- India reported 1,17,100 fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday, over 28 per cent higher than the previous day's cases. Delhi's daily Covid cases shot up by 15 per cent on Friday after 17,335 fresh cases were detected in 24 hours.
- With the rapid increase in Covid-19 cases in Odisha, the state government has ordered closure of all colleges and universities and their hostels from January 10.
- The Supreme Court Friday, in an interim order, allowed resumption of medical counselling for NEET-PG admissions for the year 2021-22 and upheld the validity of 27 per cent OBC quota.
- The Jagannath temple in Puri will remain closed from January 10 till January 31 in view of the increasing Covid-19 cases, a senior official said Friday.
- India Friday made seven-day home quarantine mandatory for all international arrivals and an RT-PCR test on the eighth day, as it issued revised guidelines for international passengers.
- The Women and Child Development (W&CD) department has been conferred with the prestigious SKOCH award for its ‘Mo Chhatua’ initiative at the 78th summit of the SKOCH group recently.
- The state Higher Education (HE) department Friday directed all the colleges and universities to suspend the biometric attendance system for the staffers of universities and colleges across the state.
- The Supreme Court Friday asked the Centre and the state government to put on hold their probes into the security lapse during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Ferozepur visit and directed the high court registrar general to immediately secure all relevant records.
- The CBI has filed a chargesheet against six Uttar Pradesh policemen over the death of Kanpur businessman Manish Gupta at a hotel in Gorakhpur, invoking criminal conspiracy and murder charges against them, officials said Friday.
- The Bombay High Court on Friday extended till February 5, the date of surrender for poet Varavara Rao, an accused in the Elgar ParishadMaoist links case who is currently on medical bail, before Taloja prison authorities in Maharashtra.
- The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has announced a 50 per cent reduction in power tariff on agricultural use.
- The growth in the gross domestic product (GDP) of 9.2 per cent in April 2021 to March 2022 fiscal (FY 2021-22) given by the National Statistical Office (NSO) in its first advance estimate compares with 9.5 per cent expansion forecast by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last month.
- Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) today declared 11 more places as Containment Zones.
- There will be no restrictions on movement for pilgrims to Mata Vaishno Devi and Shiv Khori Shrine, informed the district administration of Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi on Friday.
- Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said the recent hate speeches -- as happened at religious conclaves in Haridwar and Delhi -- should be "negated and given no importance". In such cases, the law should be allowed to take its course,
- The Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2021 will be conducted as per schedule from Friday, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) said.
- 150 unidentified people booked in Punjab's Ferozepur for blocking: PM's convoy.An FIR has been registered against 150 unidentified people at Kulgari police station in Punjab's Ferozepur district in connection with PM Narendra Modi's security breach incident.
- SBI has given a big gift to its customers on the new year, State Bank of India has increased the limit of Immediate Payment Service (IMPS), where earlier you were able to transfer only 2 lakhs, it has been increased to 5 lakhs.
- Bollywood actor Sonu Sood announced on Friday that he’d stepped down as Punjab’s state icon just over a year after his appointment.
- Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday provided financial assistance of Rs 1,444 crores for the PMAY(Gramin) and BPGY beneficiaries.
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