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• Hong Kong has begun a mandatory two-week quarantine for anyone arriving from mainland China, in a fresh effort to contain the new coronavirus.


• Visitors must isolate themselves in hotel rooms or go to government-run centers while returning Hong Kong residents must stay inside their homes.


• Anyone caught flouting the new rules faces a fine and a prison sentence.


• Tens of thousands of travelers queued at the Chinese border city of Shenzhen ahead of the midnight deadline.

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• US President Donald Trump has dismissed two senior officials who testified against him at his impeachment trial.


• The US envoy to the EU, Gordon Sondland, said he "was advised today that the president intends to recall me effective immediately".


• Just hours earlier, Lt Col Alexander Vindman, a top expert on Ukraine, was escorted from the White House.

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• A man who had travelled to Wuhan the central city at the heart of China's coronavirus crisis was surprised when police showed up at his door after he returned home, asking to check his temperature.


• The man, who had quarantined himself at home in Nanjing, eastern Jiangsu province, said he had not told anyone about his recent trip to the city.

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• The United States stands ready to spend up to $100 million to assist China and other countries impacted by coronavirus, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced.


• “This commitment – along with the hundreds of millions generously donated by the American private sector – demonstrates strong US leadership in response to the outbreak,” Pompeo said in a statement.

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• Long queues of people were seen in Shaheen Bagh, the centre stage of the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) for almost three months now, as they turned out to cast their vote for the Delhi assembly elections.


• The colony in southeast Delhi has been thrust into the national spotlight as protesters have blocked a major road for months, demanding the repeal of the contentious citizenship act with women in the forefront of the agitation.

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• Dewas district collector in Madhya Pradesh has issued notices to a sand mining company asking why a fine of Rs 300 crore should not be imposed on it for illegally transporting sand, officials said.


• District collector Shrikant Pandey issues two notices to Digiana Industries Pvt Ltd, Indore, on February 3 and 6 asking why fines of Rs 142 crore and Rs 163 crore should not be imposed for illegal sand transportation.

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• Calling the ongoing DefExpo-2020 a ‘historic success’, defence minister Rajnath Singh on Friday announced the signing of over 200 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) and transfer of technology agreements at the expo.


• Besides the launch of 13 products, six major announcements, 18 transfer of technology agreements and 71 MoUs signed on Friday, over 100 MoUs were signed on the sidelines of the expo, taking the total number of agreements to over 200.

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• The Enforcement Directorate (ED) suggested the name of senior counsel and former additional solicitor general Maninder Singh to take over as special public prosecutor (SPP) in the trial of cases over alleged irregularities in the allotment of coal blocks during the tenure of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.


• Solicitor-general Tushar Mehta, representing the ED, proposed Singh’s name.

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• Tamil Nadu Teachers Recruitment Board (TN TRB) has released the admit card for the recruitment exam of block education officer (BEO) on its official website. Candidates who have successfully registered for the exam can download their admit card online at trb.tn.nic.in.


• TN TRB BEO exam will be conducted on February 14, 15 and 16 in the forenoon shift. TN TRB had released the official notification in the month of November for the recruitment of 97 BEOs.

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• Bihar Technical Service Commission (BTSC) has invited online applications for the recruitment of junior engineers against advertisement number 01/2019.


• There are a total of 6379 vacancies. Out of the 6379 vacancies, there are 5815 vacancies for civil engineers, 432 for mechanical and 132 for electrical engineers.

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• Clearing of bank cheques is set to become faster. In its sixth bi-monthly monetary policy statement, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said it would implement the Cheque Truncation System (CTS) across the country by September 2020.


• In CTS, banks use scanned copies of cheques for settlement instead of the physical copy. It makes the cheque clearing process partially electronic.

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• The Cup & Handle (C&H) pattern is believed to be one of the most reliable and popular patterns among the trader community.


• In technical analysis, a C&H pattern describes a specific chart formation that projects a bearish-to-bullish trend reversal. A C&H reversal pattern forms after a downtrend, and its completion marks a trend reversal to an uptrend.

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• Follow the New Zealand vs India, 2020 live cricket score on Sports.NDTV.com. After 50.0 overs, New Zealand are 273/8.


• Get live score, ball by ball commentary and much more. Keep track of New Zealand vs India, 2020 today match between New Zealand and India. Everything related to New Zealand and India match will be available on Sports.NDTV.com. Stay updated with New Zealand vs India live score.

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• Famous Odia and English writer Manoj Das, 85 years old, will receive Mystic Kalinga Literary award– Indian and Global languages, during the 4th edition of the 2 day Mystic Kalinga Festival (MSF) which commences in Swosti Premium, Odisha, Bhubaneswar on February 8 & 9, 2020.


• Mystic Literary award has been instituted to recognize and celebrate inspiring writers, poets and performers.

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• President of India Shri. Ram Nath Kovind presented the International Gandhi Awards for Leprosy to Dr. N.S. Dharmashaktu under the Indian nomination individual category and the Leprosy Mission Trust under the institutional category at New Delhi, India.


• International Gandhi Awards for Leprosy: The awards aim to recognize the outstanding work by individuals & organisations to fight leprosy and eliminate the prejudices associated with it.

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• The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) of Great Britain announced that it has appointed Philip Robert Barton KCMG OBE (Knight Commander order of British Empire) as its new high commissioner of Great Britain to India, He will Replace Sir Dominic Anthony Gerard Asquith KCMG and will take charge on Spring Season.


• Currently Barton serving as Director-General, consular and Security at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.