Bangladesh has appointed Syed Mahmud Hossain as the new chief justice, three months after his predecessor and the country’s first Hindu chief justice was virtually forced to resign amid “grave” graft allegations. Justice Hossain had been appointed as the 22nd chief justice of the country. 

The International Conference on ‘Demetrios Galanos and His Legacy’ was inaugurated in New Delhi. The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) is organising the 8-days International Conference on, ‘Demetrios Galanos and His Legacy’. Besides the 8-day long convention in Delhi and Varanasi, it is also organising the exhibition and folk music of Greece. 

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr Harsh Vardhan has appealed to the teaching community to join the “Green Good Deeds” campaign, launched by the Ministry to sensitise the peopleand students, in particular, about climate change and global warming.

The Minister reminded the teachers of their “Green Social Responsibility” (GSR), similar to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). 

The Vice President of India Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has inaugurated the First International Kala Mela in New Delhi. Lalit Kala Akademi, the premier institution for the promotion of Art and Culture is organizing an International Kala Mela (Arts Festival) wherein artists and groups can showcase their art works from 4th to 18th February. 

The Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati will be the centre for project UDAN in the North East region and ASEAN. Small airports will be developed in towns such as Jorhat and Tezpur in Assam under the Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik (UDAN) project. 

The Transgender Welfare Board (TWB) would finally see light of the day with the Maharashtra government making a provision of Rs 5 crore for welfare of the community. Maharashtra will be the first such state to have such a Board. The Transgender Welfare Board was first conceptualised in 2014 by the previous government. 

The Maharashtra government has approved Ghodazari in Chandrapur district as a new wildlife sanctuary in the state. Maharashtra State Board for Wildlife, chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. The sanctuary, in the North East of Tadoba, will include 159 sq km of Brahmapuri forest. 

February 4, 2018 commemorated internationally as World Cancer Day, it was founded under the direction of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) with the aim of supporting the World Cancer Declaration goals written in 2008. The theme for observing World Cancer Day is ‘We Can. I can.’ 

On the occasion of World Wetland Day, city-based NGO Dhruvansh has introduced biggest floating island of India at Neknampur Lake. The water body is affected due to sewage. The floating island introduced close to the inlet ensures filtration of inflows passing through its different layers. 

Japan has set a new spaceflight record the country’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has successfully launched the smallest-ever rocket to carry a satellite into orbit, a modest SS-520 sounding rocket modified with a third stage inside its nose cone to get its payload into orbit. 

India’s Shubhankar Sharma roared back from a four-stroke deficit to claim a remarkable two-shot win at the Maybank Championship in Malaysia for his second European Tour title. 

The Kanwar Taal or Kabar Taal Lake located in Begusarai district of Bihar, India, is Asia’s largest freshwater oxbow lake. It is approximately three times the size of the Bharatpur Sanctuary.  

BJP leader and Kairana MP Hukum Singh passed away. He was 79. Hukum Singh had been a seven-time member of the Uttar Pradesh state assembly.