1. The Assembly Election results of all five states/ UT will be declared on May 2nd. While Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry will see single-phase elections, Assam will go to polls in three phases and West Bengal will have 8 phases.
2. Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry will see single-phase elections, while Assam will go to polls in three phases and West Bengal will have 8 phases.
3. Assam will go into Assembly polls in three phases starting from March 27th, second phase polls will be on April 1st and third phase on April 6th. The results will be declared on May 2, 2021.
4. The United States on February 23, 2021 honoured Indian social activist Anjali Bhardwaj with the International Anti-corruption Champions Award. The honour was conferred upon 12 individuals in total for their dedication towards combating corruption.
5. Indian cricketer Yusuf Pathan has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. He had made his international debut under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. His ODI debut was in June 2008 against Pakistan and his T20I debut in September 2007 also against Pakistan.
6. The Sri Lankan government on 25th February 2021 permitted the burial of bodies of the people who died due to COVID-19. Till now, over 450 COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Sri Lanka, out of which a significant number belong to the minority Muslim community. The victims were cremated till now due to the nation’s policy of compulsorily cremating victims of COVID-19.
7. The Horticulture Department of Karnataka and the International Flower Auction Bangalore- IFAB will collaborate to set up a flower processing centre to convert unsold flowers into various forms of useful products.
8. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on 25th February 2021 retained Pakistan on its “grey list” till June 2021 after concluding that the nation had failed to address its strategically important deficiencies, to fully implement the 27 point action plan that the global watchdog had drawn up for the nation.
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