The 24th of January is celebrated as the National Girl Child Day to spread the awareness about the inequalities a girl child face.
A regulation on 'export & import of the Indian Currency' by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) permits the individuals to carry Rs. 1000 and/or Rs. 500 Indian rupee notes to Nepal.
India's largest public sector bank, State Bank of India, has signed an agreement with European Investment Bank for a loan of 100 illion euros. The bank will lend it to the private businesses in the country.
Indian academic, Saraswath Menon, is appointed as one of the expert to a panel of seven to review UN peace-building architecture. The panel will conduct policy and institutional reform. Anis Bajwa (Pakistan), Charles Petrie (France), Edith Grace Sempala (Uganda), Funmi olonisakin (Nigeria), Gert Rosenthal (Guatemala), and Sahel Sahara Ahmedau Olud-Abdullah (Mauritius) are the other six panelist.
Sunil Sood, currently the Chief Operating Officer, replacing incumbent CEO Martin Peters