- The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the Central Vista Redevelopment Project that included construction of a new Parliament Building and a common Central Secretariat, with certain conditions
- The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) on Tuesday recommended that the Budget Session of Parliament be held from January 29. The first part of the session from January 29 to February 15 and the post-recess part from March 8 to April 8. The Union Budget is to be presented on February 1.
- US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered a ban on Alipay, WeChat Pay and other apps linked to Chinese companies, saying they could route user information to the government in Beijing.
- Covid-19 patients should take two doses of the within a period of 21-28 days, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday as many countries grappled with a more highly infectious coronavirus variant.
- India’s covid-19 vaccination programme, what Prime Minister Narendra Modi said is going be the largest in the world, will be rolled out by January 13, centre said on Tuesday.
- Prime Minister Narendra on Tuesday said work is on to set up 16,000 km of new gas pipeline network in the country, and it will be completed over the next four to six years.
- The Bombay High Court’s Aurangabad Bench has allowed a transgender to contest village panchayat polls in women’s category, saying that such persons have the right to “self-perceived gender identity”.
- In yet another example of shattering of the proverbial glass ceiling, the first batch of over 100 women disaster combatants and rescuers has been inducted in the country's federal calamity force NDRF.
- The movie lovers have something to cheer as cinema halls and movie theatres are all set to reopen in Odisha from January 8 after the State government has given a go ahead with conditions of strict Covid guidelines.
- India’s first-of-its-kind ‘Fire Park’ was on Tuesday inaugurated in Bhubaneswar by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik aimed at creating awareness on fire safety measures. The fire park which has been set up on the premises of Odisha Fire & Disaster Response Academy (OFDRA) in Baramunda area of the capital city, will open every Saturday for the public from 3:30 PM to 5 PM.
- Amid apprehensions over hike in rail passenger fare from January 6, 2021, the Indian Railways on Tuesday rubbished such news reports stating that there is no such proposal to increase the railway fare as of now.
- Sixty-nine per cent parents said given the current trends and situation with COVID, schools in India should start from April 2021 or after, when the next academic year begins, as many feared to send their children to school amid the outbreak. Further, 23 per cent said it should start from January,” the survey conducted by online platform Localcircles said.
- India and Israel have successfully tested a Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM) defence system jointly developed by the two countries in a boost to their combat capabilities aimed at providing ultimate protection from enemy aircraft.
- The world is in pursuit of affordable, durable and usable products, and a huge market, both domestically and globally, is waiting to be tapped, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday, asserting that India wants to make products that are of good quality and are admired globally.
- More than 3,71,500 babies were born worldwide on New Year's Day and India is estimated to have recorded the highest number of births at around 60,000, according to the UN.
- Now on, the transport or private vehicles, tractors, construction or school buses visiting Odisha can pay taxes, permit fees from the online portal, parivahan.gov.in.
- Officials are on a high alert after lakhs of poultry and migrant birds died due to two strains of bird flu – H5N1 and H5N8 – across Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh in the past one month.
- Devotees to the Kamakhya temple will now not be required to a carry a Covid-19 negative report.
- India is likely to finalise in the next few months a mega deal to procure 56 transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force at a cost of USD 2.5 billion, official sources said on Tuesday.
- The TMC urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to disqualify party MP Sunil Kumar Mondal, who switched sides to the BJP in December.
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