1. Indira Paryavaran Bhawan inaugurated by Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India on 25 February 2014 inaugurated Indira Paryavaran Bhawan on Jorbagh Road, New Delhi. This Bhawan will house the Ministry of Environment and Forest and has a provision to accommodate its 600 officials.
The Bhawan is India’s first on site Net Zero Building built by the adoption of Solar Passive design and energy efficient building material. This has been designed as the highest-green rated building i.e., GRIHA 5-Star and LEED India Platinum. The requirements of GRIHA 5-Star and LEEDS Platinum ratings have been achieved by adopting various measures some of which are as follows
• Effective Ventilation has been achieved by orientating the building in an East-West direction, separating different blocks with connecting corridors and having a large central court yard.
• The design is such that 75% of natural daylight is utilised to reduce energy consumption.
• The entire building has an access friendly design for differently-abled persons.
• With an Installed capacity of 930 KW peak power, the building has the largest roof top Solar system among Multi storied buildings in India.
• Total energy savings of about 40% has been achieved by adoption of energy Efficient Chilled Beam system of Air Conditioning. This is an innovative air conditioning system, where air conditioning is done by convection currents rather than air flow through diffusers and chilled water is circulated right up to the diffuser points unlike the conventional systems.
• Green materials have been used like Fly ash bricks, regional building materials, materials with high recycled content, high reflectance terrace tiles and rock wool Insulation of outer walls.
• Rapidly renewable Bamboo Jute Composite material has been used for door frames & shutters.
• UPVC windows with hermetically sealed double glass, Calcium Silicate ceiling tiles having high recycled content and grass paver blocks in pavements and roads.
• Reduction in water consumption has been achieved by use of Low discharge water fixtures, recycling of waste water through Sewage Treatment Plant, use of plants with Low water demand in landscaping, use of Geothermal cooling for HVAC system, rain water harvesting and use of curing compounds during construction
This project has been developed at an expense of about 209 crore rupees. The Indira Paryavaran Bhavan building has already received the following awards:
• February 2013: The Project received an award from Adarsh/GRIHA of MNRE for exemplary demonstration of Integration of Renewable Energy Technologies
• January 2014: The Project was accorded 5-Star Green Building Certification by GRIHA under MNRE
2. Nokia to use Android operating system of Google
Nokia announced to launch new series of handset with the use of Android on 25 February 2014. Nokia will switch to Smartphone that use Google’s Android operating system rather than the Windows Phone software from Microsoft.
3. Ugandan President signed anti-gay bill
The Ugandan President Yoweri-Museveni signed anti-gay bill on 24 February 2014 which imposes tough penalties for homosexual acts.
4. Egypt's Interim Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi resigns with his cabinet.
He, an Army appointee, had come to power after ex-president Mohamed Morsi’s government was deposed by the Army amidst escalating mass protests against his rule last July. The country has been in constant state of political flux since the outbreak of Arab Spring.
5. Jayant Vishnu Narlikar to receive Y Nayudamma memorial award 2013 for his notable contributions in astronomy and astrophysics.
The annual honour is awarded to scientist and technologist for their worthy contributions. Its named after acclaimed leather technologist and scientist Nayudamma.
6. KCR meets PM
TRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday to thank him for getting the Telangana Bill passed in Parliament and also discussed issues related to the new state.
Emerging out of the meeting, TRS leader and MP Manda Jagannath said the "purpose of the visit was first to thank the Prime minister for the initiative".
He said Rao and other leaders raised issues like shortage of power in Telangana, creating an AIIMS-like institution in the state, gas allocation and also sought the central government's help in maintaining the world class image of Hyderabad city.
"Any merger or alliance (between TRS and Congress) will take place in due time depending on the issues discussed and agreement reached," Jagannath said.
7. Jaya releases party manifesto for LS polls
A day after declaring the list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, AIADMK supremo and Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday released the party's manifesto for the elections, promising development of the state and in the country.
"In the election manifesto of AIADMK, we have spelt out many policies and promises to implement schemes aimed at not only the development and growth of Tamil Nadu but the development and growth of Indian nation," she said.
Jayalalithaa released the manifesto here at AIADMK headquarters a day after she announced candidates for all 39 Lok Sabha Seats in her state besides the lone Puduchery constituency.
8. No more marriages in party offices: Kerala High Court
Kerala High Court has held as invalid marriages conducted at the offices of CPI(M) and other political parties. The ruling in this regard was passed on Monday by a division bench comprising justices Antony Dominic and Anil K Narendran on a habeas corpus petition filed by the father of a young woman seeking custody of his daughter, who went missing on February 10.
The police produced the woman and informed the court that she had got married on February 19 at the CPI(M) local committee office at Nedumudi in Kuttanad.
The bench then held that the marriage was not legally valid as it should either be solemnised before a marriage officer appointed under statutory provisions or as per religious rites.
Marriages held at the office of the political parties should not be allowed to be registered under the Kerala Registration of Marriages (Common) Rules 2008, the bench held and directed the Secretary of state and Local-self Government department to issue appropriate directions to their subordinates to prevent such practices.
9. Somdev Devvarman captures his 3rd ATP men's singles tennis title demolishing Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6-3, 6-1 in the final held in Delhi.
It was his fourth Challenger level final.
1st Title: Lexington (US) in 2008
2nd Title: Izmir (Turkey) in 2010
10. Del Potro retires with wrist injury in Dubai
Second-seeded Juan Martin del Potro retired in his first-round match against Somdev Devvarman of India after losing the first-set tiebreaker 7-6 (3) at the Dubai Championships on Tuesday.
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