- India added 2,47,417 new coronavirus infections, the highest single-day rise in the ongoing wave, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,63,17,927, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.
- Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand are likely to witness an increase in high temperature over periods of 2030, 2050 and 2085, a report released by the government on Thursday said.
- Dharam Singh Saini, who became the third minister to quit Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's government on Thursday .
- The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has already decided at least 300 of its total 403 candidates for Uttar Pradesh. Of these, 90 are Dalits, party general secretary SC Misra said on Thursday.
- Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday released the party's first list of 125 candidates, including 50 women, for the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
- Pt Munna Shukla Kathak dancer passed away in his Delhi home on January 12, following a brief illness. He was 78.
- Another set of data released by NSO Wednesday showed that industrial output grew by 1.4 per cent in November despite a low base of (-)1.6 per cent in the previous year.
- In the letter, the Transport Commissioner-cum-Chairman of STA Odisha highlighted that despite instructions issued back in 2014, some dealers are found charging extra money from purchaser of new vehicles over and above the cost of vehicle and admissible taxes towards handling charges, registration expenses, charges for extended warranty etc.
- A forest personnel Souri Kumar Patra (53) was injured after an elephant went on rampage near Ranpur range, Tangi at Upendrapur village in Khordha district.
- The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has sought suspension of the Delhi government’s ‘Desh Ka Mentor’ programme till all the loopholes are taken care of.
- The India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2021 released on Thursday said the country’s forest and tree cover has risen by 2,261 square kilometers in the last two years.
- Andhra Pradesh grows the maximum forest cover of 647 square kilometers, according to the biennial report by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) - an assessment of the country’s forest resources.
- At least six people are feared dead and around 67 are injured after 12 coaches of Guwahati-Bikaner Express derailed in Domohani area of West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district on Thursday evening. . The railway authorities have announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the families of those killed and Rs 1 lakh for the seriously injured and Rs 25,000 for the injured.
- The Wardha police arrested Hindu religious leader Kalicharan Maharaj on Wednesday in connection with a case registered against him here in Maharashtra for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Mahatma Gandhi.
- The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought response from the Central government and others on a petition seeking a direction to ensure investigation and action against those who allegedly made hate speeches during two events held recently in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar city and Delhi.
- Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra, set for retirement February 28 this year, has got a six-month extension, an official said Thursday. The Centre has approved the Odisha government’s request to extend Mahapatra’s tenure as the chief secretary by another six months.
- According to ISFR 2021, the top three states showing increase in forest cover are Andhra Pradesh (647 sq km) followed by Telangana (632 sq km) and Odisha (537 sq km).
- Union AYUSH Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Wednesday 75 lakh people across the world will perform Surya Namaskar on the occasion of Makar Sankranti on January 14.
- Waseem Rizvi, aka Jitendra Narayan Tyagi, is the first person to be arrested by Uttarakhand Police for allegedly making inciting remarks and hate speech against a particular community at a Dharam Sansad in Haridwar in December last year.
- India and Odisha hockey star lilima minz on Thursday announced her decision to retire at the age of 27.
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