News Headlines : 26th December 2021

  • PM to visit Kanpur on 28 December and inaugurate Kanpur Metro Rail Project.
  • Project reflects PM’s focus to boost urban mobility.
  • PM to be the Chief Guest at IIT Kanpur Convocation Ceremony and launch blockchain-based digital degrees.
  • Students to be issued digital degrees through an in-house blockchain-driven technology developed at the Institute. PM to also inaugurate Bina-Panki Multiproduct Pipeline Project.
  • Prime Minister to visit Mandi in Himachal Pradesh tomorrow; To inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of hydropower projects worth over 11 thousand crore rupees.
  • Raksha Mantri lays foundation stone for Defence Technology & Test Centre and BRAHMOS Manufacturing Centre of DRDO in Lucknow.
  • Rajnath Singh said exudes confidence that they will play a pivotal role in bolstering national security, defence production & economy.
  • Defence Minister said this units will generate revenue, provide employment opportunities to the youth & help in achieving ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’.
  • Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission Overdraft facility for women SHG members launched.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges people to stay guarded against COVID-19 and its variant Omicron; Says, self-awareness and self-discipline are strength to fight against the new variant.
  • In his Mann Ki Baat programme, Prime Minister expresses confidence that 2022 will be golden page of building a new India.
  • Over 141 crore 37 lakh vaccine doses administered in the country so far.
  • COVID-19 vaccination for children between 15 and 18 years of age to begin from 3rd of next month; Precaution doses for senior citizens with co-morbdities and frontline workers to begin from 10th of January.
  • Delhi Government decides to impose night curfew from tomorrow in the Capital.
  • In first Cricket Test, India were  257  for  3  in their first innings against South Africa on Day One in Centurion when reports last came in.