Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother, Heeraben Modi, died at the age of 100 on Friday morning. Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid floral tribute to his mother in Gandhinagar. PM Modi who reached Gujarat this morning first paid tribute to her at her Raysan residence and then carried the bier with the mortal remains to the crematorium for the last rites. Heeraben Modi, 100, passed away at around 3:30 am today at the UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre in Ahmedabad
1. 356th Birth Anniversary of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Maharaj been celebrated across the country yesterday.
2. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, TRAI has issued its recommendations on the “Renewal of Multi-System Operators Registration”.
3. Today is the last date for applicants to submit their entries for the Pariksha Pe Charcha 2023. School Students of classes 9 to 12, teachers.
4. National Health Authority (NHA) has released a beta version of the lightweight, robust, and Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission-compliant Hospital Management Information System (HMIS).
5. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has set the timeline for 23 new highways, including a network of expressways and economic corridors, which will be ready by March 2025. Four expressways, including Delhi-Mumbai, Ahmedabad-Dholera and Amritsar-Jamnagar are scheduled for completion by March 2023. Nine more will be ready by March 2024.
6. PM Modi’s mother Heeraben has passed away at the age of 100. She was admitted to a hospital on Wednesday after her health deteriorated.
7. One lakh fifty thousand health and wellness centres have been operationalised across the country. Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya termed it as a milestone in the journey of Antyodaya.
8. President Droupadi Murmu visits the Statue Of Equality at Muchintal near Hyderabad, offers prayers to Sri Ramanujacharya.
9. Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the Zuari bridge, which will improve connectivity between North Goa and South Goa.
10. Election Commission of India (ECI) has developed a prototype multi-constituency Remote Electronic Voting Machine (RVM) to help domestic migrants vote in polls. The ECI has also called an all-party meeting on January 16 to demonstrate the functioning of the RVM.
11. Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) has issued notifications to take-up direct recruitment of 148 posts of Agriculture Officers in Agriculture and Co-operative Department and 128 posts of Physical Directors under the control of Commissioner of Technical Education and Commissioner of Intermediate Education.
12. TDP has announced an ex-gratia of ₹24 lakh each to the families of people killed in a stampede in Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore on Wednesday. Eight people died after they fell into a waterbody following a stampede during a roadshow of TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu. PM Modi has also announced financial aid of ₹2 lakh to the victims’ families.
13. CBSE yesterday released the date sheet for Class X and XII Board Exams 2023. Exams will begin from 15th February next year.
14. Aadhaar-based e-KYC transactions have seen a 22% hike in the month of November as compared to October this year.
15. Uttar Pradesh government has moved the Supreme Court against Allahabad High Court’s order allowing elections to urban local bodies without reservations to Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
ALERT
India has successfully isolated a sample of SARS-CoV-2 virus containing the BF.7, a sub-lineage of the Omicron variant.
What is new COVID variant BF.7?
BF.7 is actually short form. Full name is: BA.5.2.1.7. This is a sub-variant of Omicron’s BA.5 variant. Omicron’s BA.5 variant has the highest number of reported cases worldwide. It is reportedly responsible for the late-2022 wave of COVID-19 in China.
The corona virus is mutating and mutations can create many variants and sub-variants. This process is called convergent evolution. These sub-variants have been given names like BA.2.75.2, BF.7 and BQ.1.1.
Omicron BF.7: Precautions
(a) Physical distance.
(b) Wear a Mask
(c) Get a booster dose
(d) Avoid going crowded places
(e) Take care of cleanliness
(f) Use a sanitizer
Note: Bharat Biotech’s Nasal Vaccine ‘iNCOVACC’ To Be Available at Rs 325 for Govt Hospitals.
CRIME REPORT
1. CBI conducts searches across country in fraudulent registration of foreign medical graduates with medical councils on fake certificates.
2. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted a massive search operation targeting the leaders and associates of the banned outfit, Popular Front of India (PFI ) in Kerala.
3. Cybercrime up by 57% in Telangana during 2022, says Telangana Director General of Police Mahender Reddy.
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India’s mineral production goes up by 2.5% in October this year.
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
1. Former Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chairman Pahlaj Nihalani has said that the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer ‘Pathaan’ is a victim of controversy on Saffron color song. He said that, earlier, CBFC told the makers of ‘Pathaan’ to make changes in their film and the songs.
2. Apple officials arrived at Waliv Police Station on Thursday and unlocked late television actress Tunisha Sharma’s phone as part of the investigation of the actress’ death case. From the phone, police received access to chats and calls of Tunisha with accused Sheezan Khan’s mother and sister. Tunisha allegedly died by suicide on December 24 on the sets of ‘Alibaba: Dastaan-E-Kabul’.
DEFENCE
1. Indian Air Force successfully test fires Extended Range Version of Brahmos Air Launched missile against a Ship Target from a SU-30MKI aircraft.
2. Union Home Minister Amit Shah launches mobile App ‘Prahari’ and manual of Border Security Force. He said that in the last three years, 26 thousand kilogram of narthousand, & two thousand 500 arms and ammunition were seized by the BSF.
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