1. India’s COVID vaccination coverage has crossed 145 crore 40 lakh mark. Out of the total vaccination, more than 84 crore 54 lakh vaccine doses have been administered as first dose, while over 60 crore 85 lakh doses have been administered as second dose.
2. Registration for COVID vaccination of children between 15 and 18 years begins on CoWIN portal.
3. Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched a nationwide 100-day reading campaign – Padhe Bharat. The Campaign is in alignment with the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020 which emphasizes the promotion of joyful reading culture for children by ensuring the availability of age-appropriate reading books for children in their mother tongue, regional and local languages.
4. Forty-four Naxals, including nine women cadres, surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on 01 Jan. The surrendered cadres claimed they were disappointed with the group’s “hollow” ideology and impressed by the police’s rehabilitation drive.
5. Commercial LPG cylinder prices slashed by Rs 102.50. A 19-kg cylinder, following the new rate cut, will cost Rs 1,998.50 as against Rs 2,101 in Delhi.
6. ANDHRA PRADESH govt has hiked the social security pensions by way of a New Year gift on Saturday. Now the govt has increased the pension to Rs 2,500 from 2,250 as a New Year gift.
7. HARYANA: state govt on 01 Jan (Saturday) announced several restrictions in five districts including Gurugram, Faridabad, Ambala, Panchkula and Sonipat which will come into effect from 02 Jan The restrictions will be in place till 5am, January 12. All cinema halls, theatres, multiplexes in these five districts will remain closed for these 10 days. Sports complexes, swimming pools will also remain closed. Offices in these five districts will function with 50% sraff attendance while malls and markets are allowed to open till 5pm.
8. J&K : Jammu and Kashmir, 12 people were killed and 16 injured in a stampede at Mata Vaishno Devi Bhawan near Katra on 01 Jan morning. Director-General of Police Dilbagh Singh said that the incident occurred around 2:45 a.m. An ex-gratia of two lakh rupees each from the Prime Minister National Relief Fund would be given to the next of kin of those who lost their lives due to the stampede at Mata Vaishno Devi Bhawan. The injured would be given 50 thousand rupees.
9. 01 Terrorist killed in an encounter in Jumagund area of Kupwara district.
10. J&K Police on Saturday evening ended the day-long house arrest of three former Chief Ministers – the National Conference’s Farooq and Omar Abdullah, and the PDP’s Mehbooba Mufti – meant to stop them from leading a protest against the delimitation commission.
11. MAHARASHTRA : No property tax on houses measuring up to 500 square feet in Mumbai. On the first day of the new year, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has given a big gift to the Mumbaikars and announced the decision to waive property tax on houses up to 500 square feet.
12. Lakhs of people on Saturday paid tributes at the ‘Jaystambh’ in Pune district on the 204th anniversary of the Bhima-Koregaon battle. Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil were among the politicians to visit the monument.
13. TELANGANA : High Court resolves 3-decade-old land dispute; hands over Rs 7,000 cr land parcel to Telangana State, The said land has been in possession of Greyhounds department of the state police, after it was allotted to it in 2006. Total land is 142 acres 39 guntas in survey number 393 and others in Manchirevula village, Rajender Nagar mandal, Ranga Reddy district.
14. NEW APPOINTMENT: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Vinay Kumar Tripathi, General Manager, North Eastern Railway to the post of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Railway Board, New Delhi.
15. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has changed the Bank Locker Rules : According to the new rules of the Reserve Bank, banks have the right to take fixed deposits at the time of locker allotment. This will ensure that the person availing the locker facility continues to pay the rent on time. At the same time, the amount charged by the bank at the time of allotment will include both three years’ rent and locker breaking charges. Banks are not allowed to solicit Fixed Deposits (FDs) from existing lockholders or from customers who already have operational lockers.
16. PM Modi released the 10th installment of financial benefit under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme through video conferencing. More than 20 thousand crore rupees have been transferred to over than ten crore farmer families. Under the PM-KISAN scheme, a financial benefit of six thousand rupees per year is provided to the eligible family of farmers. The amount is being transferred in three installments.
17. ATM cash withdrawal beyond permissible limit gets costlier by Re 1: With Effective from January 1, 2022 banks are permitted to charge Rs 21 per transaction if a customer exceeds the permissible free limits, instead of the earlier rate of Rs 20 per transaction.
18.Release date of ‘RRR’ postponed, The film, directed by SS Rajamouli,
Starrer Jr NTR and Ram Charan. As many Indian states are closing theatres, movie release date is postponed. A New date yet to be announced. It was initially set to release on January 7 in theatres.
19. ARMY to introduce new combat uniform this month, with digital disruptive patterns & more comfort
Designed by (NIFT) the National Institute of Fashion Technology, the uniform will be first showcased during the Army Day Parade on 15 January. It will be issued to officers and soldiers in batches in 2022.
20. Troops from the armies of India and Pakistan, along the borders in Jammu and Kashmir, exchanged sweets to mark the New Year along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch. India said that the gesture is an effort to enhance peace and harmony in Jammu and Kashmir.
21.INDIAN NAVY will conduct flight trials of Rafale-Maritime fighter at Shore Based Test Facility at INS Hansa in Goa on January 6 onwards as part of its exercise to identify the best warplane to suit the 40,000 tonne carrier. The IAC 1 is based at Cochin shipyard and is currently undergoing intensive sea trials in Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean.
22. The tri-services investigation into the December 8 chopper crash that took life of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 13 others is nearly complete and the findings are likely to be submitted to the Air headquarters next week.
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02 Jan (Sunday)
Hemant Ritu Krishna पक्ष::
Month: Pausha 14, (Purnimata)
Agrahayana 29, (Amanta)
Titi: Amavasya;. Pratipada
Vikram Samvat – 2078
According to Purnimanta calendar (Ujjain)
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