A view of individuals on a highway after an earthquake in Antakya in Hatay province, Turkey, February 20, 2023.
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New 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Turkey’s Hatay province
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake was recorded on February 20, 2023, in Turkey’s southern province of Hatay, the toughest hit by a February 6 tremor which left greater than 41,000 useless within the nation. The quake hit the city of Defne and was strongly felt by AFP groups in Antakya and Adana, 200 kilometres (300 miles) to the north. AFP groups felt the tremor additionally in Lebanon and Syria.
India is the ‘first responder’ to any calamity in ‘any part of the world’, says PM Modi
India has emerged because the “first responder” to nations hit by pure disasters in “any part of the world”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated on February 20, 2023. PM Modi congratulated the 99-member self-contained Indian group that returned from quake-hit Turkey the place it operated a fully-equipped Field Hospital in Iskenderun, Hatay and handled round 4,000 sufferers.
EPFO issues guidelines for workers, pensioners to opt for higher pension
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation issued a round on Monday to its regional places of work with a set of directions to implement the November 4 judgment of the Supreme Court on higher provident fund (PF) pension. The round contains procedures and required paperwork for present workers and for those that retired after September 1, 2014, to declare a higher pension primarily based on precise wage past the prescribed ceiling within the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS) of 1995.
Why is SEBI not appearing towards Adani? asks Congress
In its fifteenth version of the continuing sequence of questions on your entire episode, the Congress celebration on February 9 questioned how Adani Enterprises was added to the National Stock Exchange (NSE) Nifty 50 index in September 2022 “despite questionable fundamentals, an excessive price-to-earning ratio and a tiny free float”.
Mehbooba writes to Jaishankar on delay in difficulty of passports to Muftis
Former J&Ok Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti wrote a letter to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on the delay in issuing passports to the Muftis. Ms. Mufti stated she approached the Passport Authority of India a number of instances since 2021 and “unfortunately have not received a positive response”.
Dissolve EC and reconstitute it via election: Uddhav Thackeray
Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief Uddhav Thackeray on Monday demanded that the Election Commission needs to be dissolved instantly and reconstituted via an election. He alleged that the BJP and PM Modi ought to know that they might by no means have the ability to end off the Shiv Sena regardless of utilizing the state equipment “which has become their slave”.
Top Swiss delegation on India go to to take ahead FTA talks
A Swiss delegation led by the State Secretary of Economic Affairs, Helene Budliger, will likely be in India right now for talks on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Over the previous 15 years, Switzerland and India have been in talks with one another on the FTA difficulty.
India and Italy doubtless to announce defence settlement throughout Meloni go to
India and Italy are anticipated to put practically a decade of tensions over the arrest of Italian marines and different issues firmly behind them with discussions about bilateral defence cooperation that’s doubtless to be introduced throughout Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni’s go to to India.
Mardi Gras parade capturing in New Orleans kills one, hurts 4
A capturing throughout a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans killed one particular person, wounded 4 and despatched panicked households working for cowl, police stated Monday. One suspect was taken into custody shortly after the capturing Sunday evening, the New Orleans Police Department stated.
India scrapes into T20 World Cup semis after wet win
India scraped via to the semifinals on the Women’s T20 World Cup after narrowly successful its rain-shortened closing group recreation towards Ireland on Monday. India triumphed by 5 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis technique after setting a goal of 155-6, boosted by one other half-century by star opener Smriti Mandhana, who survived a bunch of probabilities to make a career-best 87 from 56 balls.
