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communities across the country, in one place.
f Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the centenary celebrations of the Chauri Chaura incident
on February 4 via videoconferencing. February 4, 2021 marks 100 years of the 'Chauri Chaura' incident, a
landmark event in the country's fight for independence. PM Modi also released a postal stamp dedicated to
the Chauri Chaura incident, to mark the beginning of the event. The state government of Uttar Pradesh
has planned a year of celebrations in all 75 districts of the state in the memory of the martyrAs per the
recent data by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), four more states
have completed the reforms in the 'Ease of Doing Business', as stipulated by the Department of
Expenditure, Ministry of Finance. The four states are- Assam, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab.
f The Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Kailash Choudhry has inaugurated the
National Horticulture Fair (NHF) 2021 on February 08, 2021, in Bengaluru via virtual mode. The five-day-
long event has been organised by the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), from February 8 to
February 12 at its IIHR campus situated in Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru. The theme of NHF 2021 is
'Horticulture for Start-Up and Stand-Up India'.

f The Government of India will organise the firstever 'The India Toy Fair, 2021′ from February 27, 2021, to
March 02, 2021, on a virtual platform. The official website for India Toy Fair-2021 is
www.theindiatoyfair.in. This initiative is in line with the Prime Minister's vision of making India a global
hub for the Toy Industry.

f Union road transport and highways minister, Nitin Gadkari has launched India's first-ever diesel tractor,
converted to a much cleaner (compressed natural gas) CNG variant. With this, farmers will be able to save
more than 1 trillion annually on fuel cost, which will help them to improve their livelihood.

f Defence Minister Rajnath Singh recently launched an online portal 'e-Chhawani' and mobile app, to
facilitate 'ease of living' and 'ease of doing' for the residents of the Cantonment Boards across the country.
The 'e-Chhawani' portal will provide online municipal services to more than 20 lakh citizens across all 62
Cantonment Boards of India while sitting at home.

f The National Informatics Centre (NIC), under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, has
launched an instant messaging platform called “Sandes”. Similar to WhatsApp, the new government
instant messaging systems (GIMS) platform can be used for all kinds of communications by anyone using
a mobile number or email id.

f Prime Minister Narendra Modi has virtually launched 'Mahabahu-Brahmaputra' initiative in Assam. He laid
the foundation stone for the Dhubri Phulbari bridge. PM also perform the bhumi puja for the construction
of Majuli Bridge in Assam. PM has announced the details stated that the landmark day in the development
journey for Assam as Mahabahu-Brahmaputra initiative is going to be launched.

f The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar, inaugurated the Atal
Paryavaran Bhavan at Lakshadweep. During the visit, the minister attended high-level meetings with the
Secretaries of various departments in the Lakshadweep administration, participated in various official
programmes at Suheli, Kadmat and Bangaram islands.

f Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has inaugurated the 26th edition of 'Hunar Haat' in New Delhi. The “Hunar
Haat” will be held from February 21 to March 01, 2021, with the theme of “Vocal for Local”. More than 600
artisans and craftsmen from more than 31 states and UTs are participating.

f Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri and Minister of Electronics and IT Ravi
Shankar Prasad launched the National Urban Digital Mission' (NUDM) at a virtual event, to create a digital

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