1. India administers more than 153.70 crore COVID-19 vaccines;
Over 89.40 cr Vaccine doses administered as 1st dose. 64.11 cr doses given as second dose
Over 2.81 crore vaccine doses given to children aged 15 to 18 years so far.
2. Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya holds discussion with 120 expert doctors from across the country on COVID-19 situation.
3. ASSAM : The latest tensions along the Assam-Manipur has come barely a month ahead of the crucial Manipur Assembly elections. Militants gun down man along border in volatile Cachar district.
4. Andhra Pradesh govt on Tuesday postponed the implementation of the night curfew for a week in view of the Sankranti festival. The night curfew would be imposed from January 18 and remain in force till January 31,
5. GOA: The Trinamool Congress has launched a housing rights scheme ‘Mhaje Ghar, Maalki Hakk’ in Goa ahead of the State Assembly elections. TMC leader Kiran Kandolkar said that under this scheme, people will be given ownership rights of the land they possess within 250 days if TMC is voted to power. This is TMC’s third scheme ahead of Goa elections.
6. Former Goa minister and BJP MLA Michael Lobo, along with his wife Delilah Lobo, joined the Congress party in Panaji on Tuesday. It comes a day after Lobo quit the BJP party ahead of the state Assembly polls.
7. ODISHA’S State Election Commissioner Aditya Prasad Padhi on Tuesday announced that the panchayat elections in the state will take place in five phases from February 16 to 24.
8. The Odisha govt banned public celebrations on Makar Sankranti and Pongal on January 14 as the state reported 7,071 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday.
9. PUDUCHERRY : PM Modi will inaugurate the 25th National Youth Festival in Puducherry via video conferencing. The 12th of January is the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda and is observed as National Youth Day every year.
10. PM Narendramodi to inaugurate Kamarajar Mani Mandapam (in Puducherry) through video conferencing. This Mandapam is constructed at the cost of around Rs 23 crore
11. TAMIL NADU: PM Modi will inaugurate 11 New Government Medical Colleges across Tamil Nadu and the new campus of Central Institute of Classical Tamil in Chennai today. The new medical colleges are being established at an estimated cost of about 4 thousand crore rupees. Of this amount, around 2 thousand 145 crore rupees has been provided by the Union govt and rest by the Tamil Nadu govt.
12. TELANGANA : Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday met Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao at Pragathi Bhavan.
13. The last date to file Income Tax Returns has been extended to March 15, 2022. The Ministry of Finance said that the due date to file income tax returns for assessment year 2021-22 had been extended “on consideration of difficulties reported by taxpayers and stakeholders due to Covid and in electronic filing of various reports”.
14. Union Budget 2022-23 : Standard deduction limit for income tax may increase. As taxpayers remain hopeful about some announcements in the upcoming budget, it has come to light that the govt is holding discussions to increase the limit of standard deduction from the existing Rs 50,000.
The standard deduction limit available to salaried taxpayers and pensioners may be increased by 30-35% in the upcoming budget, (A report by The Economic Times). The Union Budget 2022-23 will be announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1.
15. Govt inserted a new section 194P in Income-tax Act,1961 which provides that senior citizens above the age of 75 years, having only pension and interest income from accounts maintained with bank in which they receive pension will be exempted from filing ITR.
16. The World Bank on Tuesday retained its forecast for India’s GDP growth in the fiscal year ending March 2022. According to its Global Economic Prospects report, India’s economy is expected to grow at 8.3% in FY22. The World Bank further upgraded its forecast for India’s GDP growth in FY23 and FY24 to 8.7% and 6.8%, respectively.
17. Birthday: Arun Govil ( born 12 January 1958) is an Indian actor, producer and director. He is best known for playing Lord Rama in Ramanand Sagar’s hit television series Ramayan (1986).
18. Legendary Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar has been admitted to a Mumbai hospital after testing COVID positive. According to reports, the 92-year-old singer has been diagnosed with post-COVID-19 induced pneumonia, following which she was rushed to the hospital yesterday. She is currently in the ICU and doing fine, according to Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar.
19. Veteran Odia actor Mihir Das passed away at the age of 63 on Tuesday. As per reports, he was admitted to a private hospital in Cuttack last month after suffering a heart attack and was put on ventilator support
20.The Kerala High Court on Tuesday listed Malayalam actor Dileep’s anticipatory bail plea hearing to Friday. Dileep is the prime accused in the sexual assault case filed by actress Bhavana Menon.
21. Singer-actress Lady Gaga has won the Icon Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) for her role of Patrizia Reggiani in ‘House of Gucci’.
22. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the final deliverable configuration of Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) on Tuesday. The indigenously developed anti-tank missile is a low weight, fire and forget missile and is launched from a man portable launcher, integrated with thermal sight.
23. DRDO successfully tested advanced sea to sea variant of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise missile from INS Visakhapatnam. Defence Research and Development Organisation, DRDO said the missile hit the designated target ship precisely.
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