• The city of Bengaluru is among the ones that will have retail distribution of E20 fuel a blend of 20% ethanol and 80% petrol
• Bagalkot district administration has come up with an ambitious plan of organising handloom tourism, to popularise the Ilkal sarees and Guledgudd khana.
• Experts from 22 countries across the world had gathered in Dharwad to participate at the International Conference on Water Management and Climate Change have come out with the Dharwad Declaration, 2023. The declaration on pledges to carry forward through practical, measurable and time-bound actions the water community’s collective response to climate change, as recognised recently in the COP-27 Declaration and within the entire context of UN SDGs.
• Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of the Tumakuru Industrial Township and two Jal Jeevan Mission projects at Tiptur and Chikkanayakanahalli in Tumakuru.
• The Union government, in coordination with the governments of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, will facilitate a pilgrimage walk by 108 nationals of South Korea across Buddhist sites in the two States.
• The Yuva Sangam is an initiative of Hon’ble Prime Minister to build close ties between the youth of North East Region and rest of India under the spirit of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat.
• Prime Minister, laid foundation stone to South India’s 1st Industrial Corridor Project, the Tumakuru Industrial Township, as part of National Industrial Corridor programme
• Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC): e-R is in the form of a digital token that represents legal tender.
• National School of Drama (NSD) to organize the 22nd edition of the Bharat Rang Mahotsav at New Delhi
• Hainan is an island province of China and the nation’s southernmost point

Grammy Awards

• • Beyonce has broken the records of Grammy wins of all time with 32 awards. Apart from winning for Best Dance/ Electronic Album for Renaissance, she also won for ‘Cuff it’ for Best R & B song.
  • Kim Petras made history as the first trans woman to win a Grammy.
  • Music composer Ricky Kej, based out of Bengaluru, has won his third Grammy Award for the album ‘Divine Tides’
• Titas Sadhu, a member of the Indian team which won the inaugural U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup recently, bagged the ‘Emerging Hero’ award at Sportstar’s first-ever East Sports Conclave-Focus West Bengal in Kolkata
• Olympian hockey player Dr. Vece Paes received the ‘Unsung Hero’ award at Sportstar’s first-ever East Sports Conclave-Focus West Bengal in Kolkata