ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 2001 A massive earthquake hits Gujarat, India
• 1950 India becomes a republic
• 1905 The world's largest diamond is found in South Africa

NATIONAL

• The Central theme of this year’s Bharat Parv is ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ and ‘Celebrating 150 Years of Mahatma Gandhi’.
• Rajasthan Assembly House asked the Centre to withdraw the new fields of information which have been sought for updating the National Population Register (NPR) 2020.

ECONOMY

• Debashish Panda nominated to SBI Central Board. He is appointed with immediate effect replacing the earlier nominee Ravi Mittal, according to a bank filing

DEFENCE

• Six Army personnel awarded Shaurya Chakras; 19 top officers get PVSM. A total of 151 Sena Medals, eight Yudh Seva Medals to have been announced on the occasion 

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