INDIAN AFFAIRS
- President of India, Shri. Ram Nath Kovindgave his assent to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2019.
- Minister of State in Department of Space Dr. Jitendra Singhinaugurated the 1st batch of UNNATI programme of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
- President of India inaugurated Gandhian Resurgence Summit in Prayagraj,Uttarpradesh
- Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Suresh Prabhuinaugurated the three-day 10th India Rubber Expo – 2019 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in
- 10-day Indian Panorama Film Festival,that was inaugurated by Secretary, Ministry of I&B, Shri Amit Khare, concluded at Siri Fort Auditorium II, in New Delhi.
- National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama, Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA)launched the second phase of the Web Campaign ‘SĀNJHI –MUJH MEIN KALĀKĀR’.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
- World Economic Forumreleased its 14th edition of annual Global Risk Report 2019 ahead of the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos.
BANKING & FINANCE
- Banks led by SBI agreed to finance Nagpur-Mumbai Samruddhi Corridor
- Reserve Bank of Indiaannounced that it will inject 10,000 crore rupees into the system to increase liquidity through open market operations (OMOs).
- RBI announced the New External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) Framework.
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI),imposed a Rs 1-crorepenalty on state-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) for non-compliance of Know Your Customer (KYC)guidelines and fraud-classification norms.
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
- Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)issued drafts norm for commodity indices allowing trading in commodity-index-based futures.Earlier only individual commodity futures and options on it were allowed.
- Markets regulator SEBIallowed mutual fund schemes (except Index Funds and ETFs) to write call options only under a covered call strategy for constituent stocks of Nifty 50 and Sensex indices.
- Fitch group company India ratings and researchestimated that India’s GDP growth to be a “tad higher” at 5% in financial year 2019-20.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
- Yohei Sasakawawas named to receive Gandhi Peace Prize for 2018,who is the Goodwill Ambassador of the World Health Organization for Leprosy Elimination.
- India born, Dr. Rattan Lal honoured with 2019 Japan Prize for his contributions in “Biological Production, Ecology”
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS
- President Ram Nath Kovindapproved the elevation of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dinesh Maheshwari to the Supreme Court.
- President Ram Nath Kovind appointed senior advocate Sanjay Jainas Additional Solicitor General of India for the Supreme Court.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- world’s first television channel dedicated to human rightswas launched in London by the International Observatory of Human Rights (IOHR).
SPORTS
- Stephen Constantine steps down as coach of Indian football tea
OBITUARY
- Vanguard Group Founder John C. Bogle passed away