- The Government has approved the proposals of software firm TCS and realty major DLF to set up special economic zones  for IT sector in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

- President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath of office to Information Commissioner Bimal Julka as the Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission.

- Former India opener Wasim Jaffer announced retirement from all forms of cricket, drawing curtains on his illustrious career spanning over two decades.

- DMK senior leader K.K. Anbazhagan died. He was 97.

- President Donald Trump has announced a major staff overhaul, naming Rep. Mark Meadows as his new chief of staff and replacing Mick Mulvaney.

- Justice S Muralidhar took oath as a judge at the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

- BJP-led Assam government announced free rice and electricity in Budget 2020-21.

- US President Donald Trump has signed an $8.3 billion emergency spending bill to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak that has killed about 14 people in the country.

- PUMA announced Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan as their latest brand ambassador in India.