current affairs 25 february 2021

1. India, World Bank sign $68 mn project for improving education in Nagaland

Project to enhance the governance of schools across Nagaland as well as to improve teaching practices and learning environments in select schools
About 150,000 students and 20,000 teachers in the government education system in Nagaland will benefit from the statewide reforms in schools

Appointed its first minister for loneliness this month afterthe country’s suicide rate increased for the first time in 11 yearsduring the Covid-19 pandemic.

Signed a $304 million loan agreement for the Assam Intra-State Transmission System Enhancement Project to improve reliability, capacity and security of the power transmission network in the northeastern state.
Project aims to strengthen Assam's electricity transmission system by constructing 10 transmission substations

The stadium is the biggest cricket stadium in the world as it has a total capacity of 1,32,000
The stadium is oval in shape and as a result, whenever a match is played on any of the 11 pitches, the boundary size will remain the same on both sides
The entire facility will offer venues for over 20 Olympic Games such as athletics, badminton, football, aquatics, basketball and many other indoor and outdoor sports
The sports enclave will also have a 15,000 capacity field hockey stadium and a 50,000 seat athletics-football stadium with a 400m track. A 5,000 capacity tennis stadium would also be there along with 12 additional tennis courts.

The book chronicles the glorious history of CRPF since its raising in 1939 and it has detailed and thoroughly researched account of CRPF's journey, challenges, successes, and sacrifices.