• According to IMF India continues to remain a relative “bright spot” in the world economy, and will alone contribute 15% of the global growth in 2023
• Shantanu Roy appointed BEML Director
• The National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), in collaboration with the State government will launch “Surveillance system to track suicide and self-harm (Suraksha)”,a community-based initiative in Channapatna taluk of Ramanagaram district
• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of appointing Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi as the new Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI)
• Dickinsonia fossil’ found in Bhimbetka is old beehive.
• Seattle becomes the first city in U.S. to ban caste discrimination
• 100 percent electrification of Broad Gauge rail network in Uttar Pradesh
• India will soon sign an air service agreement (ASA) with Guyana, allowing airlines of both sides to fly between the two countries
• Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IIT Guwahati, IIT Gandhinagar and NIT Calicut for establishment of ‘BIS Standardization Chair Professor’ at these institutes
• Ministry of Education directs State/UT to align their age of admission for Grade-I to 6+ years
• Multi-Purpose Hall inaugurated at SAI NSSC BENGALURU
• Charu Sinha has become the first woman officer to serve as the inspector general (IG) of four sectors of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

BAFTA Awards

• Best Film: All Quiet on the Western Front
• Best Actor : Austin Butler, Elvis.
• Best Actress : Cate Blanchett, Tar
• Best Director: Edward Berger, All Quiet on the Western Front
• Most award winning movie : All Quiet on the western front