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  1. India on Sunday reported 2,09,918 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections to 4.13 crore. According to the Health Ministry country's Covid active cases stand at 18,31,268, now comprising 4.43 per cent of total cases.
  2. Government employees in Odisha, who test positive for COVID-19, can take leave for a week, an official notification said on Monday.
  3. India on Monday abstained from a procedural vote taken in the UN Security Council ahead of a meeting to discuss the situation on the Ukraine border.
  4. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday raised the Pegasus spyware issue at an all-party meeting and demanded a discussion on it during the Budget Session of Parliament.
  5. Lieutenant General C P Mohanty superannuated as Vice Army Chief on Monday, an official statement said.
  6. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee blocked governor Jagdeep Dhankhar from her Twitter account on Monday, a day after he said the state had become "a gas chamber for democracy.
  7. The Election Commission Monday extended the ban on roadshows, 'padyatras', vehicle rallies and processions till February 11, but enhanced the number of people allowed in door-to-door campaigning from the present 10 to 20 and permitted a maximum of 1,000 people for physical public meetings.
  8. The Supreme Court collegium recommended Advocates V Narasingh, Sanjay Kumar Mishra, Biraja Prasanna Satapathy and Raman Murahari for elevation as judges of the High Court. The Orissa High Court currently has nine vacancies as against a sanctioned strength of 27 judges. In total, the collegium recommended 17 names for appointment as judges in Andhra Pradesh, MP and Orissa High Courts.
  9. India will retain its tag of the world's fastestgrowing major economy as the pre-Budget Economic Survey Monday forecast an 8-8.5 per cent GDP growth in the fiscal year starting in April, saying it has the fiscal space to do more to support the economy and is well placed to meet the future challenges
  10. Panchayati Raj and Housing & Urban Development (H&UD) department Minister Pratap Jena Monday wrote to Union Minister Giriraj Singh, alleging that the Centre did not pay heed to Odisha’s demand for synchronisation of data on its rural housing portal with ‘Awaas+’ initiative, an exercise to create an additional list of eligible beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAYG) scheme.
  11. As per the notification issued by the Housing & Urban Development (H&UD) department, the offices of chairpersons in 54 ULBs have been reserved for women candidates. The chief posts in 9 ULBs have been reserved for Scheduled Caste (women), five for Scheduled Tribe (women) and another 40 for unreserved women
  12. Brigadier Vignesh Mahanti, Sena Medal, took over the charge of Commander of Chhattisgarh and Odisha Sub Area (COSA) Monday from Brigadier Prashant Chauhan, Sena Medal, at a solemn ceremony at Naya Raipur.
  13. Schools for classes 8 to 12, colleges and varsities will reopen in West Bengal February 3, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced Monday.
  14. Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal (94) became the country’s oldest candidate to fight elections as he filed his nomination papers from Lambi Monday.
  15. The Madhya Pradesh government Monday decided to re-open schools for all classes from February 1 (Tuesday). The classes, however, will resume at 50 per cent capacity. A decision in this regard was taken by the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan after reviewing the Covid-19 situation in the state Monday
  16. India’s smartphone shipments grew 11 per cent year-onyear to reach 169 million units with market revenue crossing USD 38 billion in 2021, according to Counterpoint Research.
  17. In a relief Bikram Singh Majithia, the Supreme Court Monday directed Punjab Police not to arrest him till February 23.
  18. Childline officials Monday rescued eight children including two girls from Berhampur railway station while they were being trafficked to Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
  19. In its second acquisition of a PSU in recent weeks, Tata group firm beat the likes of Jindal Steel and JSW Steel to snap loss-making Odisha-based Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd (NINL) for `12,100 crore.
  20. Indian economy contracted by 6.6 per cent in 2020-21 as against the earlier estimate of 7.3 per cent decline, showing that the COVID-19 pandemic hit economy did not perform as badly as was initially worked out. As per the provisional estimates released in May 2021, the GDP had contracted by 7.3 per cent during 2020-21 on account of the outbreak of COVID-19 and subsequent lockdown to contain the pandemic.

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