Important Day
- Theme for International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust (27 January 2020) - "75 years after Auschwitz - Holocaust Education and Remembrance for Global Justice".
Economy
- This Indian stock exchange has signed a licensing agreement with Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) to use its ‘Brent index’ as the settlement benchmark for the Indian bourse's rupee-denominated brent futures contracts - BSE.
National
- On 28 January, the 3rd Global Potato Conclave organised in - Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
- This Chinese smartphone maker has entered into a partnership with Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H) to promote collaborative research on advanced and emerging technologies - OPPO.
- First Indian company to integrate Maersk spot on its digital platform – FreightBro.
Persons in News
- First independent farmer in India who won the international patent for the technique (in soil swapping and soil fertility) - Chinthala Venkat Reddy (Telangana).
- Record of the Year at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards – ‘Bad Guy’ (Billie Eilish).
- Album of the year at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards – ‘When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go’ (Billie Eilish).
- Song of the year at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards – ‘Bad Guy’ (Billie Eilish).
- Best new artist at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards - Billie Eilish (American Singer).
- Winner of a Grammy award for the best spoken word album for "Becoming" - Michelle Obama (Former US First Lady).
- Newly appointed secretary of National Commission for Minorities - B Anand.
- The government’s director on the board of Indian Bank - Sanjeev Kaushik.
- New chief executive of Indian Bank's Association (IBA) - Sunil Mehta.
Sports
- Newly nominated Life President of the Asian Tennis Federation - Anil Khanna.
State Current Affairs
- The Central government signed an accord with the banned insurgent group National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) in - Assam.
- This state cabinet passed a resolution setting in motion the process for abolishing the state Legislative Council - Andhra Pradesh.
- Government eMarketplace (GeM) and this state government signed a MoU to set up a GeM Organizational Transformation Team (GOTT) Project Management Unit (PMU) in the State - Uttar Pradesh.
- The Assam Power Generation Corporation Ltd (APGCL) will setup a waste-to-energy plant in - Guwahati.
Science
- World's first commercial green hydrogen project and the world’s largest electrolyser plant - Hyport Oostende in Belgium.
General Knowledge
- National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) was founded in – Originally: 1909 (as Central Malaria Bureau); Renamed: 1963 (as the NICD).
- World’s oldest remaining asteroid crater – “Yarrabubba” (Meekatharra, Australia).
- Assam – Capital: Dispur; Statehood: 26 January 1950.
- Government e-Marketplace (GeM) was launched in - 2016.
- Indian Bank's Association (IBA) - Founded: 1946 (26 September); Headquarters: Mumbai.
- Indian Bank - Founded: 1907 (15 August); Headquarters: Chennai.
- BSE (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange) - Founded: 1875 (09 July); Location: Mumbai; Founder: Premchand Roychand.
