1. Christmas Celebration: President Ram Nath Kovind visited the Sacred Heart Cathedral on the occasion of Christmas and celebrated the joyous festival with children. He offered prayers for world peace and well-being of humanity.
2. India’s COVID vaccination coverage reaches 141 crore 32 lakh, it includes both 1st & 2nd doses.
3. PM Modi will share his thoughts with the people of the country and abroad in the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme on All India Radio @ 11 AM today. It will be the 84th episode of the monthly radio programme.
4. Precautionary Dose of COVID Vaccine will be started from Jan 10 for Healthcare, Frontline Workers and for Citizens above 60 years with co-morbidities. PM Modi has announced that the COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 15-18 years will start from 3rd of next month.
5. The DCGI has approved Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use among children aged 12 to 18 years. Covaxin will be administered among children in two doses, with a gap of 28 days between the first and second dose. In October, the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) had recommended the DCGI to allow emergency use of Covaxin among children.
6. Coal Ministry has auctioned two more coal mines. A total of 30 mines have been commercially auctioned so far which is likely to generate revenue of 8158 crore rupees. The Ministry had launched second attempt of auction of 11 coal mines for commercial mining on 27th September this year and bids were received for 4 mines. The auction was held for two mines that have received multiple bids.
7. Mission Indradhanush which was launched on 25th December 2014 as a special drive to expand full immunization coverage in India has completed seven years today. In a tweet, Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya said that seven successful years of Mission Indradhanush has ensured full immunization coverage to child and mother in eliminating diseases for building a healthy India. The Minister said that full immunization coverage among children aged 12 to 23 months have increased to 76.4%.
8. 405 of Omicron have been reported in the country so far. Out of the total Omicron cases, Maharashtra has reported highest number of one hundred eight cases, followed by Delhi 79 and Gujarat 43 cases.
9. Director General of National Mission for Clean Ganga, NMCG and Director General of The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI launched Centre of Excellence, CoE on Water Reuse in New Delhi.
10. Gujarat has topped the ‘Good Governance Index’ 2021 rankings for states and Union Territories prepared by the government. Maharashtra and Goa have secured the second and third-highest spots respectively in the rankings prepared by covering 10 sectors and 58 indicators. Delhi has ranked first among the Union Territories, while UP showed an incremental growth of 8.9 %,
11. J& K : Two unidentified terrorists were killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Awantipora after an encounter with security forces, J&K Police said on Saturday. The incident happened in the Hardumir area of Tral in Awantipora.
12. KERALA: SilverLine project is a semi high-speed railway project. It envisages trains running at 200 km/h between northern and southern ends of Kerala. Total estimated cost of the project is Rs 63,940 crore. The proposed rail-link is of around 529.45-km and will link Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod. It will be covering 11 districts through 11 stations. Travel time between Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram will reduce to less than four hours at 200 km/hr from 12 hours.
13. UTTAR PRADESH govt launched the distribution of tablets and smartphones to 1 crore students, to mark the birth anniversary of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
14. IGNOU January 2022 Fresh-Admission cycle has been started. The deadline to apply is January 31, 2022.
15. National Book Trust announced the results of the all-India contest organized on the theme ‘National Movement of India’ under PM-YUVA Mentorship Scheme. As per the Scheme, 75 Authors were to be selected through this contest for a Scholarship-cum-Mentorship Scheme for young authors below the age of 30 years.
16. Movie 83 Box Office Day 1: Ranveer Singh Film Makes Rs 13 Cr, Falls Short of Sooryavanshi, Spider-Man No Way Home
17. Suniel Shetty took to Instagram to wish his wife Mana on the occasion of their 30th wedding anniversary on 25 Dec.
18. Actor Vicky Kaushal took to Instagram to share a picture with his wife, actress Katrina Kaif from their first Christmas together after their wedding. “Meri Christmas!” he wrote in the caption of his post. Vicky and Katrina got married on December 9 in a traditional Hindu ceremony at the Six Senses Fort Barwara in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan.
19. Indian Navy Ship Sudarshini Docks At Iran Port As Part Of Gulf Deployment. The Indian Navy said its sail training ship Sudarshini docked at Bandar Abbas port in Iran as part of its deployment in the Gulf region. The ship will stay at Bandar Abbas for three days and visit the naval base there.
20. BSF organises farmers’ tour to encourage farming along J&K border
The Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday organised a visit for 73 farmers along the International Border in J&K to encourage them to carry out farming on land near the border fence. The farmers were taken to Suchetgarh sector. The farmers were also taken to the Makwal area to visit the cultivated land near the border fence.
NOTIFICATION
NDA Application Form 2022 released by the UPSC i.e. Union Public Service Commission on 22 December 2021. Candidates who are interested in applying for NDA i.e. National Defence Academy recruitment for the post of Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Air Force can apply for directly visiting the official website, last till 11 January 2022.
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