1.The union Science and technology minister inaugurate the ceremony for construction of the Borehole Geophysics Research Laboratory at Hazarmachi, Karadn at Maharashtra. This assist the citizen for alert against  the natural calamities.

2.India's first underwater restaurant , REAL POSEIDON, Ahmedabad. Restaurant owner Bharat Bhatt .

3.Chief Executive Officer of Corporation Bank : Jai Kumar Garg

4.Which country granted its first licence to genetically modify human embryos for research into infertility and why miscarriages happen, in a move likely to raise ethical concerns? Britain 

5. Tareena Shakil became the first woman in U.K. to be convicted after returning home; Syria and joined the Islamic State (IS) group was sentenced to six years in prison on Monday after becoming the first British woman to be convicted after returning home.

6. The first time voters in the State who have registered their mobile numbers with the Election Commission will get poll updates on their mobile phones It will have to be requisitioned by the voter by sending his/her EPIC number to 1950 on the day of polling.

7. India, Brune ink three Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the fields of defence, health and youth affairs & sports. These MoUs were signed the representatives of both the countries in presence of the visiting Vice President Mohd Hamid Ansari at capital Bandar Seri Begawan. 
Three MoUs are

  • v  MoU in Health Cooperation: Its objective is to establish cooperation in the field of health between the two countries by means of pooling technical, scientific, financial and human resources and pharmaceutical regulatory practices. It also seeks to upgrade the health care, research and medical education.
  • v  MoU on Defence Cooperation: Its purpose is to enhance and expand the scope of Defence Cooperation between the two countries in various fields. Defence ties between India and Brunei dates back to many decades and already exist in the form of naval ship visits, training of senior military officers in Staff colleges and exchange of experience.
  • v  MoU on Cooperation in Youth and Sports Affairs: It seeks to provide a framework for exchanges of sports teams and sports persons. It also seeks to facilitate the exchange of expertise in coaching, Sports Management and Administration, Sports talent identification and exchange of information in the field of youth Affairs. The key agenda of Vice President’s visit was to decide upon the specifics of defence cooperation, health sector tie up and establishing a gas-based urea manufacturing unit by India in Brunei. He also met the Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah who has agreed to pay an official visit to India in the near future.

8. S.S. Tarapore, former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and a noted economist, passed away in Mumbai on Tuesday (02 Feb 2016). He served as RBI deputy governor between 1992 and 1996 when C. Rangarajan was the governor.