INDIA
– ISRO’s PSLV-C52 rocket places earth observation satellite EOS-04 and two small satellites into orbit following launch from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota (AP)
– Commander of the Royal Navy of Oman, Rear Admiral Saif Bin Nasser Bin Mohsin Al Rahbi, arrives on a goodwill visit
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Government bans 54 Chinese Apps posing threat to national security
– Centre reduces agri-cess for crude palm oil from 7.5% to 5% to provide further relief to consumers
– Retail inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), rises to 6.01% in January
– Wholesale price-based inflation declines to 12.96% in January
– Mindtree founders — Sushmita & Subroto Bagchi and Radha & NS Parthasarathy — make Rs 425 crore donation to IISc, Bengaluru to help build medical school & 800-bed multi-speciality hospital
– Ilker Ayci, former chairman of Turkish Airlines, named new CEO & MD of Air India
– Sandeep Bakhshi, MD & CEO of ICICI Bank, named Business Standard Banker of the Year 2020-21
