National News
- The Amrit Udyan of Rashtrapati Bhavan will open for public viewing from 2nd February to 31st March under the Udyan Utsav-I, 2024. People can visit the Udyan six days a week except on Mondays.
- Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar reviews Jal Jeevan Mission in Agartala
- With the themes of ‘Viksit Bharat’ and ‘Bharat – Loktantra ki Matruka’, the 75th Republic Day Parade at Kartavya Path on 26th of January will be women-centric.
- Ministry of Education has issued ‘Regulation of Coaching Centers 2024’ Guidelines, saying that no coaching centre shall enrol students below 16 years of age.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new state of the art Boeing India Engineering and Technology Center and launched the Boeing Sukanya programme in Bengaluru on Friday.
- EAM Jaishankar meets his Venezuelan counterpart Yvan Gil in Uganda on sidelines of NAM Summit
- Information and Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Chandra reviewed the media arrangements and health facilities in Ayodhya in view of Pran Pratishtha Ceremony.
- India announces new alliance for Global Good, Gender Equity and Equality at WEF Annual Meeting
- Central Consumer Protection Authority issues notice to Amazon for sale of sweets under misleading name of Shri Ram Mandir Ayodhya Prasad
- Preparations for the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of Ram Lala virajman in Ayodhya are in final stage. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reviewed the preparations on Friday in Ayodhya.
- Tourism Ministry to organize annual event “Bharat Parv” from 23rd to 31st January
- Union Minister V Muraleedharan to represent India at G-77 Third South Summit in Uganda
- ED attaches properties valued nearly Rs 9 crore in case related to Online Betting App
- Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar has expressed confidence that India will be among the top three economies of the world by the end of this decade.
- Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra inaugurates Regional Official Language Conference of South and South Western Region in Bengaluru
- India elected as First Vice Chair of COFI Sub-Committee on Fisheries Management
- Defense Minister Rajnath Singh dedicates 35 development projects worth Rs 670 cr of BRO to nation at Joshimath
- Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today said the technological innovations will immensely contribute to the economy of the country.
- PM Modi lays foundation stone of 8 projects of AMRUT worth around 2,000 crores Rupees in Solapur, Maharashtra
- NDRF to train over 70 thousand people in disaster management this year
- A total of 51 Indian Air Force aircrafts including 29 fighter aircrafts, 8 transport aircrafts, 13 helicopters and one heritage aircraft will participate in Republic Day flypast this year.
- President Droupadi Murmu to confer Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, 2024 to 19 exceptional children in New Delhi on 22nd January 2024
- Doordarshan Tamil to be relaunched by PM Modi today to bring out new programs using high end technology
- Government has said that more than five crore people benefited from free health services during the ongoing Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra.
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah today greets NDRF personnel on their raising day
- Dense to very dense fog conditions observed in many parts of India; Several trains running late due to obstructed visibility
- Bangalore & Delhi Airports jointly bagged best airport award for the year at 4th edition of “Wings India Awards” in Civil Aviation Sector
International News
- Pakistan’s civil-military leadership held a high-level consultative meeting on Friday to discuss the growing conflict with Iran.
- Indian envoy Harish Parvathaneni meets Florian Hahn, discusses India-Germany strategic partnership
- Devotees in Sri Lanka observing special Poojas ahead of Pran Pratishtha at Ram Mandir in Ayodhya
- Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned Pakistan’s precision military strikes “against “terrorist hideouts” on non-Iranian villagers near their shared border, calling it “unbalanced and unacceptable.”
- Ship crossings through Panama Canal cut by 36% due to severe drought; Administrator Ricaurte Vásquez estimates dipping water levels could cost up to 700 million dollar
- S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that the clashes between Iran and Pakistan this week show that Iran is not well-liked in the region.
- North Korea conducts a test of its underwater nuclear weapons system in a protest against recent joint military drills by South Korea, US & Japan
Sports News
- Khelo India Youth Games declared open at Chennai in Tamil Nadu
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the young India is representing a new India.
- Indian Women’s hockey team failed to qualify for the Olympics for the first time since 2016 after falling to a 1 0 loss against Japan in the third-place playoff match at the FIH Women’s Hockey Olympic Qualifiers in Ranchi.
- Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur has congratulated paddler Sreeja Akula for winning the World Table Tennis Feeder Women’s Singles in Texas, USA.
- India Open Badminton: India’s star shuttler HS Prannoy to take on T.W. Wang of Chinese Taipei in men’s singles quarterfinals
- In Chess, Dommaraju Gukesh crushed the world no. 5 Ian Nepomniachtchi with White pieces in the 5th round of Tata Steel Masters at Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands.
- FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers 2024: Indian women’s hockey team lost to Germany in Ranchi