- Dates for Assembly elections in five states - Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, Punjab, and Uttarakhand - were announced Saturday afternoon. The five states will vote over seven phases starting February 10, with counting of votes scheduled for March 10.
- . Uttar Pradesh will vote in each of the seven phases - on February 10, February 14, February 20, February 23, February 27, March 3, and March 7. Punjab, Goa, and Uttarakhand will vote on February 14. Manipur will vote in two phases on February 27 March 3.
- The Election Commission has barred physical rallies, road shows and public meetings till January 15
- Congress' Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting, chaired by party president Sonia Gandhi, is underway to finalise the first list of candidates for Punjab assembly polls, said a source.
- Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday announced hike in one-time incentive of the Anganwadi workers from `20,000 to `40,000. Similarly, the incentive for Mini Anganwadi workers has been enhanced to `30,000 from `15,000.
- After completing the exercises like reservation of seats, the state government has shown its readiness to go for the three-tier panchayat elections
- As per a preliminary analysis by IIT-Madras predicting the peak of the third wave between February 1 and 15.
- Saudi authorities have released a princess and her daughter who had been held without charge for nearly three years in the capital, a human rights group said Saturday.
- The Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in the Capital city witnessed a 50 per cent decline in passenger traffic compared to last week following a surge in Covid-19 pandemic.
- The Orissa High Court will function in the virtual mode from January 10 as coronavirus cases continue to spiral in the state.
- Ahead of the panchayat polls, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday announced a special package for 50,000 community mobilisers under the Mission Shakti programme.
- With more than 73,000 new Covid-19 registered in the last seven days, speculations are rife that West Bengal, which has already announced formation of micro-containment zones, might impose a full lockdown curb the unprecedented spike.
- The Indian government renewed permission for late Catholic nun Mother Teresa’s charity to receive foreign funds, weeks after rejecting it, the organisation said Saturday,
- More than 2 crore teens have been inoculated with the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, since the beginning of vaccination drive for children aged between 15 to 18 years on January 3.
- BJP municipal councillor Sarabjit Kaur Saturday became the new Chandigarh Municipal Corporation mayor, defeating Aam Aadmi Party's Anju Katyal by just one vote in a direct contest.
- The Delhi High Court has allowed a woman to terminate her over 30-week pregnancy as the foetus had a rare chromosomal disorder and said had she given birth, the child would have such substantial abnormalities that normal life might have never been an option.
- The world recorded more than two million daily coronavirus cases on average between January 1 and 7 with figures doubling in 10 days, an AFP tally showed Saturday.
- Although global food prices decreased slightly in December 2021 month-on-month, they were much higher throughout last year than in 2020, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
- HDFC Bank’s integration with Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) ICEGATE platform has gone live, allowing customers to pay for their customs duty directly via the bank.
- Pakistan’s popular hill station Murree was declared a calamity-hit area Saturday after at least 22 people, including ten children, froze to death in their stranded vehicles due to unprecedented snowfall and rush of tourists to the picturesque town in Punjab province.
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