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• The British government has suspended its funding of the Commonwealth Secretariat, the body that runs the international organisation from London, the BBC has learned.


• UK diplomats have told Lady Scotland, the secretary-general of the Commonwealth, that Britain's annual £4.7m voluntary contribution will be withheld until her secretariat improves its financial procedures.

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• Senator Bernie Sanders narrowly won the New Hampshire Democratic primary election consolidating his hold on the progressive left wing of the party and his position in the race as a front-runner, fending off a surge from moderates Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar, who came second and third.


• Former Vice-President Joe Biden, who entered the race as a front-runner and continues to lead in polls, finished a poor fifth amidst growing talk of fading prospects.

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• Nepal has suspended the licence of a mountainous resort for three months due to poor security management and managerial weakness at the hotel where eight Indian tourists, including four minors, died of possible asphyxiation, according to media reports.


• Tragedy struck a group of 15 tourists from Kerala when eight of them died on January 21 due to possible asphyxiation after they fell unconscious probably due to a gas leak from a heater in their room at a mountainous resort in Makwanpur district.

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• Alice Wells was referring to Lashkar-e-Taiba, the militant group that both Washington and New Delhi hold responsible for the siege of the Indian financial capital that killed 166 people.


• The United States praised Pakistan's jailing of the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attack, a step long sought by Washington as well as India.

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• Another 39 people aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan have tested positive for the new coronavirus, authorities said Wednesday, as thousands more steel themselves for a second week in quarantine.


• With 174 confirmed cases, the ship that arrived with over 3,700 passengers and crew has become the largest single cluster of the newly named COVID-19 virus outside its origin in China, where it has killed more than 1,100.

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• Uttarakhand government empowered district magistrates to permit commercial mining on private land in the state. Earlier, the permission was given by the state government itself.


• The decision was taken by the government during its cabinet meeting led by Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat at the state secretariat.


• There were 13 proposals which were discussed; out of these, 10 were approved while the remaining three were kept for further discussion in the next cabinet meeting.

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• NIA court in Mohali issued non-bailable warrants against Pakistan-based chief of Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) Ranjeet Singh Neeta and Germany-based Gurmeet Singh Bagga in its probe into dropping of arms, ammunitions, explosives, communication devices and fake currency notes from across the border using drones in Punjab’s Chola Sahib in September last year.

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• Calcutta high court, on whether children of a Parsi woman married to a non-Parsi can pray in a Parsi fire temple is set to become the first case in the country to be live streamed, lawyers said.


• The Calcutta high court ordered that the hearing in the case be streamed.

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• Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella is planning to visit India later this month, multiple sources familiar with the plans told Reuters, a test for the Indian-born head who recently criticized Indian immigration policy. India is a major market for Microsoft and other technology companies and Hyderabad, where Mr. Nadella grew up, is home to Microsoft's biggest research and development center outside of the United States.

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• Ahead of US President Donald Trump's India visit later this month, four top US senators have written to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, expressing concern about the internet curbs in Kashmir more than six months after Jammu and Kashmir's special status was scrapped under Article 370, as well the preventive detentions of political leaders.


• In their letter, the senators also express concern over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA that triggered protests across the country.

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• IIT Delhi, the organizing authority for GATE 2020, released candidate's response sheet yesterday. It is yet to release the tentative answer key for GATE 2020 exam.


• However, the institute has released the procedure to submit objection on the answer key.

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• Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) has advertised the first recruitment notification in the year 2020 for 1137 vacancies of various posts in various departments of Haryana govt.


• The posts include teachers, painter, work supervisor, mason, electrician, Chargeman Miscellaneous, inspector, section officer, and others.

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• IIM Calcutta has completed placements for its students of MBA class of 2020 with a record average salary of Rs 28 lakh per annum.


• The institute said 439 students have received 492 offers from 136 firms participating in the recruitment process.


• “The average annual salary package for top 10 percent of the class was recorded at an all-time high of Rs 54.5 lakh,” a statement issued by IIMC said.

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• Banks must take prudential measures to ensure that the public’s trust is not betrayed, says Ram Nath Kovind.


• President Ram Nath Kovind said the Reserve Bank's enhanced regulatory role will deter malpractices and make the nation's financial system more credible

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• Private lender YES Bank, which is engaged in fundraising exercise, said it has received non-binding expressions of interest from investors including JC Flowers, Tilden Park Capital, OHA UK and Silver Point Capital.


• Q3 results to be delayed, will be announced before March 14

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• City Union Bank posted 8.04 per cent rise in net profit at ₹192.43 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2019.


• It had logged a profit of ₹178.10 crore in the year-ago period, City Union Bank said in a filing to the BSE.

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• Fast bowler Lungi Ngidi took three wickets in his last two overs as South Africa snatched a thrilling one-run win in the first Twenty20 international against England at Buffalo Park.


• Jason Roy and captain Eoin Morgan hit half-centuries for England and they looked well on the way to chasing down South Africa's total of 177 for eight.

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• FC Goa thumped Mumbai City FC 5-2 to go three points clear at the top of the Indian Super League (ISL) table after a feisty encounter at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in Panaji.


• Rowllin Borges (18') handed Mumbai the lead before Ferran Corominas (20'), Hugo Boumous (38') and Jackichand Singh (39') handed the initiative to Goa.

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• Indian Bank Association’s 15th Annual Banking Technology Conference, Expo and Awards 2020 held in Mumbai, Maharashtra in that South Indian Bank Has Bagged Two Awards at the Banking Technology category.


• South Indian Bank emerged winner in the ‘Most Customer Centric Bank Using Technology’ category and runner up in the ‘Best Payments Initiative’ category for Small Banks.

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• IKEA has named Jon Abrahamsson Ring, a former assistant to furniture giant IKEA's Founder Ingvar Kamprad, as the new CEO.


• Ring will be succeeding Torbjorn Loof, who resigned after being the retail giant's head for seven years, and take over the new position from September 1. Ring rejoined IKEA, where he had worked from 1998 to 2008, in 2017.

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• Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi accepted the resignation of Delhi Congress chief Subhash Chopra and Delhi Congress Incharge PC Chacko and appointed Shakti Sinh Gohil as the interim AICC Incharge of Delhi.


• This comes after the Congress party failed to win a single seat in the Delhi Assembly elections for the second time in a row.

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• Fashion designer Wendell Rodricks passed away at his home in Goa aged 59, a member of the family has confirmed to Indian Express.


• In 2014, the Government of India conferred upon him its fourth-highest civilian award, the Padma Shri. An activist for social causes, environment, and gay rights, Rodricks married Jerome Marrel in a civil ceremony in Paris in 2002.