‘Sangrai dance’ is performed by the Mog tribal community on the occasion of Sangrai festival during the month of Chaitra (in April) of the Bengali calendar year. The Mogs are one of the 19 tribes in Tripura.

The central banks of the UAE and Saudi Arabia have launched a common digital currency called “Aber”, which will be used in financial settlements between the two countries through Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers technologies.

Data Privacy Day(known in Europe as Data Protection Day) is an international holiday that occurs every 28 January.

People can watch the highlights of this year’s Republic Day parade at the Rajpath on a mobile application which has been launched by the Defence Ministry. The “RDP India 2019”app was launched on the occasion of the 70th Republic Day.

Accenture took the title of world’s most valued brand. India’s TCS has been ranked 3rd most valued IT services brand globally in 2018-19, after Accenture and IBM, according to a report by Brand Finance.Accenture took the title of world’s most valued brand.

 India rose by three points to 78 in the list of 180 countries in the world, while China ranked 87 in the Global Corruption Index. Denmark topped the list.

This Corruption Perceptions Index 2018 was released by anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International on January 29, 2019. According to the Index, Denmark is the least corrupt country followed by New Zealand; while Somalia, Syria and South Sudan are the most corrupt countries in the world.

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who also holds Finance portfolio, presented annual budget of Rs 19,548.69 crore for the year 2019-20 as against Rs 17,123.28 crore for the year 2018-19, representing an increase of 14.16 percent over last year

The Padma Awards 2019, one of the highest civilian awards of India, were announced on January 25, 2019 on the occasion of Republic Day eve. Gautam Gambhir, Prabhu Deva, and Late Kader Khan are among the Padma Shri awardees this year.

On January 24, 2019,Yes bank got its approval to appoint Deutsche Bank India head Ravneet Singh Gill as the successor to Rana Kapoor.His tenure will begin from March 1,2019. Yes Bank’s hunt for new CEO ended up in Ranveet Gill as RBI rejected Rana Kapoor’s query extend to next three years. Though Kapoor’s CEO position ends up on January 31, 2019,He will still hold 10 percent in the bank share and will be entitled as the ‘Indian Partner’. Kapoor’s term at the bank ends on Jan. 31, after which there will be a month-long gap before Gill takes over,so the board of directors have decided to appoint a interim head to hold the post for that period.