1. SBI has highest bad loans that worth is Rs.20,339 crore.
2. India and Oman have signed 8 MoUs in different areas during Modi’s maiden visit to the Gulf nation.
3. ONGC Videsh Ltd and its partners have acquired a 10% in a large offshore oilfield Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.’s (ADNOC) in Abu Dhabi for $600 million.
4. Pune-based swimmer, Rohan More became the first Asian as well as the first Indian to swim across the Ocean Seven. He is the youngest to complete it.
5. Acclaimed Icelandic musician and Oscar-nominated composer Johann Johannsson has passed away aged 48.
6. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Union government has saved ₹56,000 crore through Aadhaar-enabled Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) of about 400 government schemes.
7. The 6th edition of World Government Summit 2018 will be held in Dubai, UAE from February 11 to 13.
8. Tribal areas get bike ambulance very soon.
9. Scientists have discovered three new species of eel along the northern Bay of Bengal coast in the past few months.
10. State-run power giant NTPC may borrow about Rs 16,000 crore next financial year for adding 6,900 MW of fresh electricity generation capacity by March 2019.
11. Modi visited a 125-year-old Shiva Temple and the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, which is made of 3 lakh tonnes of Indian sandstone, in Oman’s capital Muscat.
12. The Centre has drafted a plan to check the flow of sewer water into the river Ganga by installing sewage treatment plants (STP) in 10 major cities.
13. Sikhar Dhawan now become the first indian cricketer who score century in 100th ODI.
14. Bihar Government has banned sale of loose cigarettes in the state.
15. Rajnath launches “Mere Sapno Ka Bharat” book on best interviews of Vajpayee.
16. National productivity day.
17. First International Solar Alliance Summit to be held in New Delhi.
18. Gevora, the world’s tallest hotel, opens in Dubai.
19. Pakistan’s top lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jehangir passed away due to a cardiac arrest in Lahore. She was 66.
20. Private sector lender HDFC Bank has announced appointment of Rakesh Singh as private banking head.
21. WhatsApp has released a payment-enabled beta version of its messaging app in India.
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