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Major Highlight of the Day

BJP Sweeps Delhi Assembly Elections, Arvind Kejriwal Concedes: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has made a triumphant return to power in Delhi, securing a majority in the Assembly elections. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which held 62 of 70 seats in the previous election, faced a major setback, with Arvind Kejriwal conceding defeat in the New Delhi constituency.

Latest National News

• Delhi Election Results Declared: The Election Commission of India has declared the results for the Delhi Assembly elections. The BJP has surpassed the majority mark of 36 seats.
• Key AAP Leaders Lose: Several prominent AAP leaders, including Manish Sisodia, have lost their seats.
• Vote Counting Completed: Vote counting, which began at 8 AM on February 8th, has now concluded.?The final results are available on the Election Commission of India's website.

Company/Brand Updates

• Market Reaction Anticipated: Market analysts are closely watching how the stock market will react to the BJP's victory in the Delhi elections.
• Q3 Earnings Season Continues: Investors are awaiting Q3 financial results from key companies this week.

Global News

• UN Rights Body Condemns Rwanda's Support of Rebels in Eastern Congo: The UN's top human rights body held an urgent session to address escalating violence in eastern Congo.
• South Africa's Visa Reforms: South Africa continues its initiative to attract more Indian tourists and investors through visa reforms.

Trending News

• Bryan Johnson Podcast: Bryan Johnson's appearance on Nikhil Kamath's podcast remains a topic of discussion.

Personality Insight: Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) was a multifaceted Indian Bengali polymath who excelled as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter. He reshaped Bengali literature and music and was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

• Early Life and Education:?Born in Calcutta, Tagore began writing poetry at age eight. Nature was his favorite school.
• Literary Achievements:?Tagore modernized Bengali art by spurning rigid classical forms and resisting linguistic strictures. Some of his best-known works include?Gitanjali?(Song Offerings),?Gora?(Fair-Faced) and?Ghare-Baire?(The Home and the World).
• Social Reform and Knighthood Repudiation:?Tagore was a humanist, universalist, internationalist, and ardent critic of nationalism. In protest against the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, he rejected the British knighthood in 1919.
• Visva-Bharati University:?Tagore founded Visva-Bharati to merge Eastern and Western educational traditions.

A notable quote from Rabindranath Tagore:

"You cannot cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water."

Closing Note

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