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Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said the Centre was sensitively handling the issue of protesting wrestlers, who are seeking the arrest of outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment allegations. Thakur, who is on a visit to Mumbai, told reporters that the government has accepted the wrestlers' demand for a committee to probe their allegations and an investigation was underway.

In a shocking reshuffle, the Union Government led by BJP replaced the Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju and appointed Arjun Ram Meghwal as the new Union Law Minister. After removing Rijiju from Law Ministry, the BJP Government moved him to the Earth and Science Ministry. The decision was taken by the Union Government, and Rashtrapati Bhavan issued a statement in this regard.

Mansukh Mandaviya, the Union Home Minister, chaired a meeting with the concerned officials, amid the rising number of COVID-19. During the high level meeting, the Union Minister asked the state governments to conduct mock drilling at the hospitals and be battle ready for the next wave of the Novel Coronavirus. In 24-hours India registered 6,050 new cases of Covid-19, highest in the past 203 cases.

PM Narendra Modi appreciates artisans and craft workers, who work with hands using tools. At an event, PM Modi called these artisans 'Vishwakarma' and said, "Today's Vishwakarma could be tomorrow's entrepreneurs". The statement was made during a post-budget webinar, attended by PM Narendra Modi. During the same, Modi highlighted the recently launched new scheme for artisans and craftsmen, the PM Vishwakarma Kaushal Samman (PM VIKAS.) 

In a new appeal from the BJP-led Indian Government, citizens are asked to cuddle cows and celebrate February 14, Valentine's day, this year. According to the government statement, hugging a cow “will bring emotional richness” and “will increase our individual and collective happiness”. The newly declared Cow Hug Day is intended to offset the “dazzle of western civilisation”. Union Ministers urged people to follow new appeals and spread Indian… read-more