- Lt General Chandi Prasad Mohanty, presently serving as General Officer Commanding in chief of Southern Command, has been appointed as 42nd Vice Chief of Army Staff.
- India is mulling giving free Covid vaccine to seven nations as goodwill gesture, government sources said on Monday. Sources said an in-principle decision was taken to give 8.1 lakh Covaxin doses to the Maldives, Mauritius, Philippines, Mongolia, Oman, Bahrain and Myanmar.
- The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre and states on a PIL seeking a uniform national public holiday policy.
- The farmers’ fight is not with any political party but with the policy of the government, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief Rakesh Tikait said here on Monday, warning the ongoing protest over the farm laws could prolong further.
- Noting that its intervention to resolve the deadlock over farmers’ protests against agricultural laws had been misunderstood, the Supreme Court today said it was for the Delhi Police to decide if the tractor rally proposed on Republic Day should be allowed to enter the national Capital.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Monday unanimously named chairman of the Somnath Trust which manages the globally famous Somnath Temple located in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath district.
- Sisodia, during the pre-budget meeting with the finance ministers of all states, pointed out that the share in capital taxes for Delhi has remained stagnant at Rs 325 crores for two decades now.
- Padma Vibhushan Dr V Shanta, Chairperson, Cancer Institute (WIA) Adyar died on Monday, hospital sources said. She was 93
- The Delhi High Court on Monday said accepting the new privacy policy of social messaging app WhatsApp was a "voluntary" thing and one can choose not to use or join that platform if one did not agree with its terms and conditions.
- The Indian economy is not recovering as fast as the government claims and the country's economy may contract 25 per cent in the current financial year, noted economist Arun Kumar said on Sunday.
- Bank credit grew 3.2 per cent to Rs 107.05 lakh crore in the first nine months of the current financial year, against a growth of 2.7 per cent registered in the corresponding period of 2019-20.
- Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices were hiked by three per cent on Saturday as global crude oil prices continued to strengthen over the past week due to promising news on the Covid-19 vaccine and indications of a global economic recovery. Petrol and diesel rates remain at record high levels after daily hikes over the past few days, but were kept static by oil marketing companies.
- The anti-cow slaughter ordinance came into effect in Karnataka on Monday, with provisions of up to seven years in jail and (or) a fine of up to Rs 10 lakh for those 'illegally' involved in cow slaughtering, smuggling or selling of beef in the State.
- Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, on Monday, inaugurated Road Safety Month where he highlighted the central Government's commitment towards safety.
- Doctors have warned that people should avoid drinking alcohol or taking immunosuppressant drugs in the days before and after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine to ensure that it works properly.
- North India will continue to reel under the grip of an intense cold wave for a few more days. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday extended the cold wave warning in north India till January 22
- Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen on Monday wrote to Visva-Bharati university demanding that it withdraws the allegation that his family is in "illegal" possession of land in its Santiniketan campus and alleged that the accusations are a crude attempt at harassment.
- This year's Republic Day parade is going to be a bit different from the past due to the pandemic. The route will be shorter and contingents would be smaller. "The spectator strength has also been brought down from 1,15,000 to 25,000 and children below 15 years old will not be allowed entry.
- The tenth round of talks between the government and representatives of protesting farmers on controversial new farm laws was on Monday pushed back by a day to January 20,
- Leaders from neigbouring countries have congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the successful launch of the vaccination drive against COVID-19 on January 16.
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