- A high-level committee on COVID-19 is likely to recommend allowing corporates to use CSR (corporate social responsibility) funds for vaccinating employees and local communities to control COVID-19, Niti Aayog Member (Health) VK Paul said on Monday.
- The Indian Navy has the maximum percentage of women in its workforce among the three services at 6.5 per cent, according to details provided by the government in Rajya Sabha on Monday.
- The anti-cow slaughter Bill was passed in the Karnataka Legislative Council by a voice-vote on Monday amid protest by the Congress party and JD(S).
- The Telangana government on Monday issued orders providing 10 per cent reservation to the economically weaker section (EWS) in educational institutions and state government jobs, in line with the Central government guidelines.
- Phulbani in Odisha's Kandhamal district was the coldest place in the state at 7.5 degree Celsius on Monday even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast said nine districts would experience cold wave in the next 24 hours.
- The much-awaited expansion of the Bihar cabinet - 80 days after Nitish Kumar was sworn-in as Chief Minister for a fifth time - will take place at noon Tuesday, with the BJP expected to get nine berths to the eight set aside for Mr Kumar's JDU
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said the construction of the six-lane Purvanchal Expressway will be completed by March and it will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April.
- In view of the Uttarakhand glacier burst, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat directed the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to release ₹ 20 crore funds to carry out rescue and relief operations in the state.
- Veteran actor Ratna Pathak Shah on Monday clarified that her husband, actor Naseeruddin Shah does not have a Twitter account, after an unverified profile in his name posted a series of tweets about the ongoing farmers agitation on the microblogging site.
- Indian aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the Civil Aviation Ministry have given conditional permissions to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for aerial filming of cricket matches this year.
- The Supreme Court asked the centre for a one-time waiver of age as a qualifying criteria for candidates for whom the 2020 civil services exam was the final attempt
- The induction ceremony of the first five Rafale jets at the Ambala Air Force base on September 10 last cost the exchequer a little over of ₹ 41 lakh including ₹ 9.18 lakh GST, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in Rajya Sabha on Monday.
- Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said business over hunger will not be allowed in the country and once again demanded a law on minimum support price (MSP) for crops along with the repeal of new contentious agri-marketing laws.
- India's tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 1,08,38,194, with 11,831 new infections being reported in a day, while the daily death count fell below 100 for the fourth time this month, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.
- The Congress has formed its board in 48 urban local bodies in Rajasthan while the BJP got 37 among the 90 that went to the polls for which results were declared on Sunday.
- Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial resumes weeks before election
- Pakistan's Sindh government issues notification to shift Daniel Pearl murder accused to rest house
- The Ministry of Railways has ordered a fresh survey to realign the proposed rail line from Puri to Konark.
- Barring stray incidents of skirmishes between supporters of contesting candidates, the first phase of panchayat elections in 12 of the 13 districts of Andhra Pradesh are going on peacefully.
- The common information format for sharing information between states could not be finalised during the hearing of the Mahanadi River Water Disputes Tribunal on Friday
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