- India reported 7,189 fresh coronavirus infections and 387 new fatalities, which pushed the national tally to 3,47,79,815 and the total death count to 4,79,520, according to the health ministry.
- The world’s largest and most powerful space telescope rocketed away Saturday on a high-stakes quest to behold light from the first stars and galaxies and scour the universe for hints of life
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the nasal vaccine and the world's first DNA vaccine against the COVID-19 will soon be available for the inoculation drive.
- Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday clarified that the Centre will not reintroduce farm laws in an amended form.
- Odisha may experience rainfall over the next few days that can again lead to a fall in the minimum temperature after a spell of cold wave gripped the state last week, the Met office said Sunday
- Ahead of Panchayat elections in Odisha next year, the State Government promulgated an ordinance to amend existing panchayat laws. With amendment of panchayat laws, a candidate may face six-month jail term with fine for giving false information or concealing any information in the affidavit.
- Precautionary Dose of COVID Vaccine will be started from Jan 10 for Healthcare, Frontline Workers and for Citizens above 60 years with co-morbidities. PM Modi has announced that the COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 15-18 years will start from 3rd of next month.
- 405 of Omicron have been reported in the country so far. Out of the total Omicron cases, Maharashtra has reported highest number of one hundred eight cases, followed by Delhi 79 and Gujarat 43 cases.
- Gujarat has topped the 'Good Governance Index' 2021 rankings for states and Union Territories prepared by the government. Maharashtra and Goa have secured the second and third-highest spots respectively in the rankings prepared by covering 10 sectors and 58 indicators. Delhi has ranked first among the Union Territories, while UP showed an incremental growth of 8.9 %,
- Utter Pradesh govt launched the distribution of tablets and smartphones to 1 crore students, to mark the birth anniversary of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
- National Book Trust announced the results of the all-India contest organized on the theme ‘National Movement of India’ under PM-YUVA Mentorship Scheme. As per the Scheme, 75 Authors were to be selected through this contest for a Scholarship-cum-Mentorship Scheme for young authors below the age of 30 years.
- Indian Navy Ship Sudarshini Docks At Iran Port As Part Of Gulf Deployment. The Indian Navy said its sail training ship Sudarshini docked at Bandar Abbas port in Iran as part of its deployment in the Gulf region. The ship will stay at Bandar Abbas for three days and visit the naval base there.
- French firm & HAL in talks to make new indigenous chopper engine. French defence major Safran and the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) are in talks to jointly and indigenously manufacture a new engine that will power India’s plans to have its own medium weight military helicopters. These new rotary aircraft will replace the Russian Mi-17 transport helicopters in the coming years.
- World's 1st DNA COVID-19 vaccine & nasal vaccine to be launched in India soon.
- The world's most powerful space telescope on Saturday blasted off into orbit, headed to an outpost 1.5 million kilometres (930,000 miles) from Earth, left Earth enclosed in its Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana.
- The United Nations have allocated a package of $8 billion for the resumption of the economy of Afghanistan.
- The ruling BJD in Odisha Saturday announced that it will nominate at least 40 per cent candidates from the Other Backward Caste (OBC) category for the approaching elections to panchayats and urban local bodies.
- The speaker had earlier expressed anguish over Mr Dhankhar's insistence to administer the oath to Trinamool Congress MLAs, including CM Mamata Banerjee, after the September 30 elections.
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday began the campaign to distribute free tablets and smartphones to one crore students of the state on the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
- At least 17 girls of Classes VIII and X of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Bhupdevpur in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district have tested positive for COVID-19, an official said on Saturday.
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