Slovakian Curators discovered World's earliest emoji 


  • Slovakian Curators have found World’s earliest emoji in a 382-year-old account book.
  • The first smiley emoji with a small circle with two dots was made by a 17th century Slovakian Lawyer in 1635.
  • The lawyer made this emoji by reviewing municipal account documents in a village, situated next to Slovakia’s Strazov mountain range.


Sasikala Natarajan has been appointed as a leader of AIADMK Legislative Party 


  • On 5th February 2017, Sasikala Natarajan was appointed as leader of AIADMK Legislative Party. Now she is all set to become next CM of Tamil Nadu. 
  •  O Panneerselvam had taken over as CM after the demise of J Jayalalithaa on 5th December 2016. He resigned from the CM post on 5th February 2017 and his resignation was accepted by Tamil Nadu Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao on 6th February 2017.


Former CBI Director, Joginder Singh  who passed away 


  • On 3rd February 2017, former CBI Director Joginder Singh passed away in Delhi. He was 77 years old. He He investigated high profile cases like Bofors Scam and Bihar’s fodder scam.
  • He was an IPS officer 1961 batch of Karnataka cadre
  • He led a number of delegations to the UK, USA, Germany and France on behalf of the Indian Government.
  • He also served as Inspector General in the CRPF.


International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) observed on - 6th February


  • On 6th February International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) was observed across the globe.
  • It is estimated that around 200 million girls and women alive today all over the world have undergone some form of FGM.



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