News Headlines : 11th January 2022

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate 11 new Government medical colleges and a new campus of Central Institute of Classical Tamil tomorrow in Tamil Nadu.
  • Prime Minister to also inaugurate 25th National Youth Festival on Swami Vivekananda’s Jayanti tomorrow.
  • Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya holds discussion with 120 expert doctors from across the country on COVID-19 situation.
  • All private offices, restaurants and bars closed in Delhi to contain spread of COVID-19.
  • Over 152 crore 89 lakh doses of COVID-19 Vaccine administered so far; More than ten lakh 50 thousand people receive precaution dose on first day of roll-out.
  • CBDT extends due dates for filing of Income Tax Returns and Audit reports for Assessment Year 2021-22.
  • Edible oil prices decline significantly in range of 5 to 20 rupees per kilogram in major retail markets.
  • India successfully test fires sea-to-sea variant of BrahMos Cruise Missile and flight-tests indigenous Man Portable Anti Tank Guided Missile.
  • UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre to publish Hindi descriptions of Indian sites on its website.
  • In Badminton, P. V. Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth sail into the second round of India Open in Delhi; Promising Indian shuttler Ashmita Chaliha defeats fifth seed Evgeniya Kosetskaya in first round.