Banking and Financial
- Twitter partnered with Paytm to boost ‘Tips’ feature in India
- IndusInd Bank empanelled by SFAC to facilitate digital transactions on e-NAM portal
- Fisdom joined hands with Bank of Maharashtra to offer wealth management service
- Centre reduced agri-cess on Crude Palm Oil from 5% To 5%
- RBI cancelled licence of Maharashtra’s Mantha Urban Cooperative Bank
- SBI Ecowrap report projected India’s GDP at 8% in FY22
- BSE Ebix Partners with LIC for Distribution of Insurance Products
- SBI, BoB, PNB, UBI, BoM, and Canara Bank acquired stake in IDRCL
- Govt signed loan agreement of $115 million with World Bank for REWARD Project
- CBI booked Gujarat-based ABG Shipyard Limited for India’s biggest–ever case of bank fraud of ₹22,842 crores
- MoSPI projected GDP deflator forecast for FY23 at 3-3.5%
- Retail inflation rose to 01% in January, just above RBI’s upper limit
- Vedanta tied up with Foxconn to form joint venture to manufacture semiconductors in India
- Standard Chartered Bank launched interest-only home loan facility
- Bank of Baroda signed MoU with Assam Rifles to provide Central Forces Salary Package
- SEBI made separation of chairperson & MD, CEO roles voluntary
- Wholesale price-based inflation declines to 96% in January
- RBI extended deadline for NBFCs to meet new NPA upgradation norms till September 2022
- Kotak Mahindra Bank tied up with Ezetap to provide integrated PoS solutions
- Jio Platforms acquired 25% stake in US-based deep-tech startup TWO Platforms for $15 million
National News
- Finance Ministry granted Rs 1154.90 crores for Urban Local Bodies of AP, Bihar, Gujarat, & Sikkim
- Rajasthan topped solar electrification under Saubhagya Scheme
- Govt sanctioned Rs 2.26 crores for Medaram Jatara Festival of Telangana
- Telangana flagged off first-ever all-women officers sailing expedition
- LAHDC, Leh launched “Kunsnyom scheme” for differently abled persons
- Maru Mahotsav or Jaisalmer Desert Festival celebrated in Rajasthan
- Nitin Gadkari inaugurated 5 km long rail-cum-road-bridge over Ganga River in Bihar
- SIDBI launched ‘Waste to Wealth Creation’ programme in West Bengal
- SIDBI partnered with Bihar govt to promote MSME Sector
- Gujarat announced new Biotechnology Policy for 2022-27
- Social Justice Ministry launched SEED Scheme for welfare of DNTs, NTs, SNTs
- Govt estimated record food grains production of over 316.06 MT for 2021-22
- Delhi Police became India’s 1st Security Force to launch ‘Smart Card Arms License’
- PM Modi inaugurated 550-tonne capacity Bio-CNG plant “Gobar-Dhan” in Indore
- India’s 1st Water Taxi Service inaugurated in Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Govt announced to launch doorstep crop insurance distribution drive ‘Meri Policy Mere Hath’ under PMFBY
- Government extended Capacity Development Scheme till 31 March 2026
- Government approved continuation of RUSA scheme till 31st March 2026
- Govt sanctioned Rs 24 crores for cleaning Gomati River to boost Indo-Bangla waterway project
- Dabur India became India’s first 100% Plastic Waste Neutral FMCG Company
- Centre constituted Ken-Betwa link Project Authority, and 20-member National Steering Committee headed by Pankaj Kumar
- India blocked 54 Chinese mobile apps over security threat and privacy risks
- Union Cabinet approved setting up of secretariat for India’s G20 Presidency
- Government approved ‘New India Literacy Programme’, a new scheme of Adult Education for FYs 2022-27
- Centre sanctioned construction of 60,000 homes under PMAY(U) in 5 states
- NITI Aayog in association with PhonePe launched Fintech Open Hackathon
- TransUnion CIBIL partnered with FICCI to launch MSME Consumer Education Program
International News
- Global trade rose 25% to hit record high of $28.5 trillion in 2021, according to UNCTAD
- 21st TERI’s World Sustainable Development Summit 2022 held virtually
- France announced military withdrawal from Mali after nearly ten years
- Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba declared as President of Burkina Faso
- WHO launched ‘Quit Tobacco App’ to help people end Tobacco consumption
- Nepal will become 1st country to deploy India’s UPI platform
- JPMorgan became world’s first bank to set up shop in the metaverse
- India, UAE signed a Comprehensive Trade Agreement
- Tata Power collaborated with RWE to develop offshore wind projects
Appointment and Resignation
- G Ashok Kumar appointed as India’s first national maritime security coordinator
- Manoj Tiwari appointed as Brand Ambassador of Khadi & handicrafts of Bihar
- Chetan Ghate appointed as Director of Institute of Economic Growth
- Table Tennis player Manika Batra appointed as brand ambassador of Adidas
- Ravi Chopra resigned as Chairman of Supreme Court appointed panel on Char Dham project
- Ilker Ayci appointed as MD and CEO of Air India
- Vineet Joshi appointed as new Chairman of CBSE
- Gita Mittal appointed as chairperson of Committee of Administrators to run Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI)
- Shah Rukh Khan appointed as Brand Ambassador of Gaming app A23
- IOC Athletes’ Commission re-elected Emma Terho as Chair, Seung Min Ryu & Sarah Walker elected as VC & 2nd VC respectively
Awards
- Bill Gates conferred Hilal-e-Pakistan honour for efforts to eradicate polio
- Coal India Ltd won “Most Dependable Public Sector in India” award
- Sandeep Bakhshi named Business Standard Banker of the Year 2020-21
- Karnataka Bank bagged 3 awards at 17th Annual Banking Technology Conference and Awards 2020-21
- Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2022 announced: film ‘Shershaah‘ won the Best Film Award; Ranveer Singh won the Best Actor Award; Kriti Sanon won the Best Actress Award
Defence
- IAF to showcase LCA Tejas at Singapore Air Show 2022
- US-Bangladesh will conduct joint air exercise ‘Cope South 22’
Science
- Jio announced JV with SES to provide satellite-based broadband services
- Airtel joined SEA-ME-WE-6 undersea cable consortium to scale up a high-speed network
Sports
- Chelsea won first FIFA Club World Cup by defeating Brazil’s Palmeiras
- Bihar’s Sakibul Gani became 1st player to hit triple ton on first-class debut
- Indian Railways will set up country’s biggest Wrestling Academy
- Keegan Petersen, Heather Knight declared ICC players of the month for January 2022
- Mumbai will host International Olympic Committee session in 2023
Book and Author
- Bill Gates authored a new book titled ‘How to Prevent the Next Pandemic’
- Samuel Moyn authored a book titled ‘Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War’
- Uma Das Gupta authored a new book ‘’A History of Sriniketan: Rabindranath Tagore’s Pioneering Work in Rural Construction”
- Ro Khanna authored a book titled “Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us”
- Jimmy Soni authored a book titled ‘The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley’
- Priyam Gandhi Mody authored a book titled ‘A Nation To Protect’
Important day
- 11 February: FICCI CASCADE launched ‘Anti-Smuggling Day’
- 15 February: International Childhood Cancer Day (Theme 2022: ‘Better Survival’ is achievable #throughyourhands)
- 15 February: Bihar Shahid Diwas
- 19 February (Third Saturday of February): World Pangolin Day 2022
- 19 February: Soil Health Card Day
- 20 February: Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh Foundation Day
- 20 February: World Day of Social Justice (Theme 2022: Achieving Social Justice through Formal Employment)
- 21 February: International Mother Language Day (Theme 2022: “Using technology for multilingual learning: Challenges and opportunities”.)
Obituary
- Legendary Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri passed away
- Kannada poet Chennaveera Kanavi passed away
- Renowned Bengali singer Sandhya Mukhopadhyay passed away
- Former Indian footballer Surajit Sengupta passed away
- Senior journalist Ravish Tiwari passed away
- Gandhian leader and eminent social worker Shakuntala Choudhury passed away