ICICI Bank launches ‘iBox’ self-service delivery tool for customers to collect their deliverables like debit cards and cheque books from the bank bran nch near to their home/office.

Rajat Chaudhuri, an Indian novelist and short story writer, has written the book named Calcutta Nights.

The book is an English translation of Bengali fiction, ‘Raater Kolkata’, originally written by writer Hemendra Kumar Roy in 1923.

India supplied 30,000 doses of Measles and Rubella (MR) vaccine to the Maldives responding swiftly to an emergency request to contain the measles outbreak in the Maldives.

The Union Finance Minister hiked the maximum insurance provided for bank deposits to ₹ 5 Lakh, per depositor, in her recent Union Budget 20-21. This 1 lakh limit is now increased to 5 lakhs, per depositor.

The Tamil Nadu (TN) Chief Minister (CM) Shri Edappadi K Palaniswami, announced a new scheme, ‘Direct Consent to operate (CTO) scheme for green industries’ to get faster clearances from government for green category industries. The scheme was announced at the 125th year celebrations of the Confederation of the Indian Industry (CII) held in Chennai, TN.

The mixed doubles pair of Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jamie Murray defeated the pair of Barbora Krejcikova and Nikola Mektic in the Mixed doubles final to win the Australian Open title.

World Wetland Day was observed across the globe on February 02, 2020. This year’s theme for World Wetland Day was – ‘Wetlands and Biodiversity’. According to an estimate, about 1 billion people get their livelihood around various wetlands. It was celebrated for the first time on February 02, 1997, after 16 years of the Ramsar Conference.

Largest export destinations in 2019-20 (April-November): United States of America (USA), followed by United Arab Emirates (UAE), China and Hong Kong.

Country’s first e-waste clinic is being opened in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh It would enable segregation, processing and disposal of waste from both household and commercial units.

Collector of Nirmal inaugurated National Level India’s Biggest Rural Technical Festival titled Antahpragnya 2020 in the state of Telangana at Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies-Basar (RGUKT-Basar).

The government on Saturday pegged disinvestment target for 2020-21 at Rs 1.20 lakh crore, nearly double of Rs 65,000 crore it expects to raise in the current financial year.

World No-1 Novak Djokovic defeated the Dominic Thiem of Austria in the final of the Australian Open to clinch the title of the first Grand Slam of the year for the eighth time.

Indian Railways undertook the Radio-frequency identification (RFID) project which aims for automatic identification & data collection of rolling stock with focus on improving the safety and reliability. Two works for the RFID project have been sanctioned by the Railway board worth Rs.112.96 Crores where coaches and wagons are to be RFID-tagged. It has features of Real time visibility of railway wagons through the National Rail Network(NRN) with the help of RFID technology.

Madhya Pradesh has bagged the first position for the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana. Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani will present this award to Madhya Pradesh at a function in New Delhi.

The government allocated 2.83 lakh crore rupees for agriculture and allied activities, irrigation and rural development in the 2020-21 budget. The Budget presents 16 action points in its budget to achieve the above aims in AGRICULTURE SECTOR.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared novel Coronavirus(nCoV) as a global health emergency. This announcement was made as the outbreak which was more prominent in Hubei Province, Wuhan, China has now continued to spread to other countries too.

“Rubigula”, Flame-Throated Bulbul has been unveiled as the official mascot for the Goa 2020 National Games in Panaji, Goa. Goa will be hosting the 36th edition of the National Games from 20th October to 4th November 2020. The Flame-Throated Bulbul is the state bird of Goa. Chief Minister of Goa Pramod Sawant and Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju were present at the unveiling ceremony.

Gita Sabharwal of India was appointed as the UN(United Nations) Resident Coordinator (RC) of Thailand by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Sabharwal has 25 years of experience in development, peacebuilding, governance & social policy across 5 Asian countries, including Maldives.Gita Sabharwal recently served in UN, Sri lanka as the Peacebuilding and Development Adviser for 7 years.

PMAU-G is an initiative by the Government of India in which affordable housing will be provided to the urban poor with a target of building 20 million affordable houses by 31 March 2022 which is also 75th year of Independence.

In a new initiative, private sector general insurer Tata AIG has tied up with Drone Federation of India for drone insurance.

The Drone Federation of India (DFI) is a not-for-profit industry-led body that strives to build a safe and scalable unmanned aviation industry in India. It had recently organised the Drone Festival of India on January 6 and 7 in New Delhi.

Veteran social activist and feminist writer Vidya Bal passed away at a private nursing home in Pune on Thursday. She was 84. Known for her heroic crusade against oppressive practices involving women, Bal was in the forefront in the fight for women’s rights and equality with men

In Operation Vijay under his command, the unit was awarded a total of 37 gallantry awards including two Param Vir Chakras, eight Vir Chakras and fourteen Sena Medals. The unit was also awarded the Chief of Army Staff unit citation and the ‘Bravest of the Brave’ award.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) declares that it is preparing low-cost satellite launch vehicles costing around 30-35 crores rupees, each which can put into orbit satellites weighing 500 kgs.

NagobaJatara is a festival which is prominently celebrated in Keslapur village, Indervelly Mandal, Adilabad district of Telangana. It is also the 2nd biggest tribal carnival and is celebrated by Mesaram clan of Gond tribes for nearly a month.

Tyto, a category of bird species consisting of barn owls, grass owls and masked owls was selected as the official Mascot of the 44th edition of International Kolkata Book Fair 2020 (IKBF) for the 1st time.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is organising a meeting of a Statutory Full Commission in New Delhi.

NHRC Chairperson Justice HL Dattu will chair the meeting. The meeting has been called for the discharge of functions towards promotion and protection of human rights as specified in the statutory clauses (b) to (j) of Section 12 of the Protection of Human Rights (PHR) Act.

Amazon India has entered into a partnership with Eastern Railways to set up a pick-up kiosk at the buzzing Sealdah railway station in Kolkata.

The Union Government recently offered to sell its full 100 percent stake in Air India. The government has invited bids with March 17 as the deadline for the expression of interest (EOI) submissions.

Olympian Ayonika Paul won the women’s 10m Air Rifle T1 event Vijayveer Sidhu won the men’s 25m Pistol T2 event in the National Shooting trials at Thiruvananthapuram.

President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, will visit Haryana on Saturday to inaugurate the 34th edition of Surajkund International Crafts Mela.