NATIONAL NEWS

International Conference on Integrative Health Solutions

• President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the two-day International Conference on "Innovations in Unani Medicine for Integrative Health Solutions – A Way Forward" on Unani Day at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
• This Conference was hosted by Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM), a premier research council under the Ministry of Ayush, Government of India.

Unani

Kalagram at Mahakumbh

• Ministry of Culture has set up a cultural village viz. Kalagram in Sector-7 of Maha Kumbh district through North Central Zone Cultural Centre (NCZCC) located at Prayagraj, an autonomous organization of the Ministry.

MoU for Job creation and expand opportunities

• To enhance job creation and expand opportunities for young job seekers, the Ministry of Labour & Employment signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with FoundIt (Formerly Monster), a leading job portal in New Delhi.

Report by NITI Aayog

India Energy Week 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the four-day mega event India Energy Week 2025 in New Delhi.

Combating human trafficking in the digital era

• Justice Shri V Ramasubramanian, Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India inaugurated a day-long National Conference on ‘Combating human trafficking in the digital era’ organised by the Commission in collaboration with the Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

NHRC

Aircraft Objects Bill

• Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu introduced “The Protection of Interests in Aircraft Objects Bill, 2025”, in the Rajya Sabha.
• The bill aims to strengthen aircraft financing and leasing in the country. It aims to align India’s domestic laws with the Cape Town Convention and its Aircraft Protocol, international treaties designed to streamline the financing and leasing of aircraft and other movable equipment.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

India-Israel Business & CEO Forums

• Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, and the Embassy of Israel, in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), organized the India-Israel Business Forum in New Delhi.
• Alongside the Business Forum, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) hosted the India-Israel CEO Forum.

Israel

EPC between India & Oman

• Executive Programme of Cooperation (EPC) for 2025-2028 between the National Archives of India and the National Records and Archives Authority of Oman has been, signed in New Delhi for Cooperation in the Field of Archives.

Oman

India-UK Energy Dialogue

• The 4rth India-UK Energy Dialogue, co-chaired by Shri Manohar Lal, Union Minister of Power and Housing and Urban Affairs of India, and Mr. Ed Miliband, Secretary for Energy Security and Net Zero for United Kingdom, was held in New Delhi.
• Phase-2 of the India-UK bilateral Accelerating Smart Power & Renewable Energy in India (ASPIRE) programme was announced.

United Kingdom (UK)

1979 Islamic Revolution anniversary

• Iranians celebrated the anniversary of the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran.
• The Iranian Revolution was a series of events from 7 January 1978 to 11 February 1979 that ultimately resulted in the overthrow of the pro-western regime of Pahlavi dynasty under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, subsequently being replaced by an anti-Western Theocracy under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

Iran

ECONOMY & BANKING

Market Intervention Scheme

• Government has revised Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) guidelines under which procurement limit of crops under MIS has been increased from 20 percent to 25 percent.
• Under this revision MIS will be a component of the integrated scheme of PM-AASHA.

PM-AASHA

• The Government of India approved the continuation of the integrated Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) Scheme during the 15th Finance Commission Cycle up to 2025-26.
• Government has also allowed the procurement of Tur, Urad and Masur under PSS equivalent to 100% of the production of the State for the procurement year 2024-25.

PM-AASHA

India-EFTA Desk

• India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) – comprising Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein inaugurated India-EFTA Desk.
• It will function as a single-window mechanism to provide support to EFTA businesses looking to invest, expand, or establish operations in India.

Major Trade Blocs

IMPORTANT DAYS

Unani Day

• Every year the 11th of February marks Unani Day, celebrating the birth anniversary of eminent Unani physician, educator, and freedom fighter Hakim Ajmal Khan.

ENVIRONMENT + SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Automated Bio Medical Waste Treatment Plant

• Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh launched India's first indigenous Automated Bio Medical Waste Treatment Plant at AIIMS New Delhi which is by CSIR-NIIST (National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology) Thiruvananthapuram.

CSIR

Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis

• Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Jagat Prakash Nadda, has launched the Annual Nationwide Mass Drug Administration (MDA) Campaign for Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) Elimination.
• Government’s resolve is to achieve the lymphatic filariasis elimination target by 2027.

Lymphatic Filariasis

DEFENCE

Aero India 2025

• Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated 15th edition of Asia’s biggest aerospace & defence exhibition in Bengaluru
• Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh also held bilateral meetings with Minister for Defence & National Service of Tanzania Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax, Minister Delegate to the Minister of National Defence, Chief of Staff of People's National Army of Algeria General Saïd Chanegriha and Minister of Defence of Zambia Mr Ambrose Lwiji Lufuma in Bengaluru.

Trainer Aircraft Sitara renamed as ‘Yashas’

• The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s (HAL) Hindustan Jet Trainer (HJT)-36 was renamed Yashas on the inaugural day of Aero India. The aircraft was earlier called Sitara.

HAL

SPORTS

Para Archery Asia Cup

• India ended their participation in the 2025 Para Archery Asia Cup in Thailand with six gold medals, finishing at the top of the medal table.
• India pocketed a total of 12 medals in the competition, including six gold, three silver, and three bronze.