- Mahashivratri is being celebrated across the country with religious fervour; Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi greet the people on the occasion.
- In a virtual address to European Parliament, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that nobody is going to break them, they are strong, they are Ukrainians.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs a high-level meeting on Ukraine situation.
- 9th Operation Ganga flight reaches New Delhi from Bucharest, Romania.
- An Indian student killed in shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine this morning; External Affairs Ministry conveys condolence to the family.
- Government issues fresh advisory for Indians to leave Kyiv urgently.
- Union Minister General V.K.Singh reaches Poland to aid the evacuation of Indian citizens in Ukraine.
- New U.S. ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas arrives in Dhaka. He most recently served as U.S. acting Assistant Secretary of State for Economic & Business Affairs. He will take the place of Earl R Miller who left for Washington almost a month back.
- Bangladesh signs two separate agreements with Asian Development Bank for loans worth USD 292 million.
- In Uttar Pradesh campaigning for sixth phase of assembly elections ends; Voting on 3rd March.
- In Manipur, electioneering in full swing for last phase of assembly elections on 5th March.
- Government invites applications for National Startup Awards 2022 across 17 sectors and 7 special categories.
- Assam govt declares entire state as “Disturbed Area” for up to 6-months. Press release issued today in Guwahati said that the order came into effect on Feb 28 and will stay in effect unless otherwise withdrawn by State government.
