- India recorded 3,17,532 new Covid cases on Wednesday, 12.2% higher than Tuesday's reported 2.82 lakh daily cases, according to the Health Ministry.
- After burning for 50 years, the eternal flame of Amar Jawan Jyoti at the India Gate lawns will be extinguished forever. The torch will now be merged with the National War Memorial's torch at a programme today, days ahead of the Republic Day.
- The Delhi government will soon deploy 1,500 electric buses under the Delhi Transport Corporation(DTC) as it aims at 100 per cent electrification of public transport fleet, minister Kailash Gahlot said on Thursday.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi would unveil a 216-foot statue of Ramanujacharya, a 11th century saint and a social reformer, in Hyderabad on February 5.
- The new parliament building, the highlight of the government's flagship Central Vista project, will cost another ₹ 282 crore, sources said. The 29 per cent hike over the budgeted cost of ₹ 977 crore comes more than a year after the groundbreaking ceremony, which took place in December 2020. Forty per cent of the work is completed by Tata Projects, which is executing the project.
- Merit cannot be reduced to narrow definitions of performance in an open competitive examination which only provides formal equality of opportunity, the Supreme Court said Thursday as it upheld 27 per cent Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation in All India Quota (AIQ) seats in the NEET for UG and PG medical courses
- The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in a statement said that Brahmos supersonic cruise missile with increased indigenous content and improved performance was successfully test-fired at 10:30am from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.
- The 2022 Odisha Open is a BWF Super 100 tournament that will take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Cuttack from January 25 to 30. The Odisha Open, however, will be held behind closed doors without spectators and strict adherence to Covid guidelines and norms laid down by the State government and Badminton World Federation (BWF)
- Global unemployment is expected to remain above pre-Covid-19 levels until at least 2023 and is estimated at 207 million this year, almost 21 million more than in 2019, according to a report from the International Labour Organisation that gives assessments on how labour market recovery has unfolded worldwide.
- The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) Thursday sanctioned `951 crore to the state government for the construction of 176 rural roads, an official said.
- The Centre Thursday authorised the release of an advance instalment of tax devolution to the tune of `2,152.66 to Odisha
- The Odisha Civil Service (OCS) Mains examination2020, conducted by the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC), commenced Thursday amid strict adherence to the Covid-19 protocols.
- A special court dealing with chit fund cases here Thursday awarded five years of imprisonment to Sai Samrudhhi Realcon India Limited chief Sandip Kumar Das after convicting him in the multicrore ponzi scam. The court also imposed a penalty of `3.10 lakh on Das.
- : In a major development, Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Azad will contest from Gorakhpur as Azad Samaj Party (ASP) candidate against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
- The Telangana government would undertake a door-todoor fever survey in the state from Friday as part of measures to check the spread of Covid.
- Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Ltd (RIIL) Thursday reported a 2.7 per cent decline in December quarter net profit even as revenue rose in the pandemic year.
- India’s mineral production rose five per cent in November 2021 compared to the year-ago period, according to the mines ministry.
- Retail giant Walmart Thursday announced that it is now inviting select Indian sellers to apply to join Walmart Marketplace, a curated sellers community that serves more than 120 million US shoppers each month.
- Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said the motive of ‘Apna Kangra' was to empower rural women and provide job opportunities to youth through tourism, while facilitating hospitality services such as hotels, homestays and transport to travellers.
- Considering the standard of the articles distributed as against the claim of an Rs.1,800-crore purchase by the government, there was a corruption of Rs 1,000 crore, H Raja told reporters in Coimbatore.
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