Madonna to perform at 2015 Brit awards
(ii) The 56-year-old singer will stoke anticipation for her upcoming 13th studio album, Rebel Heart, to be released on March 9, reported Guardian online.
(iii) Announcing the news on Instagram, Madonna posted an image of Tracey Emin’s Brit statuette with black wire across its face with the caption, “Hello to all my UK Rebel Hearts! See you at the Brits on Feb 25th
Modi wishes Sri Lankans on their Independence Day
(i) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday wished the neighbouring country Sri Lanka on the its 67th Independence Day.
(ii) In three seperate tweets in English, Sinhala and Tamil, Mr. Modi said: "On their Independence Day, my greetings to people of Sri Lanka.The bonds of history, culture & shared values that we share are unbreakable."
(iii) "My best wishes for the development of Sri Lanka in the years to come. I look forward to welcoming President Sirisena later this month," he added.
Saloni Dalal became youngest medal winner in National Games 2015
(i) Saloni Dalal, a school girl of Karnataka became the youngest medal winner in the ongoing 35th National Games in Kerala on 3 February 2015.
(ii) The 12-year-old, Saloni won a Bronze medal in the 200 meter breast stroke swimming event.
(iii) Kalyani Saxena of Gujarat and Rutuja Udeshi of Maharashtra won the gold and silver medals of the 200 meter breast stroke swimming event, respectively.
Economy needs to grow yearly at 7-8%: Jayant Sinha
(ii) We want to put India on a sustainable non-inflationary growth trajectory of seven to eight per cent growth.
(iii) We need to have seven to eight per cent growth to provide employment to young people that join the workforce every year,” Mr. Sinha said here at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)-organised 15th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit.
Madhusudhan Prasad appointed as Secretary in the Union MoUD
(i) Madhusudhan Prasad was on 3 February 2015 appointed as the Secretary in the Union Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD).
(ii) Earlier, he served as Special Secretary in the Union Ministry of Commerce.
(iii) Madhusudhan Prasad is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officer of 1981 batch belonging to Haryana cadre.
(iv) Prasad held the posts of Collector of Sirsa district and Principal Secretary (Power) in the state of Haryana.
(v) He was a Director and Joint Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs and Additional Secretary in the Union Ministry of Commerce.
Did not press resignation from AICC wing, says Karan Singh
(i) Senior Congress leader Karan Singh had submitted his resignation as chairman of the foreign affairs department of the All India Congress Committee, but did not press it after a meeting with party president Sonia Gandhi.
(ii) Mr. Singh told The Hindu that he had sent the resignation to Ms. Gandhi after he was not included in the party delegation that called on U.S. President Barack Obama during his India visit.
(iii) Ms. Gandhi called me soon after I sent the letter, but I could meet her only the next day. After the meeting, I felt that it would not be appropriate to press the resignation,” Mr. Singh said.
Modi’s Beijing visit could be the ‘opportunity of the century’
(ii) Sections of the Chinese media are interpreting Ms. Swaraj’s audience with President Xi Jinping as an exceptional gesture from the Chinese side, signalling the importance Beijing now attaches to ties with India.
(iii) Global Times, the daily affiliated to the Communist Party of China, quoted an academic from the Institute of International Relations at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences as saying that, “In a rare meeting with a visiting foreign minister, the Chinese President has demonstrated the importance he attaches to Sino-Indian relations.”
Obama-Modi talks high on optics, many pacts not signed
(i) Negotiations over the India-United States nuclear deal continued until “Air Force One landed in Delhi” carrying President Barack Obama.
(ii) According to sources, the nuclear deal and other agreements announced during Mr. Obama’s visit to India for Republic Day were being finalised right down to the moment his plane touched down.
(iii) It was a good thing we were connected over the e-mail right through his flight, or we may not have been able to wrap things up in time,” said a source aware of the negotiations.
(iv) One week after the visit, details are slowly emerging about the agreements that were announced between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama after bilateral talks in Delhi.
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