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It’s Thursday and a lot is expected today.
Bhutan’s prime minister Tshering Tobgay will commence his five-day visit to India today. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha will hold the ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ at Delhi’s Ramlila ground. The dates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections are likely to be announced.
SpaceX will be launching its Starship megarocket on a third test flight.
Here’s a glimpse of how the day will unfold.
Bhutan PM begins his 5-day visit to India
Bhutanese PM Tshering Tobgay will commence his five-day visit to India today.
It is his first foreign trip after assuming the charge of the top office in January. He will be accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising Bhutanese foreign and external trade minister, energy minister and industry and commerce minister.
Tobgay is scheduled to hold wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and call on President Droupadi Murmu.
The Bhutanese leader is also scheduled to travel to Mumbai.
“The visit of the prime minister of Bhutan will provide an opportunity to the two sides to review the progress in our unique partnership and to discuss ways and means to expand the enduring ties of friendship and cooperation between India and Bhutan,” the MEA earlier said in a statement.
Farmers’ ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ at Delhi’s Ramlila Maiden
The SKM will hold the ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ at the Ramlila ground in the National Capital today. More than 50,000 farmers from Punjab are expected to attend the event.
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More ShortsThe Delhi police have issued the NOC for conducting the Mahapanchayat and arranged parking space and other basic amenities like water, toilets, and ambulances with the support of the municipal administration of Delhi.
An advisory has also been issued, alerting the commuters about the traffic regulations and diversions of routes.
Lok Sabha poll schedule likely to be announced
The dates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections are likely to be announced today.
The Election Commission’s observers’ briefing meeting for the general election was reportedly underway in Delhi this week. The meeting aimed at streamlining strategy to ensure the implementation of the model code of conduct for the elections that are likely to be held in April-May.
PM-led panel to meet to pick Election Commissioners
The prime minister-chaired high-powered committee on selecting election commissioners will meet on Thursday at 12 pm to finalise the names of two new Election Commissioners.
Two vacancies of election commissioners came about following the resignation of Arun Goel on Friday and Anup Chandra Pandey’s retirement on 14 February.
The selection panel is chaired by PM Modi and has a Union minister and the Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury as its members.
The election commissioners will be appointed by the president.
Rahul Gandhi’s roadshow in Nashik
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will hold a roadshow in Maharashtra’s Nashik today as part of his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. He will also visit Trimbakeshwar temple before heading towards Thane.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aditya Thackeray and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) chief Sharad Pawar will also be present at the road show.
Delhi court to decide on CBI’s supplementary chargesheet in Land-for-job case
The Delhi court will consider whether to take cognisance of the charge sheet filed by the CBI in the alleged Railways’ land for job scam, involving RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and several of his family members.
Among the accused are two candidates – Ashok Kumar and Babita – and Bhola Yadav, who was the personal secretary of Lalu Prasad.
Third test launch of SpaceX Starship rocket
SpaceX is aiming to launch its Starship megarocket on a third test flight today. The launch will take place from the agency’s Starbase test site in Boca Chica, Texas.
Notably, this will be the third launch of the almost 400-foot-tall rocket. Its debut flight last year in April ended with the rocket exploding in a fiery display minutes after liftoff.
While the booster’s second flight took place in November achieved several key milestones, like separation of the first-stage booster called Super Heavy and the upper-stage Starship spacecraft, however, the company ultimately lost contact with the vehicle.
If successful, it could bolster NASA’s ambitions to return astronauts to the moon and transform the commercial spaceflight industry.
The Federal Aviation Administration on 8 March granted a launch license for the test flight, saying that SpaceX “met all safety, environmental, policy and financial responsibility requirements.”
Amit Shah to inaugurate NIA office premises
Union minister Shri Amit Shah will inaugurate office premises and lay the foundation for a residential complex of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) via video conferencing today at 5 pm.
A day to remember
Birth anniversary of actor Aamir Khan
Birth anniversary of physicist scientist Albert Einstein
Birth anniversary of film director Rohit Shetty
Birth anniversary of actor Aamir Khan
Birth anniversary of physicist scientist Albert Einstein
Birth anniversary of film director Rohit Shetty
Eli Whitney was granted a patent for the cotton gin in 1794
Alam Ara, India’s first talking film, was released in 1931
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