PM inaugurated Sagarika International Cruise Terminal marking another landmark, which has turned into a major cruise destination across the globe. He also inaugurated Cochin Shipyard's Vigyan Sagar, a campus for Marine Engineering Training Institute.
Kochi is located in the Ernakulam district of Kerala.
The national space innovation programme undertaken by HR Wallingford in collaboration with Oxford University, Sayers & Partners (SPL) & D-Orbit, is an initiative that supports collaborative projects between UK-based organisations & international partners.
Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir: Manoj Sinha.
Retail Inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) eased to a 16-month low of 4.06% in January mainly due to a sharp decline in food prices justifying the RBI’s accommodative monetary policy stance. . Inflation based on CPI was at 4.59% in December.
Retail Inflation: Change in the price index over a period of tim
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance launched Guaranteed Income for Tomorrow (GIFT) that helps policyholders to achieve long-term financial goals. It enables customers to eliminate the uncertainty of future income streams by providing guaranteed income.
ICICI Pru CEO: N. S. Kannan
HQ: Mumbai
Realty developers’ body, Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Associations of India signed MoU with Indian Payments & Postal Bank to facilitate opening of bank accounts for construction workers. It is aimed at ensuring financial literacy among them.
CEO of IPPB: J. Venkatramu
CEO of CREDAI: Pramod K Gupta
Star Health and Allied Insurance launched the Arogya Sanjeevani policy. This policy will be offered on PhonePe, the digital payments platform. For a sum insured of Rs 1 lakh, this policy will be available at an annual premium of only Rs 2985, excluding GST
Policy covers anyone up to 65 years. Sum Insured: Up to ₹10 Lakh
Filmmaker Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari has turned author with her debut fiction novel, titled Mapping Love. The book will be published by Rupa Publications. Tiwari is known for acclaimed films like Nil Battey Sannata, Bareilly Ki Barfi and Panga.
Mapping Love is a story of falling in love with writing.
Kamala’s Way, a new biography of Harris by California journalist Dan Morain, depicts the rise of Kamala Harris to become the U.S.’s first-ever woman Vice-President, and the first of mixed Indian and African American heritage.
Harris is the 49th Vice President of the USA.
PM handed over the indigenously designed & manufactured Arjun Main Battle Tank (MK-1A) to Army. It has been indigenously designed and manufactured by the Combat Vehicles Research & Development Establishment of Defence Research and Development Organisation.
MK-1A has 54.3% indigenous content against 41% in earlier model.
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin became the first player in the history of Test Cricket to take 200 wickets against left-handed batsmen. He achieved the feat during the second day of India’s second Test against England in Chennai. He dismissed Stuart Broad.
Ashwin has picked 391 wickets in his career so far.