Shiv Shankar Chowrasia from Kolkata emerged on Feburary 10, 2008 as the first Indian sportsperson to recieve the single biggest cheque of $416,660( Rs.1.61 Cr) in India. He achieved this outstanding feet by clinching the title at the Emmar MGF Indian Masters golf Championship held in the New Delhi.

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Feburary 13, 2008 announced discovery of gas reserves for the first time in the deep sea block in the Krishna Godavari basin off East Coast. The discovery was made in block KG-DWN-2003/1, lying about 50 km from Manchilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh. the discovery was named Dhirubhai-39

Boeing Company and Tal Manufacturing Solutions Ltd. (TALMSL) entered into an agreement for manufacturing structural components for the American aerospace major's 787 Dreamliner airplane programme.In a report released on Feburary 7, 2008, The World Health Organisation claimed that India has the second largest number of smokers in the world after China.

The Govt. will provide Visa on arrival to citizen of 18 countries from Oct 2009. They will also be allowed to avail multiple visa with 5-years validity at the airports. these countries include US Netherland, Japan, France, Belgium, Newzealand, sweeden, Luxemberg, Finland, South Korea, Vietnam, Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and the UK.

The Ministry of Defence has selected Mohali in Punjab as the location for setting up it's prestigious National Defence University.

SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) was established in India on Aprail 12,1992 in accordance with the provision of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act,1992.

The preable of SEBI describes the basic functions of the securities and Exchange Board of India as "... to protect the intrest of incestors in securities and to promote the development of and to regulate the securities market and for matters connected there with or incidental thereto".