1)Bangladesh is to resume talks after five years on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India that it hopes will allow greater access to the Indian market.

2)Twitter CEO - Evan Williams

3)Union Health and Family Welfare Minister - Ghulam Nabi Azad

4)Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi win doubles in the Davis cup.

5)IITs, CSE(Centre for Science and Environment) join hands to set up climate research network

6)Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV )

1)Rajya Sabha passes Women’s quota Bill, to reserve 33 per cent of the seats in Lok Sabha and Assemblies for women .

2)India decides to formally back Climate Change Accord

3)Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has been named as the most influential person in Indian sports in the annual Sports Illustrated Power list

4)Global software giant Microsoft unveiled a portfolio of services in India ,Windows Azure — the company’s latest offering in the area of cloud computing, that will help companies share software and storage facilities, that can bring down their total IT spend by as much as 50 per cent .

5)Sea Turtle Protection Force (STPF)

1)Pak Cricket Board bans Younis, Yousuf from international cricket

2)Russian Prime Minister - Vladimir Putin

3)Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme- (MNREGS)

4)Sony introduces 3D TV in India

5)2010 Formula One season gets under way at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

1)Prime Minister's IT advisor - Sam Pitroda

2)Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the world’s richest person

3)The World Wide Web has been nominated among a record 237 individuals and organisations in the run for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.

1. Ice deposits discovered on moon.

2. Obituary: Pravin Mahajan.

3. Some stats on banking penetration.

4. Policy on anvil to ensure PSUs buy about a fifth of their requirement from MSMEs.

1. CJI seeks exemption from the RTI Act. PM appears to be game; but Madam is not.

2. SBI entering into the POS terminal business in a big way.

3. Jaipur to have the country's first low-cost airport.

4. ICICI and HDFC and various other banks -increases its Home loans and various other loans rates