1. On 09 Jan, 355th birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th and last Sikh guru.The auspicious occasion is also known as Prakash Parv. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have greeted the people on the occasion.
2. Healthcare and frontline workers, and senior citizens with co-morbidities to get Precaution dose of COVID vaccine from today; No new registration required to receive third jab.
3. PM Modi on Sunday chaired a high-level virtual meeting to review the COVID-19 situation in the country.
4. Minister of State in PMO Dr Jitendra Singh has said that pregnant women employees and Divyang employees have been exempted from attending office due to rising COVID cases. Briefing about the guidelines issued by the Department of Personnel and Training in the wake of the third wave of the pandemic.
5. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) is organizing the first-ever Startup India Innovation Week from 10th to 16th of January. This virtual week-long innovation celebration aims to commemorate the 75th year of India’s independence ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ and is designed to showcase the spread and depth of entrepreneurship across India.
6. PM Modi will inaugurate the 25th National Youth Festival on Wednesday, 12th January which is Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary.
7. BIHAR: BJP MLA from Bihar’s Narkatiaganj, Rashmi Verma, has resigned citing “personal reasons”, days after her brother was arrested for his alleged involvement in UPTET paper leak case. Verma had won the Narkatiaganj seat on JDU ticket in 2014 and on BJP ticket in 2020. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had alleged Verma’s involvement in the paper leak case.
8. DELHI CM Arvind Kejriwal says there is no plan for lockdown as of now in the national capital. Lockdown will not be imposed in the city if people continue to wear masks and follow covid appropriate behaviour.
9. RAJASTHAN govt on Sunday announced the closure of schools in urban areas, Sunday curfews, time limits on markets and a cap on occupancy at restaurants and movie theatres in view of a surge in COVID-19 cases.
10. TELANGANA : Traffic restrictions in Gachibowli area, Hyderabad from 10-19 January. The restrictions will be put in place between 11 pm to 6 am.
11.TRIPURA has imposed fresh curbs amid surging COVID-19 and Omicron cases, including a 10-day night curfew from 9 pm to 5 am from January 10. Other restrictions include 33% capacity in gyms and swimming pools and 50% capacity in movie halls, sports complexes, bars, stadiums and entertainment parks. The govt has also disallowed public meetings in open spaces.
12. The Rajasthan govt on Sunday announced the closure of schools in urban areas, Sunday curfews, time limits on markets and a cap on occupancy at restaurants and movie theatres in view of a surge in COVID-19 cases. Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa will go to polls between February 10 and March 7 in seven phases with the counting of votes on March 10.
13. Counseling for NEET post-graduate admission is all set to begin from January 12, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said.
14. Aumkareshwar Thakur, the man accused of creating the Sulli Deals app on GitHub, has revealed to the police that he got the idea to create the app from a ‘trad’ group on Twitter.
15. Delhi Police’s IFSO (Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations) unit arrested Aumkareshwar Thakur from Indore. His arrest came following a tip-off by the alleged creator of Bulli Bai app Niraj Bishnoi, who revealed during the investigation that he was in touch with Aumkareshwar Thakur. In the preliminary interrogation, Aumkareshwar Thakur confessed that he was part of a ‘trad’ group on Twitter where the idea .
16. NEW APPOINTMENT :Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Urjit Patel has been appointed as a vice-president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a Beijing based multilateral development bank. He will succeed outgoing Vice President D J Pandian, who is in charge of sovereign and non-sovereign lending of the AIIB in South Asia.
17.Birthday: Hrithik Roshan (English: , born 10 January 1974) is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films. He made brief appearances as a child actor in several films in the 1980s and later worked as an assistant director on four of his father’s films. He has portrayed a variety of characters and is known for his dancing skills.
18. Kattassery Joseph Yesudas (born 10 January 1940) is an Indian musician and playback singer. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1975, the Padma Bhushan in 2002, and the Padma Vibhushan (second-highest civilian award) in 2017 by the Government of India for his contributions towards the arts.
19. Veteran singer and actor Pandit Ramdas Kamat passed away at his residence in Vile Parle, in Mumbai on Saturday late night. He was 90 years old. Pandit Ramdas Kamat started his career in the musical theater with the play ‘Sangeet Sanshay Kallol’ by The Goa Hindu Association.
20. Telugu star Mahesh Babu mourned the loss of his elder brother Ramesh Babu. According to the family, the 56-year-old producer, who was superstar Krishna’s eldest son, passed away in Hyderabad on the night of Saturday, January 8, due to health complications. Ramesh Babu reportedly suffered from liver-related ailments for a prolonged period.
21. India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant set sail for its third set of sea trials ahead of its scheduled induction into the Indian Navy, officials said. Vikrant underwent sea trials in August and October-November last year to test the carrier’s different capabilities. Vikrant has been built at the state-owned Cochin Shipyard Limited.
22. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that the govt is committed to increasing the role of women in the Armed Forces, and that a number of steps have been taken in that direction, including allowing girls to enrol in Sainik Schools and granting women officers Permanent Commission.
23. Indian Navy Deploys Diving and Rescue Teams for Ganga Sagar Mela:. The annual ‘Ganga Sagar Mela’ conducted by the Govt of West Bengal (WB) every year is currently underway at Sagar Island from 07 to 17 Jan 22. Based on a request from the Govt of WB, the Indian Navy has deployed two Teams of Specialist Divers at Kakdwip and Sagar Island with Inflatable Boats and Diving Equipment for providing Search and Rescue (SAR) cover to the public at the event.
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