- Twitter has blocked several accounts and tweets after the government asked the microblogging platform to take action against 250 handles and posts for containing ‘false and provocative content’ related to the ongoing farmers’ agitation, according to sources.
- Lieutenant General Chandi Prasad Mohanty, on Monday took charge as the 42nd Vice Chief of the Army Staff, succeeding Lt General SK Saini who superannuated on January 31 after completing four decades of illustrious career in the Army.
- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today presented the first ever digital Union Budget for the year 2021-22.
- In another bid to boost domestic manufacturing, the government on Monday announced a 2.5 per cent increase in customs duty on mobile chargers and some sub-parts of phones,
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced a record sum of Rs 1,10,055 crore for Indian Railways of which Rs 1,07,100 crore is for the capital expenditure.
- India registered 8,635 new coronavirus infections in a day, the lowest in eight months, while the daily deaths fell below 100 after almost nine months, according to Union health ministry data updated on Tuesday.
- The Budget’s major headline grabbing news in the financial sector was about privatising two public sector banks, one general insurance firm and increasing the FDI limit in insurance from 49% to 74% with a few built-in safeguards
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday provided Rs 35,000 crore towards COVID-19 vaccination in 2021-22 fiscal.
- Rashtrapati Bhavan will reopen from February 6 for the general public, over 10 months since it was closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, an official statement said on Monday.
- The budgetary allocation for the ministry of tourism has been slashed from ₹ 2,500 crore in 2020-21 to ₹ 2026.77 crore this year, in a blow to the tourism industry which is reeling from huge losses due to the coronavirus crisis.
- The Election Commission on Monday transferred three senior officials of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) office months before the assembly election in the state, a source said.
- The Delhi Police on Monday appealed to people not to believe in rumours about illegal detention of farmers protesting against three new agriculture laws and asserted that the investigation is being carried out in a fair and transparent manner.
- Farmers protesting against the Centre's three farm laws have called for a countrywide "chakka jam" protest on Saturday. The protest will be held only for three hours -- from noon to 3 pm -- during which all transport will be brought to a standstill.
- Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde told the bar leaders today that physical hearing in the Supreme Court will soon resume in a hybrid manner amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bar Council of India (BCI) has said.
- Drones were being used to monitor the situation and vehicles checked as more support continued to flow in for the Bharatiya Kisan Union from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan.
- The Shiv Sena has been supporting the farmers who are agitating at Delhi's border points for over two months against the Centre's three new farm laws.
- The Odisha portion of the 6-lane expressway will have a length of 240.37 km and pass through Nabarangpur and Koraput districts.
- Bhagyashree, a resident of Sector-19 in the Steel City, mastered the art of creating Pattachitra on various themes using soft stones. She honed her skill during the lockdowns and created splendid pattachitra art works on unused bottles, electric bulbs and others glass and plastic materials. She was recently applauded for her creative endeavors by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his radio show ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on Sunday.
- Nanda Prusty – a Padma Shri awardee from Odisha. He is 103 years old. Even time seems to have failed before the determination of this man. Despite his age, he is engaged in the noblest deed of imparting education free of cost to the underprivileged.
- The Odisha government on Tuesday announced to resume physical classroom teaching for the students of Post Graduate (PG) first year and pre-final year Under Graduate (UG) classes…
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