- Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to the country on Monday to empower women, fight corruption and stay united might reflect noble objectives but his record suggests a credibility crisis, particularly with communalism having acquired dreadful dimensions after his call for a 10-year moratorium on divisive politics.
- The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has written to the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) seeking permission to enter the ratna bhandar (temple treasury) of Lord Jagannath and repair .
- Serum Institute of India's (SII) Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla said he expects an Omicron-specific vaccine in the country in six months, reports ndtv.com on Monday.
- Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Monday said there is no corruption at the Central level in the last eight years of the Narendra Modi government.
- Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Monday said the executive, legislature and the judiciary are "equal repositories" of constitutional trust, and the Constitution dispels the notion that delivery of justice is the responsibility of courts only.
- Former Australia captain Ian Chappell, whose ‘innings’ behind the microphone was as impressive as in front of the wicket, has decided to call time on his commentary career.
- Five persons died of electrocution while trying to hoist the national flag in separate incidents in different districts in a span of fewer than 24 hours in Jharkhand.
- Odisha’s Covid-19 tally rose to 13,23,052 on Monday as 381 more people, including 84 children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. The Covid-19 death toll rose to 9,156 as a 55-year-old woman died in Rayagada
- Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday tore into the ruling BJP at the Centre over the freebies debate, alleging it was “insulting” to dub welfare schemes as freebies.
- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday asserted that his new Government was not only committed to fulfilling the promise of 10 lakh jobs, made by his deputy Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, but would like to exceed the employment generation target twice over.
- The Ministry of Culture on Monday said more than five crore selfies with the Indian flag have been uploaded on the 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign website so far and termed it a "stupendous achievement".
- West Indies handed New Zealand their first limited-overs defeat of the year in cruising to a consolation eight-wicket win in the third and final T20I at Sabina Park on Sunday.
- Former New Zealand batter Ross Taylor has said in his autobiography that he was "slapped" by one of the owners of the Rajasthan Royals franchise three or four times during the 2011 IPL season.
- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday asserted that free education and healthcare are not freebies and said if people are given access to them, India can become the top country in the world.
- Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Saturday inaugurated 15 smart schools of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). The Lt Governor also handed over the regularisation letter to 187 sanitation workers of the civic body who were engaged as daily wages since 1998.
- 31 ministers will be inducted into the cabinet today from various parties that are part of Mahagathbandhan or the Grand Alliance, including the Congress and Jitan Ram Manjhi Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM). The ceremony will be held at around 11.30 am at the Raj Bhavan.
- India reported a total of 14,917 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours with its active caseload standing at 1,17,508, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed.
- A doctor on Monday died due to electric shock while hoisting a national flag on the roof-top of a hospital in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, officials said.
- The Government of India has created a record by making 138 appointments so far this year thus surpassing its earlier record of 126 High Court appointments in 2016.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday lauded citizens for coming together in the fight against COVID-19, and said India has administered a record 200 crore vaccine doses in a time-bound manner.
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