1.Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced revised tax slabs and rates under the new regime to reduce the burden for all taxpayers. There will be no tax burden on up to Rs 12 lakh annual income, except special income.

2.Those earning up to Rs 12 lakh annually won't have to pay any income tax under the new regime. Add to it the standard deduction of Rs 75,000 and taxpayers with up to Rs 12.75 lakh annual income will have to pay zero tax.

3.Nirmala Sitharaman announced a Nuclear Energy Mission to promote research and development of small modular reactors, with an outlay of Rs 20,000 crore.

4.The state government is planning to invest Rs 6,152 crore to ease the burgeoning traffi c congestion here, expand the City, and improve connectivity.

5.Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams has broken the record for total spacewalking time by a woman by logging 62 hours and 6 minutes of spacewalk. Williams and her colleague Butch Wilmore, who have been stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) since June 2024, conducted a spacewalk Thursday.

6.Madhusudan Padhi took charge as the State Election Commissioner, Friday. Padhi, a retired IAS officer, succeeded AP Padhi as the eighth State Election Commissioner.

7.Ahead of a high-octane ODI clash between India and England February 9, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday visited Barabati Stadium in Cuttack to take stock of the preparations and security measures put in place there.

8.Keeping in view the willingness of the farmers to participate in the paddy procurement process, the Group of Ministers (GoM), during a meeting held at Lok Seva Bhawan Friday, approved the enhancement of the Kharif procurement target to 77 lakh tonne from 65 lakh tonne.

9.Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo, who also holds the portfolios of Agriculture & Farmer Empowerment, and Energy, Friday reviewed the projects being operated by Waaree Energies Limited in Dhenkanal district.

10.School and Mass Education department, in a notification Friday informed, “State government, after careful consideration have been pleased to decide that ‘Godabarish Mishra Adarsha Prathamika Vidyalaya’ (GMAPV) scheme shall be implemented through Odisha School Education Programme Authority (OSEPA) and ‘Aitihya Vidyalaya’ scheme shall be implemented through Panchasakha Sikhya Setu (PSS).”

11.Police here Friday arrested fi ve people working in a cash logistics company on the charge of stealing `10 lakh during transition of money to ATMs in Kalahandi district.

12.The Additional District & Sessions Court here Friday sentenced Prabin Dhurua, a resident of Sirisguda Kuanrmal under Laikera police limits, to life imprisonment for the murder of former vice chancellor of Sambalpur University (SU) Dhrubaraj Naik. The court also imposed a fine of Rs10,000 on Dhurua.

13.Residents of Prayagraj have thrown their doors open to the hundreds of stranded and hungry after a massive surge in number of pilgrims arriving for the Maha Kumbh sent the city infra groaning under its weigh.

14.In a setback to the AAP, seven of its outgoing MLAs resigned from the party Friday, with only fi ve days to go for the Delhi Assembly polls.

15. The Supreme Court Friday rejected a plea seeking to hold “Urs” festival between February 1 and February 3 at a dargah (Muslim shrine) razed in Gujarat's Gir Somnath district during a demolition drive.