- India on Wednesday reported a total of 2,85,914 new coronavirus, bringing the total number of COVID-19 infections to 4,00,85,11. Yesterday, the country also recorded at least 665 new Covid-19 deaths, taking the total number of fatalities to 4,91,127
- Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal unfurled the national flag at the state-level Republic Day celebrations at Mahatma Gandhi Marg here today and took salute during the parade. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik attended the event as guest…
- The Nation celebrated 73rd Republic Day . The main function was held at Rajpath in the National Capital where President Ram Nath Kovind took the salute of the parade presented by Ceremonial Battery of 871 Field Regiment.
- Jammu and Kashmir Police ASI Babu Ram was conferred with Ashok Chakra posthumously for displaying valour and courage during an anti-terror operation in 2020 in Srinagar in which he killed three terrorists. His wife and son received the award from President Ram Nath Kovind.
- Noted Kathakali patron and Padma Shri recipient, France's Milena Salvini, passed away on Tuesday. As founder-director of 'Centre Mandapa' in Paris, she promoted and taught Indian dance and music for more than four decades in France.
- Amai Mahalinga Naik, a 70-year-old labourer from Karnataka, is one of the Padma Shri awardees named by the government. Naik, credited with turning a barren piece of land near Kepu village into a farm, cut through the stones and dug tunnels to source water. He's fondly called 'Surang Man' or 'Tunnel Man' and 'One man army.
- 7. After a competitive bidding process, the government had on October 8 last year sold Air India to Talace Private Limited -- a subsidiary of the Tata Group's holding company -- for Rs 18,000 crore.
- Mumbai Police on Wednesday booked Google CEO Sundar Pichai and five other company officials for Copyright Act violation. The case has been registered following the complaint lodged by film director Suneel Darshan who has alleged that Google allowed unauthorized persons to upload his film 'Ek Haseena Thi Ek Deewana Tha' on YouTube.
- The country's first woman Rafale fighter jet pilot Shivangi Singh was part of the Indian Air Force tableau at the Republic Day parade on Wednesday. She is only the second woman fighter jet pilot to be part of the IAF tableau.
- After Seeing 13 Republic Day Parades, Dark horse retires amid a grand farewell, It is one of the President’s Bodyguards (PBG) was the centre of attention.
- A Defence Ministry statement said: “The President has approved awards of 384 Gallantry and other defence decorations to armed forces personnel and others on the eve of 73rd Republic Day celebrations.”
- Pakistan handed over 20 Indian fishermen, who were released recently after languishing in Landhi jail, to India at the Wagah border.
- The Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday arrested two people and lodged a case against around 1,000 unidentified persons in connection with the alleged rioting and blocking of the rail track at the local railway station by some job aspirants.
- The State Election Commission (SEC) office today stated elections to the post of Sarpanch of Dhinkia gram panchayat in Jagatsinghpur District will be held next year.In a statement, Secretary of the SEC, RN Sahu also mentioned polls to the 23 Ward Members will be held in 2023.
- An all-party meeting will be held on January 31 to discuss issues and legislative business for the Budget Session. The all-party meeting of the floor leaders will be held virtually.
- The Union government on Wednesday notified the Drone Certification Scheme for developing an ecosystem that will enable simpler, faster, and transparent type-certification of drones.
- The Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh has redrawn the state’s district map, with the creation of 13 new districts. With the creation of the new districts, the state will have 26 districts.
- The Ministry of Coal, through its CPSE’s has registered 28.33% YoY growth in capex achievement for the period ending December, 2021.
- The virtual summit will see the participation of the five presidents — Kazakhstan’s Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Uzbekistan’s Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan’s Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow and Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyz Republic.
- The CM on Republic Day announced that the state's contribution would be increased from 14 per cent to 10 per cent in the Anshdayi Pension Scheme. He also said that all pulses would be purchased under minimum support price (MSP) from the coming year.
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