- The Documentation Identification Number (DIN) system of Central Board of Indirect Taxes (CBIC) has come into existence. This path breaking system in indirect tax administration has been created as per the direction of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
- High-powered committee headed by Mr. Atul Karwal has been formed by the Centre to implement Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s directive that around seven lakh CAPF jawans should get to spend at least 100 days with their families in a year.
- Maternal Mortality Ratio, MMR, of India has declined by eight points in one year as per the latest special bulletin on MMR released by the Registrar General of India.
- Three-day mega event, Sanskrit Bharati Vishwa Sammelan began in New Delhi. Thousands of Sanskrit lovers from 17 countries are attending Sanskrit Bharati Vishwa Sammelan.
- The Mid Planning Conference (MPC) for MILAN exercise was concluded at HQENC Visakhapatnam. Also, it was announced that MILAN 2020 is scheduled to be conducted at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh in March 2020.
- NASA unveiled its first all-electric experimental aircraft,” X-57 Maxwell”, that’s being developed since 2015. The aircraft, having 14 electric motors, would be the agency’s first crewed experimental plane to be developed in two decades.
- Reserve Bank has increased the household income limits for borrowers of Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) and microfinance institutions (MFIs) from 1 lakh to 1.25 lakh rupees. The move is aimed at strengthening credit to those at the bottom of the economic pyramid in rural areas.
- Shafali Verma has become the youngest Indian cricketer to smash an international fifty. She achieved the feat during the first T20I against West Indies at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Saint Lucia.
- Dhrupad maestro Ramakant Gundecha, the younger of the Gundecha brothers duo, passed away due to a heart attack. He was 56.
