National

Raisina Dialogue

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 9th edition of Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi.
• Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, will join the inaugural session as the Chief Guest. Raisina Dialogue is India’s flagship conference on geopolitics and geo-economics.

Regulatory framework for Artificial Intelligence

• Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said that the government will come out with a draft regulatory framework for artificial intelligence (AI) by July this year.

International

Malta joins International Solar Alliance

• Malta has become 119th country to join International Solar Alliance.
• Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs Ministry, Malta, Christopher Cutajar signed the ISA Framework Agreement in the presence of Head of Depository and Joint Secretary (Economic Diplomacy), Abhishek Singh in New Delhi.

Economy

Sri Lanka-India ETCA Negotiations

• The 14th round of negotiations between Sri Lanka and India on the Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) are scheduled to be held in New Delhi, in the first week of March 2024.

India-Europe Business Conclave

• Dr. S Jaishankar highlighted India's Economic Growth at the second CII-India Europe Business and Sustainability Conclave in Delhi.
• Dr Jaishankar stated that India has a GDP of about 3.75 trillion dollars which will be 7.3 trillion dollars at the end of the decade.

Sports

Indian Premier League

• 17th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will begin on March 22.
• It is expected that the IPL will be concluded by the end of May.

Asian Indoor Athletics Championships

• India has concluded the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tehran with three gold, one silver and two national records.
• Athlete Jyothi Yarraji secured gold in women's 60-metre hurdles with a timing of 8.12 seconds, which is a new national record.

Person in News

Abdullah Shahid

• Former Maldivian foreign minister, Abdullah Shahid has been appointed as the president of the country's largest opposition party, the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP).

David Proctor

• Chief of Royal New Zealand Navy, Rear Admiral David Proctor interacted with Chief of the Naval Staff R. Hari Kumar in New Delhi.
• Rear Admiral David Proctor is on an official visit to India from the 19th to the 27th of this month.

Miscellaneous

Indira Point

• President Droupadi Murmu visited Indira Point, the southernmost tip of India.
• She also visited Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island (previously known as Ross Island) in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Pigeon Pea speed breeding protocol

• Hyderabad-based International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has come up with an innovation in Pigeonpea breeding and announced the World’s first Pigeonpea speed breeding protocol, further strengthening food security in Asia and Africa.
• Pigeonpea, a staple in tropical and subtropical diets, is crucial for food security and soil health globally and is lauded for its nutritional value and versatility.