1.President Droupadi Murmu took a holy dip at Triveni Sangam here Monday and said the huge gathering of faith and belief at the Mahakumbh is a living symbol of India’s rich cultural heritage.

2.The Assam government has requested the Centre to set up India's fi rst Divyang University in Assam.

3.Gold prices zoomed by `2,430 to hit a lifetime high of `88,500 per 10 grams in the national capital Monday following firm global trends and a weak rupee, according to the All India Sarafa Association.

4.President Donald Trump said he will soon announce that the US will impose 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports from countries, including Canada and Mexico.

5.Close on the heels of reports about distress sale of tomato in Keonjhar district, farmers cultivating the juicy vegetable in Ganjam and Dhenkanal districts are facing severe losses as prices have crashed to Rs3 to `Rs5 per kg at farm level, despite being sold for Rs10 to Rs15 per kg in the market.

6.States do not have money to provide affordable housing and people don’t have clean water to drink and you are daydreaming about cycle tracks, the Supreme Court said Monday while refusing to hear a plea.

7.The state government has decided to lift curbs on mining of tubewells in rural areas to address the problem of drinking water during summer, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Minister Rabi Narayan Naik said Monday.

8.A court in Ganjam district Monday sentenced a 34-year-old man to life imprisonment for killing her girlfriend and looting his gold and silver ornaments approximately valued at 2 lakh last year.

9.In a move to maintain the sanctity of the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district, the ban on the sale, possession, and consumption of liquor and non-vegetarian food in and around it has been extended for an additional two months, offi cials announced Sunday.

10.The Supreme Court Monday questioned the Gujarat Police over an FIR against Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi for allegedly posting an edited video of a provocative song.

11.Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in France Monday on a three-day visit during which he will co-chair an AI Action Summit with French President Emmanuel Macron and hold bilateral talks with him.

12.A Tirupati court Monday sent the four accused arrested in connection with the alleged adulteration of laddus offered as ‘prasadam’ at the Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple to judicial custody till February 20, officials said.

13.Indian restaurants, nail bars, convenience stores, and car washes were among the targets of what the Home Offi ce Monday described as a “UK-wide blitz” on illegal working in the country.

14.Many of the world's biggest polluter nations have missed a UN deadline to set new climate targets as efforts to curb global warming come under pressure following US President Donald Trump's election.

15. India's central bank Monday said it will double the quantum of security purchases under its next tranche of open market operation February 13 to manage the liquidity defi cit in the country's banking system.