National

Atal Setu

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewri - Nhava Sheva Atal Setu in Mumbai. 
• The six-lane trans-harbour bridge is 21.8 km long with a 16.5 km sea-link.
• The bridge holds the distinction of being the longest sea bridge in the country.
• PM Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone of Atal Setu in December 2016.

International

India-United States

• India-United States Trade Policy Forum TPF meeting was held in New Delhi. 
• The meeting was co-chaired by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai.

India-Saudi Arabia

• India and Saudi Arabia discussed ways to enhance navy-to-navy cooperation, joint training, and opportunities for joint ventures in defence production.

Defence

AKASH-NG missile

• Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted a successful flight-test of the New Generation AKASH (AKASH-NG) missile from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.

SAMBHAV

• Indian Army has indigenously developed SAMBHAV (Secure Army Mobile Bharat Version), an "end-to-end secure mobile ecosystem" to provide secure communication with instant connectivity on the move. 

Sports

Asian Olympic shooting

• In the Asian Olympic shooting Qualifiers event, Akhil Sheoran of India bagged gold while Aishwary Tomar clinched silver in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions event in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Person in News

MD Patra

• Government has extended the tenure of MD Patra as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India by a year.

Art & Culture

Lohri Festival

• Lohri is one of the widely celebrated festivals across the Northern India states like Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir. 
• It is celebrated to mark the harvest of the rabi crops and the end of the winter solstice.

Miscellaneous

Yuva Nidhi Scheme

• Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah launched the ‘Yuva Nidhi’ scheme. 
• It provides financial assistance for educated unemployed youth of the State.