Defence
Economy
- The Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) has raised the limit of insurance cover for depositors in insured banks from the present level of ₹1 lakh to - ₹5 lakh per depositor.
- According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Overall index for world food prices in January rose by - 0.7%.
Environment
- This African country will hold its first major auction for trophy elephant hunting quotas since controversially scrapping a hunting ban - Botswana.
- The Federation of India-Israel Chamber of Commerce will hold the 'Jerusalem-Mumbai Festival' on February 15 and 16 in - Mumbai.
National
- The “India-Central Asia Business Council 2020” was launched in - New Delhi.’
- To help assess the progress made in cities through various initiatives, the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs launched two Assessment Frameworks, viz. - Ease of Living Index (EoLI) and Municipal Performance Index (MPI) 2019.
- 132.3 metres long Lakshman Jhula, first glass floor suspension bridge in India, to be built across Ganga river in - Rishikesh, Uttarakhand.
Person in News
- Winners of the Madhya Pradesh government's National Lata Mangeshkar Samman - singer Suman Kalyanpur (for the year 2017) and music composer Kuldeep Singh (for the year 2018).
Sports
- Weightlifter who created three new snatch (149kg), clean and jerk (181kg) and total (330kg) records in his men’s 109kg title victory at the National Championships at Kolkata - Chandrakant Mali.
State Current Affairs
- New speaker of the Nagaland Assembly - Sharingain Longkumer.
Science
- World's first helmet to stop AK-47 bullet from 10 metres is developed by – India’s College of Military Engineering (‘PARTH’).
General Knowledge
- Botswana- Capital: Gaborone; Currency: Botswana pula.
- UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Founded: 16 October 1945; Headquarters: Rome, Italy.
- Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) – Founded: 15 July 1978; Headquarters: Mumbai.
- Nagaland - Founded: 30 November 1963; Capital: Kohima.
