- Naveen Patnaik has emerged as the most popular Chief Minister of India. This was revealed from a Mood of the Nation (MOTN) survey conducted by India Today
- India added nearly 3.50 lakh new Covid cases on Friday, a nine percent jump from Thursday's 3.17 lakh cases which was also the highest in eight months
- The Centre on Friday dismissed reports of data leak from Co-WIN application and said that the digital platform is safe and secure.
- Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra has been directed by the party to stay away from social media after several of his controversial posts went viral.
- Utpal Parrikar, the son of former Union Minister Manohar Parrikar, has quit the BJP after the party refused to offer him ticket for his father's Panaji seat for the coming assembly elections in Goa.
- A Supreme Court lawyer had sought directions from the Supreme Court court to censor all future social media posts by actor Kangana Ranaut as one of them "justified the innocent killing of Sikhs".
- Two courts in Haridwar have rejected the bail pleas of Yati Narsinghanand and Jitendra Narayan Tyagi who have been arrested in connection with the controversial Dharma Sansad where alleged hate speeches against Muslims were delivered.
- The Centre on Friday said that Covid vaccination, including precaution doses, for individuals having lab test proven coronavirus infection will be deferred by three months after recovery.
- Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti and Tribal Affairs, Bishweswar Tudu allegedly thrashed two officials after calling them to the party office. The two were critically injured in the attack and admitted to PRM Medical College and Hospital .
- Eleven officers of the Odisha Administrative Service have been promoted to IAS cadre. The Department of Personnel and Training under Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has issued a notification in this regard, Friday.
- Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Friday virtually pitched herself as the party’s face in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections but did not confirm whether she would contest the polls or not.
- At least 2.29 lakh nomination papers have been filed by candidates for elections to various posts in the upcoming three-tier panchayat election in Odisha.
- The Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) Friday issued an amended notification for the recruitment of 796 Assistant Section Officers (ASOs), days after the state government raised the upper age limit of candidates for various posts under its jurisdiction to 38 years.
- The proposed grand statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to be installed at India Gate in the National Capital will be 25 feet high and made of granite stone, Director General of the National Modern Art Gallery, New Delhi, Adwaita Gadanayak said
- The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has ordered the blocking of 35 YouTube news channels operated from Pakistan along with two websites for their involvement in spreading anti-India fake news in a coordinated manner on digital media platforms.
- The Delhi government has proposed lifting the weekend curfew, end odd-even system for opening of shops, an official source said Friday. The proposal approved by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been sent to Lt Governor Anil Baijal for approval, they said. The decision to ease the restrictions was taken in view of declining number of Covid cases in the city, they said.
- With an aim to decongest Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBIA) in Dumdum, the West Bengal government has decided to construct a second airport in the vicinity of Kolkata, a senior official said Friday.
- States are not sparing sufficient number of IAS officers for deputation which is affecting the functioning of the central government, the Centre said Friday, defending its proposed changes in the service rules which gives it power to overrule states on such matters.
- Five days after he was expelled from the BJP, Harak Singh Rawat on Friday joined the Congress in Delhi along with his daughter-in-law Anukriti Gusain.
- Vikram Dev Dutt Friday took charge as the chairman and managing director (CMD) of Air India, which will be handed over to the Tata group this year. The government had October 8 last year announced that the Tata Group has won the bid to acquire Air India for `18,000 crore.
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