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  1. The farmers' protest must continue and Delhi cannot be blocked, the Supreme Court said today while hearing a series of petitions on the issue. Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, who said yesterday that the matter must be handed over to a committee, said the panel must have "independent members with knowledge of agriculture and hear both sides and give report on what is to be done".
  2.  Both Houses of the Maharashtra State Legislature have passed proposals stating that they will not take cognizance of or reply to any notice sent by the High Court (HC) or the Supreme Court (SC) in the Breach of Privilege Motion against a TV editor and anchor.
  3. Teachers of Lucknow University (LU) will now learn from the Bhagavad Gita and impart moral education and knowledge to the students during the classroom session.
  4. The Narendra Modi government issued a notification last month bringing digital news content, as well as films and audiovisual programmes made available by online content providers, under the ambit of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. 
  5. The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed as withdrawn a plea moved by Republic TV seeking to challenge the constitutional validity of the Police (Incitement of disaffection) act, 1922, the provisions of which have also been invoked against the channel in an FIR registered against them by the Mumbai Police last October.
  6. Fearing Covid-19 infection, more Indians, prefer frontline tools — smartphones — to consult their doctors, instead of meeting them in person.At least 46 per cent Indians have favoured telemedicine option, as per a survey conducted by online doctor consultation platform — Mount Virtual Hospital — done across metros covering Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
  7.  India is ranked 131 of 189 countries on the Human Development Index (HDI), two places below from last year, according to a report released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
  8. The foundation of the mosque would be laid on five acres land allotted to UP Sunni Central Waqf Board mandated by UP government at Dhannipur village under Suhelwa tehsil in Ayodhya district. The upcoming mosque is around 20 km away from the Ram Janmabhoomi premises on January 26, 2021.
  9. 14 judicial officers were part of the recommended shuffle: promotion of five judges as chief justices; transfer of four chief justices to various high courts; and transfer of five judges.
  10. The Gujarat Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday arrested the chairman of a cooperative society in Kheda district of the state in connection with an alleged Rs. 10 crore scam, the anti-graft agency said.
  11. Mumbai Police on Thursday arrested former Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) in connection with the alleged TRP (Television Rating Points) rigging scam, an official said.
  12. India's 42nd communications satellite which will help in disaster management and internet connectivity was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday in the agency's second successful mission during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  13. British Foreign Secretary has stated that “India’s politics” is, in some sense, “Britain’s politics” because of the India diaspora  in the United Kingdom (UK).
  14. The state government has decided to vaccinate doctors, healthcare workers, elderly persons, COVID warriors including employees of municipalities, Health, Electricity, Water Supplies departments free of cost in the first phase,” the minister said.
  15. TheQuality Council of India (QCI) has come out with a scheme for approval of Hygiene Rating Audit Agencies (HRAA).This move is a part of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India's (FSSAI) Food Hygiene Rating Scheme.
  16. Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Wednesday announced that the JEE-Mains exam for admission to engineering colleges will be held four times a year starting 2021 to offer flexibility to students and a chance to improve their scores.The first edition of the exam will be held from February 23 to 26, followed by rounds in March, April and May.
  17.  US treasury has placed India on its currency manipulator watch list. Vietnam and Switzerland have been labelled as currency manipulators.
  18. According to a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a record number of journalists were imprisoned during 2020. The overall number of jailed journalists in 2020 is at record high of 272.
  19. India's COVID-19  recovery rate is amongst the highest in the world, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday, underlining that countries like the US, Brazil, Russia, and Italy are reporting lesser recovery rates.
  20. Operational challenges of the global Covid-19 vaccination programme will be as difficult as the scientific challenges associated with their development, researchers said in the journal BMJ  and asserted that nearly a quarter of the world’s population may not have access to a Covid-19 vaccine until at least 2022.

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