ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 2015 Terrorist attacks in Paris
• 1994 Sweden votes to join EU
• 1887 Bloody Sunday in London

NATIONAL

• 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev celebrated as Prakash Parv; President attended event at Sultanpur Lodhi, Kapurthala, Punjab
• President signs proclamation imposing President’s rule in Maharashtra under Article 356
• The Assembly has been kept under suspended animation.
• Union Cabinet had recommended President’s rule after Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari submitted a report in this regard

ECONOMY

• Prakash Javadekar given charge of the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises after Arvind Sawant’s resignation
• Haryana Govt. sets up Economic Advisory Council (EAC) to promote industries in the state
• Amazon introduces ‘Project Zero’ in India to block counterfeit goods
• Haryana govt. brings more crops under the ‘Bhavantar Bharpayee Yojna (BBY)’ Scheme
• Under BBP, farmers get compensated for selling their crop at a price lower than that fixed by government

INTERNATIONAL

• External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar represents at the second annual Paris Peace Forum held in France
• Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal attends 9th BRICS trade ministers meet in Brasilia
• Bolivia’s President Evo Morales resigns, takes political asylum in Mexico

SPORTS

• Indian Oil Corporation win the All India Beighton Cup Hockey tournament in Kolkata
• Sri Lanka becomes the first South Asian nation to criminalise offences related to match-fixing

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------