24th February 2024 Daily Current Affairs

International Affairs

1. India and Bangladesh Collaborate for Transboundary Tiger Conservation

• A cross-border initiative, focused on harmonious coexistence with tigers in the Sunderbans, seeks to preserve biodiversity in both India and Bangladesh.
• The people-centric engagement took place at Joymoni, Bagerhat District, Bangladesh, under the Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation Program supported by IUCN and Germany’s KfW Development Bank.
• The WTI partnered with the Lokamata Rani Rashmoni Mission, Joynagar (West Bengal), and WildTeam, Bangladesh.

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International Affairs

2. Japan commits ODA loan of JPY 232.209 billion for nine projects in India

• The Govt. of Japan has committed an Official Development Assistance loan of an amount of JPY 232.209 billion for nine (09) projects in various sectors.
• India and Japan have had a long and fruitful history of bilateral development cooperation since 1958.
• Economic partnership, a key pillar of India-Japan relations, has steadily progressed in the last few years.

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Obituaries

3. Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq passes away

• Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq (93-years) died during treatment at a private hospital in Moradabad.
• He was elected Samajwadi Party MP from Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh) for the fifth time in 2019.
• Shafiqur Rahman Barq was the oldest member of the current Lok Sabha.

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