‘Mudhalvar Marundhagam’ Scheme:
- The ‘Mudhalvar Marundhagam’ scheme, which sells medicines at very low prices, will be launched across Tamil Nadu.
- Chief Minister M.K. Stalin will inaugurate the scheme at a pharmacy set up in Pondy Bazaar, Chennai.
- A total of 1,000 ‘Mudhalvar Marundhagam’ will be opened, including 500 pharmacies through entrepreneurs and 500 through the cooperative sector.
- ‘Mudhalvar Marundhagam’ will be launched in all 38 districts.
- People with diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease have to take pills every day, and this scheme is being launched to save people from this burden.
Ziegenbalg Memorial Day:
- The 306th memorial day of Ziegenbalg was observed in Tharangambadi.
- Ziegenbalg, who hailed from Denmark, arrived in Tharangambadi on 9 July 1706 AD.
- In 1715, he set up a printing press, paper mill, ink factory, and a workshop for producing Tamil characters from metals such as brass and lead in the Kaduthasi workshop at Poraiyar near Tharangambadi with a printing press imported from Germany.
- After that, he printed countless Tamil books such as Thirukkural, Tholkappiyam, Purananuru, and Aathisudi from parchment and published them as books.
- He built the first church in Asia, the New Jerusalem Temple, in Tharangambadi in 1718.
- He died on 23 February 1719.
February 24: Central Excise Tax Day.
- Central Excise Day 2023 is observed on 24 February every year to commemorate the enactment of the Central Excise and Salt Act, 1944.
- The Central Board of Excise and Customs is the body responsible for administering indirect taxes in India.
Important Facts:
- Prime Minister Modi is set to inaugurate the World Investors’ Summit in Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh.
- The gold-plated Sri Lakshminarasimha Swamy Temple in Yadagirigutta, Telangana, has the tallest golden tower in the country.
- Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy.
- The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has set a new record by building a metro line at a height of 28.37 meters.
- This line, which is built in the Hyderabad-Badli More area, is the highest metro line.
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday launched the APPA App designed to bridge the communication gap between parents, teachers, and administration, thereby improving the overall educational Experience
- Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das has been appointed as the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Modi.
- For the first time in the country, a biobank facility has been opened at the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoo, also known as the Darjeeling Zoo in West Bengal.
- Russia’s Andrey Rublev won the Qatar Open men’s tennis championship.
- Mohun Bagan won a record-breaking title in the Indian Super League (ISL) football tournament.