The FICCI's Committee Against Smuggling and Counterfeiting Activities Destroying the Economy has taken the initiative to launch Anti-Smuggling Day, which will be marked on 11 February every year.
The Government of India has organised a week-long science exhibition titled 'Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate' as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav commemoration. It will be conducted simultaneously at 75 locations across the country through a hybrid model.
The United Kingdom will impose sanctions on five Russian banks and three "very high-net-worth individuals" following the deployment of troops to two Moscow-backed regions of Ukraine.
In Burkina Faso, the military junta has appointed lieutenant colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba as the interim President of the country following the military coup.