- India's Covid curve showed marginal improvement on Monday as the country reported 2.58 lakh cases, which is around 5 per cent lower than Sunday.
- Accepting a demand by the state government and various political parties, the Election Commission decided on Monday to hold the single-phase assembly polls in Punjab February 20 instead of February 14 in view of Guru Ravidas Jayanti.
- With an aim to control drug trafficking and drug abuse in the state, the government has constituted a task force under the chairmanship of former DGP Abhay.
- China's population grew by less than half a million-last year to 1.41 billion as the birth rates fell for the fifth consecutive year, stoking fears of a looming demographic crisis and its adverse impact on the world's 2nd largest economy.
- A possible drone attack may have sparked an explosion that struck three oil tankers in Abu Dhabi and another fire at an extension of Abu Dhabi International Airport Monday that killed three people and wounded six.
- The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar, has reported over 300 infections of Covid19 since January 1, 2022.
- Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday congratulated para-athlete from Odisha, Kamalakanta Nayak, on entering the Guinness Book of World Records by covering maximum distance in 24 hours in a manual wheelchair.
- Eminent social activist and Padma Shri awardee Shanti Devi breathed her last late Sunday night at her residence in Gunupur town of Rayagada district. She was 88.
- India may begin inoculating children in the 12-14 age group against Covid-19 in March as the 15-18 population is likely to get fully vaccinated by then, Dr N K Arora, chairman of the Covid-19 working group of NTAGI, said Monday.
- Bihar BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal Monday sought to put Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) on the mat by demanding that his government arrest Daya Prakash Sinha, the Sahitya Akademi Award winning playwright who made some controversial remarks about Emperor Asoka,
- Covid-19 inoculation guidelines issued by the Union Health Ministry do not envisage forcible vaccination without obtaining the consent of an individual, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.
- The 10 richest men in the world have seen their global wealth double to $1.5 trillion since the start of the global pandemic following a surge in share and property prices that has widened the gap between rich and poor, according to a report from Oxfam, The Guardian reported. The report ‘Inequality Kills’ comes ahead of the World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda.
- PM Modi while delivering 'State of the World' special address at the World Economic Forum's Davos Agenda stressed how India saved many lives by supplying essential medicines and vaccines while following its vision of "One Earth, One Health".
- Veteran Shetkari Kamgar Paksha leader and former Maharashtra Minister Narayan Dyandeo Patil, who fought for farmers and the marginalised sections, died due to age-related ailments today, an official said. He was 92.
- An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 on the richer scale jolted Basar in Arunachal Pradesh in the early hours of Tuesday, said the National Center for Seismology (NCS).
- Odia mountaineer Sidharth Routray successfully climbed Mount Aconcagua, the highest peak in South American continent.
- The district police arrested a former employee of the State Bank of India, Laxmipur branch in Koraput on charges of burgling gold jewellery of more than 1.5 kg from the bank.
- The wife of Abhisek Mohapatra, who was earlier flown to Kolkata from Bhubaneswar in an air ambulance for advance ECMO treatment today, returned Rs 40 lakh collected for treatment of her husband.
- On the first day of nomination, as many as 7116 ward members have filed their nomination while 1122 sarpanch candidates have also filed their nomination.
- TP Southern Odisha Distribution Limited (TPSODL), has launched its first mobile health dispensary unit in selected villages of Ganjam district under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Program. The dispensary is launched for the healthcare benefit of rural communities.
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