ASSAM

• Sahitya Akademi Festival turns eastwards, to host two-day fest on tribal literature

• India’s national academy of letters, the Sahitya Akademi, will also ‘Look East’ in its annual festival of letters from February 12 to 17 in New Delhi this year.

• In a departure from norm, Sahitya Akademi will host a two-day celebration of oral and tribal literature by roping in over 30 tribal poets, many of who represent languages with less than 300 speakers in the country.

• Of the 34 tribal poets who have agreed to attend, 14 represent languages native to the northeastern states of Tripura, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Assam and Sikkim. 

   

  INTERNATIONAL

   

  ·        Intel sets a Guinness world record with 1,218 drones at 2018 Winter Olympic Games

   

  • The opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games 2018 saw a record-setting performance of 1,218 drones (unmanned aerial vehicles), flying in sync to create huge formations of various Olympic sports and the iconic Olympic rings. This record was set by Intel.
  • The drones set a world record for the ‘most unmanned aerial vehicles airborne simultaneously,’ which was previously held by 500 drones during a 2016 performance in Germany.

   

  ·        Sister of North Korean leader meets the president of South Korea 1st time in the 2018 Winter Olympics

   

   

  • Kim Yo Jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister and close adviser, just sat down for a historic meeting with the president of South Korea in the latest surprising development to come out of the North’s decision to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
  • North and South Korea marched together under one flag at the Olympics.

   

  NATIONAL

   

  • Swachh Bharat Sanitation Park” inaugurated in Delhi

   

  • The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, in collaboration with the Environmental Sanitation Institute and Tata Trusts, has developed a Sanitation Park which was inaugurated in the Capital by Union Minister, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Sushri Uma Bharti, and Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Shri ParameswaranIyer.

   

  • The Sanitation Park was developed at CGO Complex in New Delhi with an objective to create awareness on various safe technological options.

   

  • The Park demonstrates various options pertaining to toilet technologies and solid and liquid waste management technologies, with a brief description of these technologies.

   

   

  • Shri RK Singh launches ASH TRACK Mobile App

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