World Bank with Robert B. Zoellick as it's President sanctioned a loan of US $944 million to India so that it can strengthen it's rura finance system, vocational trainning and improve it's water Management System.

Indonesia has decided to come out of membership of OPEC.

The book 'Towards Hunger Free World' is written by M.S. Swaminathan.

Jet Airways became the first Indian-based Airlines to operate flight to China.

World's first real sunmersible car is sQuaba.

Central Excise day is celebrated on Feb 24.

Nafisa Ali is the chairperson of the Children's Film Society.

Kerala has the highest monthly per capita in consumer expenditure (MPCE) in both the rural and urban areas. Rural Chhatisgarh ahas recorded the lowest average and Bihar is at the bottom on the urban front. According to the latest statistics on 'Household, Consumer expenditure in India in 2005-06 based on the data of the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO)' the average national MPCE in rural india was Rs 625 and Rs 1171 in the urban regions.

"People with Disabilities in India: From commitments to outcomes" A World Bank report, according to which Childrens with disability are around four or five times less likely to be in school than the Scheduled Caste and Schedule Tribe children.