1. India’s COVID19 vaccination coverage has crossed 157 crore 91 lakh.
2. Over 3.5 crore children between 15-18 age group receive first dose of COVID vaccine.
3. Textiles Ministry cleared 20 strategic research projects worth 30 crore rupees in the areas of specialty fibers and geotextiles on Monday.
4. AHMEDABAD : Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to partially remain shut from 17th Jan to 31st May due to ‘recarpeting work’. According to Airport sources, the airport will be closed for nine hours i.e. from 9 am to 6 pm every day.
5. J&K : Terrorists hurled a grenade on security forces in the Safakadal area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar on Sunday. In the incident, one police personnel and a civilian were reportedly injured. Terror group The Resistance Force (TRF) has claimed responsibility for the attack.
6. MANIPUR : The distribution of application form for postal ballot for PWDs and 80 plus elders have started for the forthcoming General Elections to 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly
7. PUNJAB: Assembly elections has been deferred to 20th February this year. Earlier, the poll was scheduled to take place on 14th February. The Commission had received several representations from State Government, Political Parties and other organizations drawing attention regarding movement of a large number of devotees from Punjab to Varanasi for participation in Sri Guru Ravidas Ji Jayanti celebrations, which is observed on 16th February. It has decided to reschedule the polls in the state.
Now, the notification will be issued on 25th January 2022. The counting of votes will take place on 10th March.
8. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday that the party will announce its Chief Ministerial candidate for upcoming Punjab Assembly polls today.
9. TELANGANA , Hyderabad: Online hotel operations come under police scanner. There were several instances in the city recently, where the police raided rooms of online hotel chains and found that rooms booked over the internet were being misused for gambling and even flesh trade.
10. The Telangana cabinet has decided to bring a legislation to regulate fees in all schools and colleges in the state. It has been decided to introduce English medium in all government schools from the next academic year. To prepare modalities and guidelines, a cabinet sub-committee has been constituted headed by education minister P Sabita Indra Reddy.
11. UTTAR PRADESH:PM Modi will interact with BJP workers in Varanasi at 11 AM on Tuesday. It is Mr Modi’s first political programme involving party workers after the Election Commission announced assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa. Polling in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases beginning 10th February.
12. Tata Power said that its subsidiary, Tata Power Renewable Energy, has commissioned 100 megawatt (MW) of solar projects in Uttar Pradesh. As much as 50 MW of the plants have been built in Prayagraj, while the remaining capacity has been set up in Banda. The solar plants are expected to generate more than 221.3 million units of electricity every year.
13. NEW APPOINTMENT : Narendra Goenka takes over as new Chairman of Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC).
14. The Centre has clarified that the message on social media that Education Ministry will provide free laptops to everyone to support virtual learning amid COVID19 is fake.
15.China’s GDP grew 8.1% in 2021 as the economy’s rapid recovery from the pandemic faded in the second half of the year amid worst power shortages, turmoil in the real estate sector and reduction in consumption due to COVID-19 restrictions. China’s full-year GDP came in at 114.4 trillion-yuan (USD 18 trillion) in 2021, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data showed.
16. Actor Dhanush & wife Aishwaryaa Rajnikanth separate after 18 years of marriage, issue statement
They have announced separation after 18 years of marriage. The couple took to social media to issue a statement that said, “18 years of togetherness as friends, couple, as parents and well-wishers to each other. The journey has been of growth, understanding, adjusting and adapting…Today we stand at a place where our paths separate.”
17. Legendary Kathak dancer Birju Maharaj passes away. He was 83 yrs. He had been suffering from a kidney ailment and was under dialysis treatment
18. The 12th Edition of Defence Expo scheduled to be held from March 11 to March 13 an ambitious event of the Gujarat govt is likely to get postponed due to the Covid surge.
19. The Rourkela Steel Plant, a unit of Maharatna public sector undertaking SAIL, has received a certificate from the Indian Navy for producing high-strength steel for making submarines.
20. Russia has pulled out of a $1 billion contest to supply twin-engine helicopters to the Indian Coast Guard, with the procurement now heading to a single vendor situation as there was no participation from the US side either.
21. The country’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant returned to Kochi after its third sea trial.
22. Five Rafale to fly over the Rajpath in the Vinaash formation during the Republic Day parade. Grandest flypast to take place over Rajpath with 75 aircraft including planes from IAF, Army, and Navy.
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