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Feb 26, 2015

News Bits - 26 Feb 2015

  1. Article 370 to stay, Centre tells Rajya Sabha.
  2. Delhi power tariff cut by 50 per cent; 20,000 litres of free water to every household.
  3. Efforts have been redoubled by the Forest Department of Haryana government to bring the mythical Saraswati river to the surface by creating a stream at its point of origin at Saraswati Udgam Sthal in the Adi Badri area of Yamunanagar district.
  4. Nearly 47% out of Maharashtra’s total employed population, which is dependent on agriculture, fisheries and forestry as an economic activity, earns only Rs 100 per day on an average.
  5. Pune gets its first 24X7 women radio cab service.
  6. Perturbed by the revelations in the corporate espionage case, the Central government has for the first time decided to do a security audit of computers at all its offices through the Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY).
  7. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday gave approval for establishing the New Development Bank (NDB) and the BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA).
  8. Nationwide Mobile Number Portabilty from May 3.
  9. Scientists are eagerly awaiting the March 9 launch of IRNSS-1D, the fourth Indian regional navigation satellite.Four satellites out of the constellation of seven are said to be the minimum the scientists need to check out signals and accuracy.(Three have been launched already).
  10. Activist Irom Sharmila, who has been on an indefinite fast since November 4, 2000, demanding the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, has been conferred with the Sthree Shakti award. The award is in recognition of her extraordinary courage and determination, M.L. George, managing trustee of Smaraks Sthree Trust, Kochi, told reporters here on Tuesday.

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