February
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Winter Olympics 2022: China says new COVID-19 variant Omicron will 'lead to challenges'
•Although China has largely quashed the coronavirus within its borders through travel restrictions and snap lockdowns, recurrent domestic outbreaks linked to the Delta variant have put the authorities on high alert
RBI announces holiday list for February; banks to remain closed on Basant Panchami, Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti
Trendingdesk •This month, there will be no national holiday on which banks across the country will remain closed
Australian Open in February, players to train in quarantine, says report
•The proposals would allow players to train during a mandatory 14-day quarantine period.
India climbs from rank 76 to 67 on Ookla's Speedtest Global Index with Norway at the top
Ians •"India has also shown significant improvement in terms of its fixed broadband download speed rank, where it is now placed 67th vis-a-vis 76th last year," Ookla said in a statement.
Manufacturing PMI improves for 2nd straight month in February
•The latest reading was much weaker than the long-run series average (54.2), largely reflecting sub-par growth for output and new business
Lowest ever: Feb WPI falls to -2.06% thanks to dipping global oil prices
Fp Staff •Inflation, as measured by the wholesale price index (WPI), fell a steep -2.06 percent from -0.39 percent, marking the fourth straight month of deflation in prices. A CNBC-TV18 poll of economists forecast WPI to come in at -0.65 percent.
February infrastructure output down 2.5%
Fp Archives •India's infrastructure sector output slumped 2.5 percent in February from a year earlier, government data showed on Monday
Priyanka Chopra's brother to get married this February
Fp Staff •Siddharth got engaged to Kanika Mathur , a Delhi girl, last year in October, in the presence of friends and family and the Roka ceremony was also a simple private affair.
M&C Saatchi ties up with Delhi-based agency February
Fp Staff •Cityville Developer Expands in India
Sriram •The developer of these games, Zynga plans to grow bigger and better in India with the opening of a complete game studio called Studio-I.