- The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to file an affidavit detailing “concrete steps” to deal in future with the situation of stubble burning, which is a major cause of air pollution in the Delhi-national capital region (NCR) during the winters.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday emphasized that India is entering into a decisive battle against Covid-19, as the country prepares for the Made in India vaccination drive from January 16.
- The Serum Institute on India on Monday said it has received the purchase order from the Centre for the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.“We have received the (purchase) order from the Government of India on Monday afternoon,” a senior SII official told PTI.
- The voluminous Budget documents will not be printed this year following the COVID-19 protocol and will instead be distributed electronically to the Members of Parliament (MPs).
- Colonel B Santosh Babu and some of the other Indian Army personnel, who were killed while valiantly fighting Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh in June last year, are expected to be honoured with gallantry awards on Republic Day, sources said on Monday.
- COVID-19 vaccination, which will begin across the country on January 16, is recommended for people aged above 18 years, said Odisha Government’s Technical Adviser Jayant Panda at a press meet here today.
- The Centre on Monday justified in the Supreme Court the 2017 rules under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960, and said that there is difference between “seizure” and “confiscation” of animals and a plea can be filed in the concerned court seeking release of seized animals.
- The Bombay High Court on Monday extended till January 13 a civil court order granting interim protection to actor Sonu Sood from coercive action by the BMC against the alleged illegal structural changes made by him in a residential building in suburban Juhu without permission.
- Raids are underway at premises of Anup Majhi alias Lala and officials of Eastern Coal Field. ECIR registered on the base of FIR registered by CBI, said sources.
- Ram Bhuwan had allegedly abused around 50 children in the age group of 5-16 years in four districts of Uttar Pradesh for over a decade and selling those recorded sexually explicit acts on dark web.
- India is entering a decisive phase of vaccination in the fight against COVID-19, he asserted, pointing that the world's largest vaccination programme will start from January 16.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved an ex-gratia of Rs two lakh each from the PM's National Relief Fund for the next of kin of those who died in the tragic hospital fire at Bhandara in Maharashtra and Rs 50,000 each for those seriously injured.
- The apex court asked the parties to suggest two-three names of former CJIs including former CJI R M Lodha who can head the SC-appointed panel.
- It marked a glorious moment for flyers when Air India's Boeing 777-237 Long Range aircraft touched down at the Kempegowda International Airport at 3.07 am on Monday and later taxied to its bay by 3.25 am, a good 20 minutes before the scheduled arrival time.Passengers between Bengaluru and San Francisco can now travel seamlessly between these two cities without a stop over at any other palce.
- Air India's Boeing 777-237 Long Range aircraft touched down at the Kempegowda The four-member team of Captain Zoya Aggarwal, Captain Papagari Thanmai, Akansha Sonaware and Shivani Manhas as well as Captain Nivedita Bhasin, Executive Director, Flight Safety Section, who accompanied were given a round of applause by passengers and visitors to the airport when they emerged out the 'Arrivals' gate.
- Annamalai Rajendran, the 34-year-old software engineer who achieved this feat, told ANI, "A hobby which started 10 years ago to maintain work-life balance soon turned out to be a passion as I get to know more about other countries and their traditions. I collected most of my banknotes through friends and numismatic auctions." His collection includes currency notes from 410 nations which comprise 189 existing UN Member nations, 27 Island and Overseas Territories
- India-born renowned Pakistani Urdu poet and author Naseer Turabi has died of a heart attack in Karachi.He was 75.
- South Korean officials have said they'll have vaccines for 56 million people, an amount seemingly enough for the country's 52 million people.
- Top star Rajinikanth on Monday categorically said he would not enter politics and appealed to his fans not to organise any events to urge him to reconsider his decision.
- India and the US are negotiating on a wide range of trade concerns, including greater access to the Indian market for American agricultural products, potentially in exchange for America restoring New Delhi's status under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), according to a Congressional report.
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