- Today is National Press Day.
- Government took brave decisions of monetising unused and under-used elements to revive economy, Says Prime Minister at the first Audit Diwas event in New Delhi.
- CBI has detained 10 people for their alleged involvement in circulating, storing & viewing Child Sexual Exploitation Material (CSEM) through various social media platforms/groups during ongoing nationwide searches in 14 states.
- CBI says it is conducting searches at around 77 locations in 14 states in connection with 23 separate cases registered against 83 accused on Nov 14 as part of a nationwide coordinated crackdown on crimes related to online child sexual abuse material.
- CBI said a number of electronic gadgets like mobiles, laptops etc. have so far been recovered during searches. It is revealed that some individuals were involved in trading of CSEM material.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates Purvanchal Expressway at KarwalKheri in Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh.
- Allahabad High Court judge Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari transferred to Madras High Court; Rajasthan High Court judge Justice Satish Kumar Sharma transferred to Madhya Pradesh High Court; three new additional judges appointed at Calcutta High Court.
- More than 300 women constables are deployed at the India-Bangladesh International border under BSF Guwahati Frontier for frisking and checking of women. Frisking of women is done by women constables only.
- President Ram Nath Kovind to grace the Centenary Year Celebrations of the Punjab Engineering College in Chandigarh this evening.
- Prime Minister to address the inaugural session of 82nd All India Presiding Officers’ Conference tomorrow.
- Two people were arrested with a hand grenade and incriminating material at a joint naka of police, Army, CRPF in Sopore today. On preliminary enquiry, they disclosed allegiance to terrorist outfit LeT & intended to lob the grenade at undisclosed location in Kupwara.
- In Kerala, heavy rain continues to lash across various districts; Yellow alert declared in eight districts.
- India’s Covid vaccination coverage crosses 113 crore mark.