For development of Sylhet city, India will provide assistance to Bangladesh


  • On 24th February 2017, India and Bangladesh inked an MoU, as per MoU India will provide financial assistance to Bangladesh for sustainable development of Sylhet. 
  • Sylhet is a north-eastern Bangladeshi city. There will be around expenses of Taka 240 million for development of three projects in the city.

Under HRIDAY which Circuit will be developed  Bet Dwarka Darshan Circuit


  • Union Ministry of Urban Development approved 6 kilometer long Bet Dwarka Darshan Circuit in Gujarat. It will be devloped under HRIDAY Scheme.
  • Bet Dwarka Darshan Circuit connects famous Dwarkadish Haveli and Hanuman Dandi.

Seven Earth-like planets found orbiting  Same star


  • As per a journal published on 22nd February and conference held at NASA, Astronomers discovered seven Earth like planets. Their distance from earth is 40 light years.
  • These planets have been found rotating in a circle around a star. Star around which these are rotating has been named as TRAPPIST-1. Size of TRAPPIST-1 is one tenth of Sun and also its about a quarter as warm as Sun.

Central Excise Day was celebrated on  24 February 2017


  • Central Excise Day was observed by The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC). On this day different seminars and events were hold by the department.
  • Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) is under Union Ministry of Finance and it deals with Customs, central excise, service tax and narcotics.


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