket Ground named after Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar
– Lok Sabha passes National Anti-Doping Bill, 2021; provides for constitution of National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for regulating anti-doping activities in sports
