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gaiety across the Chenab valley region of Jammu and Kashmir. The festival is celebrated by locals, mainly
Nag followers who believe that on this day of Gouri Tritiya, Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati got married
and the latter insisted on a throne made of snow as her wedding gift.
f Kiran Bedi, the Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry, has been removed from the top position. Tamilisai
Soundararajan, the Governor of Telangana, has been given additional charge as the Lieutenant Governor
of Puducherry till a permanent replacement will be announced.
f The Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot released the “3rd edition
of the Indian Sign Language (ISL) Dictionary, in a virtual event. The 3rd edition of the ISL dictionary
contains a total of 10,000 terms. These include the 6000 terms of the first and second edition of the
dictionary.
f The Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Puducherry, V Narayanasamy has submitted the letter of his
resignation and his council of ministers on February 22, 2021, to Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai
Soundararajan. The decision was taken as the Congress-led Government in the UT lost its majority in the
House, which is 14.
f A British woman, Jasmine Harrison of England has become the youngest woman to row solo across the
Atlantic Ocean. The 21-year-old from Thirsk, North Yorkshire in the UK, achieved the feat by finishing top
in the 2020 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, organized by Atlantic Campaigns
f The Saras Aajeevika Mela 2021 is underway at Noida Haat. The fair was inaugurated by Union Minister
Narendra Singh Tomar. Narendra Singh Tomar while inaugurating the event highlighted that the Ministry
of Rural Development is working to include more women under the Self-Help Groups (SHGs). The Land
Ports Authority of India (LPAI) has celebrated its 9th Foundation Day on 01 March 2021. The Land Ports
Authority of India or LPAI is a statutory body working under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of
India is responsible for creating, upgrading, maintaining and managing border infrastructure in India. It
manages several Integrated Check Posts all across Borders of India. The International Yoga Festival was
inaugurated by the Agriculture Minister of Uttarakhand Subodh Uniyal, head of Akhil Bharatiya Akhada
Parishad (ABAP) Narendra Giri and Patanjali Yogpeeth chairman Acharya Balakrishna in Rishikesh.

f Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Thaawarchand Gehlot has launched the “Sugamya
Bharat App”, through a video conference in New Delhi. The minister also launched a handbook entitled
“Access – The Photo Digest”.

f India captain Virat Kohli became the first cricketer in the world to have 100 million followers on the social
media platform Instagram. The 32-year-old Kohli is also the fourth most followed sportsperson on
Instagram.

f The Ministry of External Affairs India will commemorate 'Chabahar Day' on March 4 on the sidelines of
the Maritime India Summit 2021 being held in New Delhi. The virtual event will see the participation of
ministers from Afghanistan, Armenia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Uzbekistan. The Summit is being
held from March 2-4, 2021.

f Delhi government has approved the formation of a separate school board for nearly 2,700 schools in the
city. There are around 1,000 Delhi government schools and about 1,700 private schools, most of them
affiliated to the CBSE, in the city.

f Indian Railways' Western Railway zone has introduced a mobile train radio communication (MTRC)
system to facilitate direct and continuous communication between the train crew and the control centre
and station master. This new communication system has already been deployed in 105 rakes, operating

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