Title Title Daily Current Affairs Capsule 26th February 2021

Title
Daily Current Affairs Capsule
            Title 2021
     26th February

Govt issues guidelines and digital media ethics code for OTT, online streaming and social media platforms

Government issued guidelines and digital media ethics code for Over The Top (OTT), online streaming and social
media platforms.

      As per the guidelines, social media platforms have to remove content involving nudity and morphed
       pictures of women within 24 hrs to ensure online safety and dignity of users, specially women users.
      The Social Media Intermediaries will have to appoint a Chief Compliance Officer who will be responsible
       for ensuring compliance of rules.
      The OTT platforms will self-classify the content into five age based categories and prominently display
       the classification rating specific to each content together with a content deor informing the user about the
       nature of the content.
      The platforms will be required to implement parental locks for content classified as U/A 13 or higher, and
       reliable age verification mechanisms for content classified as A.

2nd edition of Global Bio-India to be organised from 1st to 3rd March

To showcase the strength and opportunities of the India’s biotechnology sector at national level and to the global
community, the second edition of Global Bio-India will be organised from 1st to 3rd March.

   The theme for this year is Transforming lives and tag line Biosciences to Bioeconomy.
      Science and Technology Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan will inaugurate the event virtually.
      Global Bio-India is one of the largest biotechnology stakeholders’ conglomerates that is being co-
       organised by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology.
      Global Bio-India 2021 is expected to have representatives from more than 50 countries with Switzerland
       being the partner country and Karnataka as its state partner till date.

Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation announces selection of 12 iconic sites under Phase IV of
Swachh Iconic Places

Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti has announced the selection of twelve iconic
sites under Phase IV of Swachh Iconic Places.

      These sites include Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra, Sanchi Stupa in Madhya Pradesh, Kumbhalgarh Fort,
       Jaisalmer Fort and Ramdevra in Rajasthan, Golconda Fort in Telangana and Konark Sun Temple in
       Odisha.
      Chandigarh's Rock Garden, Jammu and Kashmir's Dal Lake, Banke Bihari Temple in Mathura, Agra Fort
       in Uttar Pradesh and Kalighat Temple in West Bengal are the other sites.
      The initiative aims at enhancing the experience of both domestic and foreign visitors by improving the
       sanitation and cleanliness standards at and around the sites.

India kicks off BRICS chairship with inaugural three-day long Sherpas' meeting

India has kicked off its BRICS Chairship with the inaugural three-day-long Sherpas' meeting.

   On February 19, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar launched India's BRICS 2021 website at the
       BRICS Secretariat at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan.
      The group was formalised as BRIC in September 2006, during the 1st BRIC Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.
      The 1st BRIC summit was held in Yekaterinburg, Russia on 16 June 2009.
      BRIC group was renamed as BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) after South Africa was
       accepted as a full member in September 2010.
      BRICS is an important grouping bringing together the major emerging economies from the world,
       comprising 41% of the world population, having 24% of the world GDP and over 16% share in world
       trade.

Siliguri-Dhaka train service to start on Independence Day of Bangladesh

The new Passenger train service between India and Bangladesh will start from 26th of March.

      Independence Day of Bangladesh is observed on 26 March every year.
      The train will leave NJP on every Thursday and Monday while it will depart from Dhaka on Friday and
       Thursday.
      The Haldibari-Chilahati (in Bangladesh) train route was opened after a gap of 55 years for goods trains
       on 17th of December last year.
      The passenger train between New Jalpaiguri and Dhaka will take the same route.
      Haldibari, which is on the India-Bangladesh border, is in Cooch Behar district of the state, while Chilahati
       is the first station on the other side of the border, located in the Nilphamari district of the neighbouring
       country.

Himachal Pradesh CM Jai Ram Thakur launches ‘e-Parivahan Vyavstha’

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur launched ‘e-Parivahan Vyavstha’.

      It has been launched to provide faceless services to the people of the State regarding Driving
       Licence/Registration Certificates/Permits etc.
      The State Government also started first e-Vidhan Sabha, then e-Budget and now it has started an e-cabinet.
       He said the e-Parivahan was a step forward in this direction.
      He also released ‘e-Parivahan Vyavstha’ publicity literature on the occasion.

Delhi govt to switch its fleet of cars to electric vehicles in 6 months, says Deputy CM Manish Sisodia

The Delhi government will switch its entire fleet of hired cars to electric vehicles within six months.

      Over two thousand cars will be impacted by this decision and will transition to electric vehicles.
      The decision will go a long way in curbing pollution in Delhi.
      Last year, the city government had launched an Electric Vehicle Policy to tackle the problem of air
       pollution.

Global rating agency Moody's ups India's growth projection for FY22 to 13.7 per cent from 10.8 per cent
estimated earlier

Moody's upped India's growth projection for the financial year 2021-22 to 13.7 per cent from 10.8 per cent
estimated earlier.

      In its 'Global Macro Outlook 2021-22, Moody's said, India's Economy has rebounded quickly from one
       of the world's longest and most stringent lockdowns, which also came with the steepest fall in GDP in the
       second quarter of 2020.
      For the current fiscal year, the agency expects the Indian economy to contract by 7 per cent, lower than
       its previous estimate of 10.6 per cent contraction.
      The revised numbers came on the back of normalisation of activity and growing confidence in the market
       with the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines.

2nd edition of Khelo India Winter Games begins in Gulmarg

The second edition of 'Khelo India Winter Games' started from February 26 and culminate on March 2 in Jammu
and Kashmir's winter destination of Gulmarg.

      Around 1200 athletes and guests from across the country are scheduled to participate in the mega sports
       event.
      Athletes from 27 states and Union Territories will converge on the snow-bound slopes of Gulmarg during
       the event to compete in different categories of sports.

   The prominent sports activities, which will be the hallmark of the winter games, include snow shoe race,
       ice skating, ice hockey, skiing, Nordic ski, snowboarding, ski mountaineering and ice stock, etc.

Malayalam Poet Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri Dies

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed anguish over the demise of Malayalam poet Vishnunarayanan
Namboothiri.

      Mr Namboothiri died in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 81.