- Bhajan Samrat Narendra Chanchal passed away at the age of 80. Born in Amritsar, Narendra Chanchal who considered Jalandhar as his workplace is no more with us.
- With the government's talks with farmer unions hitting a roadblock, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday said some "forces" definitely want protests to continue for their own personal and political motives and no resolution is possible when the sanctity of agitation is lost.
- The Karnataka Chief Minister, BS Yediyurappa recently launched Avalokana software. The software will enable the state government to access data on expenditures and sanctions incurred on 1,800 programmes.
- The Indian government is planning to sell its stake in the IT major, Tata Communications Ltd. The government owns a stake of 26.1 percent in the IT firm.
- The Indian Army is to conduct a large scale joint military exercise Kavach in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal. The exercise is to be held under the aegis of Andaman and Nicobar Command. The Joint Military Exercise Kavach will involve Indian Navy, Indian Army, Indian Air Force and Indian Coast Guard.
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 2 crore on Standard Chartered Bank–India for delays in reporting of frauds. The penalty has been imposed on the bank for non-compliance with certain directions issued by it contained in the ‘Reserve Bank of India (Frauds – Classification and Reporting by commercial banks and select FIs) Directions 2016’.
- Uttarakhand Chief Minister, Trivendra Singh Rawat will inaugurate the first child-friendly police station of Uttarakhand, which is meant to provide a friendly environment to children associated with crimes.
- A Rajya Sabha member now, Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi will be included in the Z+ security category, sources said on Friday.
- The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has appointed Siddhartha Mohanty as the managing director of India’s largest insurer Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) from February 1 onwards
- Former Arunachal Governor Mata Prasad has passed away at the age of 95. He served as minister in the Congress government in Uttar Pradesh in 1988- 89 and appointed as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh in 1993.
- Class 10 students will appear the matriculation or annual high school certification (HSC) examination exams in Odisha this year at their own schools, sources at Board of Secondary Education (BSE) said on Friday.
- In a massive crackdown on traffic violators, the driving licenses (DLs) of over 4,000 persons have been suspended in Odisha in the last 21 days. The DLs of 4267 persons have been suspended for three months on the charges of various traffic violations including drunken driving in different parts of the State on 220121
- The board of Sundaram Finance has named Rajiv Lochan (director Strategy) as managing director with effect from April 1. Sundaram Finance Ltd has made top-level changes as the current managing director T.T. Srinivasaraghavan will be retiring on March 31, 2021.
- Legal action will be taken against those making objectionable comments on social media against the government, ministers, MPs MLAs or government officials.
- The government has denied permission to the protesting farmers to organize a tractor rally on the Outer Ring Road in Delhi on the occasion of Republic Day on January 26.
- Shares of Reliance Industries rose by more than 3 percent on Thursday, extending its rally over the past sessions. The shares of Reliance Industries rose to Rs 2,110 in the session.
- India is supplying COVID-19 vaccines being manufactured in the country to neighbouring countries including Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Myanmar and Bangladesh but has not received any request from Pakistan.
- The Uttar Pradesh (UP) Police, in Mumbai for last three days, recorded statements of makers of Amazon web series "Tandav" in a case of "hurting religious sentiments" filed against them in state capital Lucknow on January 20.
- NCP president Sharad Pawar on Friday said he will take part in a protest planned in Mumbai to express support for farmers agitating against the new agri-marketing laws enacted by the Modi government.
- The University Grants Commission (UGC) has extended the last date for completing the Master’s degree or equivalent course with requisite percentage of marks as per the eligibility of National Eligibility Test (NET). As per the latest notification issued by UGC, the last date has been extended till December 31, 2021.
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