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Thu, 27 Feb 2025

• Union Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launched the One Nation-One Port Process (ONOP), the MAITRI trade application, the Sagar Ankalan Logistics Port Performance Index for 2023-24 and the Bharat Global Ports Consortium in Mumbai on 27 February 2025.
• Maharashtra marked Marathi Bhasha Gaurav Din on 27 February 2025, the birth anniversary of Jnanpith-winning poet Kusumagraj (V. V. Shirwadkar), with a state award ceremony at the Gateway of India, Mumbai.
• The Punjab Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on 27 February 2025 approved adopting Parliament's Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Act, 2024, enacted under Article 252, and an excise policy aiming at ₹11,020 crore in 2025-26.
• The National Human Rights Commission announced on 27 February 2025 the seven winners of its tenth annual short film competition on human rights, with J&K's 'Doodh Ganga - Valley's Dying Lifeline' winning the ₹2 lakh first prize.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg on 27 February 2025 to review the Ayush sector and its global reach.
• The Kerala Cabinet decided on 27 February 2025 to build the first phase of the township for survivors of the 30 July 2024 Wayanad landslides only at Elstone Estate in Kalpetta municipality, and fixed ₹20 lakh as the sponsorship amount per house.
• The Quality Council of India, with the Nagaland government, organised Gunvatta Sankalp Nagaland in Kohima, announced on 27 February 2025, to promote quality-led growth in healthcare, education and skilling, MSMEs and tourism.
• The Group of Ministers on the viability of electricity distribution utilities, chaired by Union Minister of State Shripad Yesso Naik, held its second meeting in Mumbai on 27 February 2025 in the presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
• Union Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu inaugurated the UDAN Yatri Cafe at Chennai Airport on 27 February 2025, the second such low-cost cafe after Kolkata.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the Remembrance Day ceremony on the 15th death anniversary of Bharat Ratna Nanaji Deshmukh at Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh, on 27 February 2025.

Wed, 26 Feb 2025

• Maha Kumbh 2025 at Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, ended on 26 February 2025 with the Mahashivratri holy dip; the government put total footfall over 45 days at more than 66 crore.
• Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expanded his Cabinet on 26 February 2025 with seven new ministers, all from the BJP, sworn in by Governor Arif Mohammad Khan at Raj Bhavan, Patna, taking it to the maximum permissible 36.
• Afghanistan beat England by eight runs in a Champions Trophy Group B match at Lahore on 26 February 2025, eliminating England, as opener Ibrahim Zadran made 177, the highest individual score in the tournament's history.
• The two-day Advantage Assam 2.0 Investment and Infrastructure Summit in Guwahati concluded on 26 February 2025, with Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal announcing a ₹4,800 crore plan for inland waterways in Assam.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah attended the Mahashivratri celebrations at the Isha Yoga Centre in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, on 26 February 2025.
• The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) signed an MoU with Paytm on 26 February 2025 to support India's manufacturing and fintech startup ecosystem.
• President Droupadi Murmu graced a mass wedding ceremony organised by Shri Bageshwar Jan Seva Samiti at Gadha, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, on 26 February 2025.
• Gujarati poet and essayist Anil Joshi, winner of the 1990 Sahitya Akademi Award for his essay collection 'Statue', died at his home in Mumbai on 26 February 2025, aged 84.
• Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar was chief guest at the first-ever Joint Mega Nyokum Yullo celebration at Kamporijo Circle, Kamle district, Arunachal Pradesh, on 26 February 2025.

Tue, 25 Feb 2025

• Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta tabled the CAG's performance audit on 'Regulation and Supply of Liquor in Delhi' in the Delhi Legislative Assembly on 25 February 2025; it put the revenue loss from the 2021-22 excise policy at about ₹2,002 crore.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Advantage Assam 2.0 Investment and Infrastructure Summit 2025 in Guwahati on 25 February 2025, saying Assam's economy had roughly doubled since the first edition in 2018.
• Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Industries Minister D. Sridhar Babu inaugurated BioAsia 2025, the life sciences conference, at HICC Hyderabad on 25 February 2025; the Genome Valley Excellence Award went to Professor Patrick Tan.
• The amount under operative Kisan Credit Card (KCC) accounts reached ₹10.05 lakh crore as of 31 December 2024, benefiting 7.72 crore farmers, the Finance Ministry said on 25 February 2025.
• DRDO and the Indian Navy carried out successful flight-trials of the Naval Anti-Ship Missile (NASM-SR) from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, Odisha, on 25 February 2025, launching it from a Seaking helicopter.
• The National Statistics Office released the results of the Time Use Survey (January-December 2024), the second all-India TUS, on 25 February 2025.
• The Indian Army signed a contract with Larsen & Toubro on 25 February 2025 for 223 Automatic Chemical Agent Detection and Alarm (ACADA) systems at ₹80.43 crore, under the Buy (Indian-IDDM) category.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the closing ceremony of Madhya Pradesh's two-day Global Investors Summit 2025 in Bhopal on 25 February 2025, where MoUs worth ₹30.77 lakh crore were signed.
• The Telangana government on 25 February 2025 ordered Telugu to be taught as a compulsory subject in CBSE, ICSE, IB and other board-affiliated schools in the state from 2025-26, with the simple Telugu textbook 'Vennela' for Classes 9 and 10.
• EPFO's provisional payroll data released on 25 February 2025 showed a net addition of 16.05 lakh members in December 2024, with 8.47 lakh new subscribers.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh conferred 32 gallantry, distinguished service and meritorious service medals on Indian Coast Guard personnel at the 18th ICG Investiture Ceremony at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 25 February 2025.