
- Supreme Court takes suo motu cognisance of Lakhimpur Kheri violence.
- A bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli will hear the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case tomorrow.
- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reaches Lakhimpur Kheri, where 8 persons including 4 farmers lost their lives in violence on Sunday.
- Lakhimpur Kheri DM Dr Arvind Kumar Chaurasiya said that we handed over cheques of Rs 45 lakh each to families of 2 deceased farmers yesterday. Families of 4 others will receive cheques today. Two deceased were from Bahraich & that is being looked into by Bahraich district administration.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, now government is going to the poor and empowering them; interacts with beneficiaries of SVAMITVA scheme virtually and distributes one lakh 71 thousand e-property cards.
- Prime Minister to dedicate to the nation 35 Pressure Swing Adsorption Oxygen Plants set up under PM CARES, across 35 States and Union Territories tomorrow.
- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath laid foundation stone of Medical College & 144 development projects in Chandauli.
- Union Cabinet approves over 4,400 crore rupee plan to setup 7 mega textile parks; sanctions Productivity-Linked Bonus for over 11 lakh Railway employees for financial year 2020-21.
- Seventy Five Science Technology and Innovation Hubs to be set up in different parts of the country.
- Jammu and Kashmir Police to seize 74 vehicles, 5 houses, 6 shops, land & cash under Section 25 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
- Over 92 crore 17 lakh COVID vaccine doses administered in the country so far; Recovery rate touching 98 per cent.
- NIA files a charge sheet against Abdullah alias Saravana Kumar before a Special NIA court in Chennai under several sections of the IPC & UAPA for his involvement in uploading incendiary posts on social media supporting the ideology of ISIS.
- International ratings agency Moody’s upgrades the outlook on India’s sovereign rating to Stable from Negative.
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry shared by two scientists for work on building molecules that are mirror images of one another.