Congress President Rahul Gandhi will visit Odisha on Friday. This comes a day after his mother and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and he visited their respective constituencies in Amethi and Rae Bareli. His visit assumes significance as Odisha is preparing for their twin elections to the state assembly and the Lok Sabha later this year.

The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland concludes on Friday. On Thursday, Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal joined hands with several other global business leaders to pledge support to a ‘Digital Declaration” at the meeting. The leaders committed to acting ethically and responsibly in the digital age.

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will be visiting India for two days. He will arrive in New Delhi on Friday and will also be the guest of honour at the Republic Day celebrations on Saturday. He will be accompanied by nine ministers and a 50-member business delegation. This is Ramaphosa’s first maiden India.

The second phase of the Indian Super League will commence from with the Kerala Blasters hosting Atletico de Kolkata in Kochi. NorthEast United will then play against Chennaiyin FC in the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati. The top two teams of the ISL will renew their rivalry on January 27 at the Mumbai Football Arena with Mumbai City FC looking to cut Bengaluru FC's lead at the top of the table.

IndiGo said it will operate daily non-stop flights from Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai and Hubli to Kannur from Friday. The airline will also operate daily international flights between Kannur and Doha as well services between Kannur and Kuwait for six days a week from March 15, 2019.