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Feb 8, 2015

News Bits - 8 feb 2015

  1. Trade across Loc Suspended after the J&K police arrested a truck driver from Pakistan for aleggedly smuggling in 305 packets of narcotics.
  2. Despite high maternal mortality , India hopes to reduce to Total Fertility Rate to 2.1 by end of 12th Plan.
  3. Veteran Marathi theatre artist and film actor Atmaram Bhende passed away.
  4. LCA-NP2 , the fighter version of the Light Combat Aircraft Tejas being made for the Navy, flew for first time on saturday.
  5. Impact investment (investing in projects that provide a return while also targeting specific social and environmental causes) is the need of the hour.
  6. Ukraine : German Chancellor Angela Merkel leads push for peace, success was far from certain as Kiev said rebels were massing for new offensive. Sending more weapon would not resolve the conflict.
  7. Youtube blocked indefinitely in Pakistan. The Supreme Court ruled that the site should be banned until a way was found to block all so-called blasphemous content.
  8. Painting by French post-impressionist Paul Gauguin has reportedly sold for record-breaking $300 million making it most expensive painting ever. The painting is called "Nafea faa ipoipo?" , Tahitian for "When will you marry?".
  9. Centre adopts new crireria for capita infusion into banks,To inject a total of Rs. 6900 cr. into nine Public Sector Banks.
  10. Water Conference-2015 Inaugurated at Guwahati by Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti

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