1.President Droupadi Murmu Sunday gave her assent to Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, the Rural Development Ministry said.

2.President Droupadi Murmu has granted assent to the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, passed by Parliament during the Winter Session.

3.Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday laid the foundation stone of a Rs 10,601-crore brownfield ammonia-urea plant in Dibrugarh district of Assam.

4.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday attended the ‘Parab-2025’, a national-level tribal festival, in Koraput where he laid foundation stones for 70 development projects worth Rs521 crore and inaugurated 16 others worth Rs24 crore.

5.Under the railways new ticket pricing structure, passengers will pay an extra 1 paisa per km on journeys beyond 215 km in Ordinary Class, and 2 paise per km for Mail and Express non-AC and AC classes. Passengers on a 500 km non-AC journey will pay an additional `10 for their journey. There is no increase in ticket prices for passengers travelling on routes shorter than 215 km.

6.Adani group plans to foray into engine MRO as well as passenger-aircraft-to-freighter (P2F) conversion, as the diversified conglomerate bets big on the domestic aviation market, according to a top group official.

7.Nine people have died and at least 10 others were injured after a group of unidentifi ed gunmen carried out a shooting at a South African pub during the early hours of Sunday.

8.Claiming that people in live-in relationships are "not ready to take responsibility," Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday highlighted the importance of maintaining the family structure in society.

9.The Sambalpuri Dhanu Yatra, now in its third year, will be held from January 18 to 22, organisers said.

10.Odisha Vigilance Sunday arrested a forest range offi cer for possession of assets disproportionate to his known source of income.

11. A Kremlin envoy said peace talks on a US-proposed plan to end the nearly four-year war in Ukraine were pressing on “constructively” in Florida, while the Ukrainian president said they were moving ”quickly.”

12.The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall at the Dhaka University has been renamed in memory of Sharif Osman Hadi.

13.The sale of meat, tobacco, alcohol, other intoxicants are now prohibited in Amritsar Walled City, Talwandi Sabo and Sri Anandpur Sahib after a notification was issued by the Punjab government, according them 'holy city' status.

14.Kerala government on Sunday warned that schools would not be allowed to be turned into "communal laboratories."

15.Mason Greenwood scored as Marseille strolled to a 6-0 win over third-tier Bourg-Peronnas in the French Cup last 64 on Sunday.