1. India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 148 crore 58 lakh. Union Health Ministry said, more than 82 lakh vaccine doses have been administered till 7 pm today. Over one crore youngsters between 15 to 18 age group have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in the country.
2. Till now total 2135 Omicron cases have been detected in India.
3. PM Modi’s scheduled rally in Punjab’s Ferozepur has been canceled due to breach in security. Taking cognisance of this serious security lapse, the Union Home Ministry has sought a detailed report from the Punjab government. The Ministry has also asked the state government to fix responsibility for this lapse and take strict action.
4. It alleged that the Punjab govt failed to deploy additional security to secure any movement by road. PM Modi’s cavalcade was stuck on a flyover on Wednesday after the road was blocked by protesting farmers. As PM Modi’s car remained stuck on the flyover, SPG personnel sprung into action and surrounded his car to prevent any untoward incident. This is the single biggest lapse in security of any Indian Prime Minister in recent years. Only the Punjab Police knew the precise route of the Prime Minister. Top govt officials said.
5. The Union Public Service Commission has decided to conduct the Civil Services (Main) Examination 2021 as per schedule. The exam is scheduled to be held from 7th to 16th of this month.
6. UJALA completes 7 years; Over 36 crore 70 lakh LEDs distributed across the country so far. IMAGELaunched on 5th January, 2015, Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) programme has completed 7 years. The programme has evolved to be the world’s largest zero-subsidy domestic lighting programme that addresses concerns like high electrification cost and high emissions that result from inefficient lighting.
7. Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, will lay the foundation stone of Lucknow Kanpur expressway today. This project worth Rs 4,200 crore will reduce travel time between the two cities to barely 40 minutes.
8. ASSAM : Uddhab Bharali, an innovator and Padma Shri recipient from Assam has been booked by the North Lakhimpur Police for the alleged rape of a minor girl who was under his foster care. He has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and sections of the Indian Penal Code.
Uddhab Bharali is an innovator from Assam with the patent of over 460 machineries. He is known for innovations like paddy thresher, cane stripping machine, pomegranate de-seeder and low cost incinerator.
9. GUJARAT CM Bhupendra Patel has launched Student Start-ups and Innovation Policy (SSIP-2.0) for the next five years. He announced this while inaugurating the two day International Conference on Academic Institutions 2022 at Gujarat Science City in Ahmedabad.
10. J&K: more than 30 flights operating from Srinagar International Airport were canceled on the second consecutive day due to poor visibility caused by incessant rain and snowfall.
11. JHARKHAND : At least 16 people were killed while 26 others suffered injuries after a head-on collision between a bus and a truck transporting gas cylinders in Jharkhand’s Pakur district on Wednesday. The accident happened around 8.30am on Govindpur-Sahibganj state highway at Paderkola village.
12. MAHARASHTRA : The Enforcement Directorate has opposed the bail plea of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in the money laundering case against him. He has been behind bars since November 2021.
13. MANIPUR : The Election Commission holds a virtual meeting to review the poll preparedness for the forthcoming Assembly Elections in Manipur. The term of State Assembly in Manipur is to expire on 19th March 2022 and elections are scheduled for 60 Assembly Constituencies.
14. NEW APPOINTMENT:
(a) ONGC Director (HR) Alka Mittal has been given the additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director of ONGC. This makes her the first woman to head the Energy major. She was given the additional charge after incumbent Subhash Kumar superannuated on 31st of December last year.
(b) Interim Jet Airways CEO, Captain Sudhir Gaur, has resigned from his position, according to industry sources. The reason behind his sudden departure from the airline company remains unknown.
15. Number of subscribers of Atal Pension Yojana has reached 3.68 cr so far: The scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015 with an objective of providing old age income security particularly to the citizens in the unorganised sectors.
16. All Odisha Tax Advocates Association has issued a notice to CBDT for refusing to extend the due date of filing returns of the assessees of Odisha for the Assessment Year: 2021-2022 after 31/12/2021 and imposing late filing fee under section 234F of the Income Tax Act, 1961 in spite of many technical glitches in the new portal of the Income Tax Department.
17. Neil Nongkynrih, a renowned concert pianist and the founder, mentor and conductor of Shillong Chamber Choir, passed away on 05 Jan evening in Mumbai. He was born on 9 July 1970 to former minister A H Scott Lyngdoh and Elvirial Nongkynrih. Neil Nongkynrih was bestowed with the Padma Shri in 2015 for his contribution to the field of arts through his music.
18. Birthday of A.R. Rahman; Allahrakka Rahman (Dileep Kumar; born 6 January 1967), known professionally as A.R. Rahman is an Indian music director, singer, arranger and music producer. He has been awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award, in 2010 by the Govt of India.
19. Amid the rising cases of Covid-19, the makers of Radhe Shyam confirmed that the release of the Prabhas and Pooja Hegde starrer will be postponed. It was earlier set to release on January 14 this year. However, they did not reveal the new release date.
20. Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai today distributed Ayushman CAPF cards to the last ten personnel of each Central Armed Police Force in New Delhi. Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana was launched in 2018 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Thereafter, this scheme was inaugurated for all personnel of Central Para Military Forces and their families in January last year on the historic occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Under this scheme, Ayushman CAPF cards have been distributed to 35 lakh CAPF personnel and their families in record time.
21. IAF chopper crash: No technical snag or sabotage, bad weather identified as prime reason for the IAF chopper crash that took life of CDS Gen Bipin Rawat and 13 others on December 8 in Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor.
Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari and Air Marshal Manvendra Singh, who headed the tri-service investigation into the crash.
22. Early December 2021, on the occasion of the visit of Russian President Putin to India and the inaugural India – Russia 2+2 dialogue, India and Russia signed a deal for manufacturing AK-203 Assault rifles in India. Under this deal, valued at over Rs 5000 Crores, the newly established “Indo-Russia Rifles Private Ltd”, a joint venture between the OFB- Rosoboronexport and Kalashnikov, will manufacture over 6 lakh AK- 203 Assault rifles over the next 10 years, with the transfer of technology to India. These rifles will be produced at a newly set up factory at Korwa, in Amethi District of UP.
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