- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday allayed fears that private firms might grab farmers' land under a new contract farming law enacted by the Centre, as he listened to success stories about benefits of the new Acts while interacting with peasants from seven states.
- No corporate can snatch away any farmer's land as long as Narendra Modi is Prime Minister of the country, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday and asserted that the provision of MSP will continue and mandis will not be shut down.
- The Indian Railways has suffered losses of around Rs. 2,400 crore due to the ongoing farmers' protests against the farm laws at various places in Punjab, said Northern Railway General Manager Ashutosh Gangal.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday transferred Rs. 18,000 crore to the bank accounts of over 9 crore farmers under a central scheme called "Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi" or PM-KISAN.
- The Odisha government on Friday appointed senior IAS officer Suresh Chandra Mohapatra as the new chief secretary, the CMO said.
- The Indian Space Research Organisation on Thursday said it has released the first set of data from the country's second mission to the Moon, the Chandrayaan-2, for the general public.
- Nepal's Supreme Court on Friday issued a show-cause notice to Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli-led government, asking it to furnish a written clarification over its decision to abruptly dissolve Parliament.
- More than 521,000 people got vaccinated in England, over 56,000 in Scotland, more than 22,000 in Wales and over 16,000 in Northern Ireland
- The company said that Union ministry had provided 15 days to remit ₹4,164.05 crore. Dish TV had received DTH licence in October 2003
- The Indian auto industry is expected to see stronger growth in 2021-22, after recovering from the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, with electric vehicle sales, especially two-wheleers, also likely to see positive movements, according to Nomura Research Institute Consulting & Solutions India.
- Japan aims to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles in about 15 years, the government said Friday in a plan to achieve Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's ambitious pledge to go carbon free by 2050 and generate nearly USD 2 trillion growth in green business and investment
- Modi releases ₹18,000 cr PM-KISAN installment, urges farmers to spread word about Kisan Credit Card
- SBI special FD scheme for senior citizens will be available till March-end. Senior citizens special FD scheme of HDFC Bank, ICICI, Bank of Baroda (BoB) end on 31 December 2020
- Karnataka Police’s CID on Thursday arrested two prominent officials, including the Chief Finance Officer, of a “instant mobile loan app” company who were allegedly harassing their customers over non-payment of loans.
- Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced that country’s largest hockey stadium will be constructed in Rourkela that will host the Men’s Hockey World Cup-2023 along with Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
- Senior IAS officer and Development Commissioner Suresh Mohapatra was appointed as the Chief Secretary of Odisha.
- Education has no age limit. What it only needs is strong will power. And, this has been proved by retired banker Jay Kishore Pradhan of Atabira area of Bargarh district.After clearing National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) exam at the age of 64, Pradhan got enrolled in Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology as a medical student on Wednesday setting an example for many others.
- Kosli poet and Padma Shri Haldhar Nag from Odisha has found place on the first page of ‘A Poem A Day’, a collection of Indian poems selected and translated by legendary poet, lyricist and filmmaker Gulzar. The book features 365 contemporary poems in 34 Languages of 279 poets across the country.In the book, the award-winning writer begins with two poems of the Haldhar Nag: ‘Pancha Amruta’ and ‘Chitthi deuchhen re Haldhar’. On the first page, Gulzar writes ‘Dear Haldhar, you are like sunrise of my book’. Along with the book, the Gulzar has sent a letter to the Kosli poet expressing that he is excited to meet him in person.
- The Mumbai Police on Friday asserted that ex-BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta – who was arrested on Thursday – was the ‘mastermind’ of the alleged multi-crore rupees TRP scam, unearthed last October
- Minister for Railways Piyush Goyal has stressed on improving the existing features on the IRCTC e-ticketing web site. Goyal reviewed the upgradation work that is being initiated by the Indian Railways for the E-ticketing system. The Minister sought that E-ticketing web site should provide holistic convenience to the passengers for their train journey.
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