- PM to inaugurate new Circuit House at Somnath on 21st January.
- BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, with enhanced capability, successfully test-fired off Odisha coast.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates India assisted housing project with his Mauritius counterpart; Says India and Mauritius have a robust development partnership.
- Country is building a society that stands firmly on the foundation of equality and social justice, says Prime Minister.
- The Amar Jawan Jyoti flame at India Gate will be merged with the flame at the National War Memorial tomorrow in a ceremony.
- BJP announces list of 34 candidates for Goa assembly elections; Congress releases second list of 41 candidates for Uttar Pradesh.
- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav will contest elections from Mainpuri’s Karhal Assembly constituency.
- India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage crosses 160 crore mark.
- Government says, high vaccination considerably reduces COVID-19 deaths during the third wave.
- Centre flags Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh among states of concern in view of COVID surge.
- Seema Kushwaha, lawyer of ‘2012 Nirbhaya gangrape case Delhi’, joins Bahujan Samaj Party.
- Indian Army chief Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane today visited Sudarshan Chakra Strike Corps HQs & reviewed the operational preparedness of formation. The Chief also interacted with troops & complimented them for their high standards of professionalism & devotion to duty.
- Two persons arrested for allegedly running a racket of selling fake degrees and certificates in Borivali. The two accused have been sent to police custody till 27th January.
- In Football, India take on Iran in the inaugural match of the AFC Women’s Asia Cup in Mumbai.
- And in Tennis, Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu knocked out of the Australian Open in Melbourne.