1.India’s economic growth rate is estimated to slip to a four-year low of 6.4 per cent in 2024-25, mainly on account of poor showing by the manufacturing and services sector, according to government data released .

2.The state government Tuesday said all the farmers affected by the unseasonal rain will receive their input assistance within the next five days as the Revenue and Disaster Management (R&DM) department has already disbursed around Rs 292 crore to the district Collectors.

3.Microsoft will invest USD 3 billion (about Rs 25,700 crore) to expand its cloud computing and artifi cial intelligence capabilities in India, its chief executive officer Satya Nadella said Tuesday.

4.The Supreme Court Tuesday granted till March 31 interim bail to jailed self-styled godman Asaram in a 2013 rape case observing he had various ailments and needed treatment.

5.All the 70 Assembly seats in Delhi will go to polls February 5 and the votes will be counted February 8, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced Tuesday.

6.A massive earthquake struck near one of holiest cities in southern Tibet Tuesday, killing at least 126 people and injuring 188 with tremors forcing people to rush out to the streets also in parts of Nepal and India.

7.KIIT and KISS founder Achyuta Samanta was honoured with the inaugural PIO Excellence Award by the Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) for his exceptional contributions to education and tribal empowerment.

8.Microsoft Tuesday said it has empowered 2.4 million Indians, including civil servants, college students and people with disabilities, with artifi cial intelligence (AI) skills.

9.BJP MP Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy was acquitted in two cases of cheating by a special court in Ganjam district Tuesday.

10.Drugs worth over Rs 11 crore have been seized in three separate operations from Assam's Cachar and Karbi Anglong districts, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Tuesday.

11.Indian cities achieved an average 27 per cent reduction in PM2.5 pollution levels from 2019 to 2024, with those under NCAP alone recording a 24 per cent decline, a new report has found.

12.Hours after the resignation of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President-elect Donald Trump Monday renewed his offer of making Canada the 51st state of the United States.

13.Olympic gold and silver medallist Neeraj Chopra will headline a star-studded global javelin competition which India will host most likely in September, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) announced .

14.Over 300 athletes from across the country will participate in the 9th Boccia Sub-Junior, Junior and Senior National Championship, scheduled to be held at the Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone in Visakhapatnam from January 8 to 14.

15.A potentially exciting match between India and Nepal January 13 will set the ball rolling for the inaugural Kho Kho World Cup to be played here at the Indira Gandhi Stadium.