INDIAN AFFAIRS
- Government to set up a domestic Gold Council in India for promotion of growth in the jewellery sector
- Ministry of Women and Child Developmentlinked the workplace sexual harassment complaint portal, SHe-Box,to all the Central Ministries, Departments and 653 districts across 33 States/Union Territories, for speedy disposal of cases.
- Maharashtragovernment passed the bill to amend the anti-adulteration law.
- Airports Authority of India (AAI)cancelled the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) licence of low-cost carrier Air Odisha for seven airports for poor and irregular services.
- Carpet city Bhadohi gets ‘export excellence’ tag; to benefit artisans, boost shipments
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
- Monaco to host 2019 Laureus Awards on February 18 2019
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
- India GDP to slow down marginally, but remain strong at 7.5% in 2019 & 2020: Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD)
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- N. Patil to be conferred with Kuncha Kala Tapasvi Award for his life time achievement
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS
- Uber Eats appointed Alia Bhatt as its first brand ambassador of India
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- Two fast patrol vessels ICGS Amrit Kaur and ICGS Kamla Devi launched for Indian Coast Guard
- IMD develops new technology to monitor impact of rain & deal with natural disasters
- Pharma company Lupinlaunched India’s First chatbot named ‘ANYA’ to provide medically verified information for health-related queries,at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Research Society for the Study of Diabetes, in
- Scientists developed enzymes using radio frequency radiation
SPORTS
- Indian Cricketer Pravin Tambe: First Player in the history of T10 league to pick up a hat-trick
OBITUARY
- Former Hockey Forward Sandeep Michael dies
BOOKS & AUTHORS
- Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitleyreleased a curated coffee table book titled ‘The Illustrated History of Indian Hockey: A Saga of Triumph, Pain and Dreams’.