The BJP on Monday opted to continue with Pushkar Singh Dhami and Pramod Sawant as chief Ministers of Uttarakhand and Goa respectively.
In the case of Uttarakhand, the decision to retain Pushkar Singh Dhami came despite the fact that he lost his seat of Khatima.
Since the Uttarakhand assembly does not have an upper house or legislative Council, Mr. Dhami will now have to be elected to the assembly in a by election within six months.
Also, Pramod sawant has been named as the Chief minister of Goa for a second consecutive term.
# India – Australia
Developments such as those in Ukraine should never happen in the Indo Pacific, Prime minister Scott Morrison of Australia said on Monday.
Scott Morrison was adressing virtual India – Australia summit.
The bilateral meeting is first such interaction between the two countries since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
# Central Vista project
The construction of the new Parliament building is 44% complete, while the redevelopment of the Central vista avenue had achieved 80% of the physical targets.
Two other projects under the larger central vista plan that is the vice president’s enclave and three buildings of the common central secretariat had achieved 3% of their targets.
All the projects are monitored by the ministry of Urban affairs and Central public Works department.
# Domestic air traffic
Domestic air traffic grew 20% in February compared with the previous month.
India’s airlines ferried a total of 76.96 lakh passengers in February compared with 64.08 lakh in January.