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 News Headlines+ 1.Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Saturday said that the peak of Covid-19 third wave is over in the state as Covid-19 cases are reducing in cities like Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Palghar that were worst hit.-mid-day.com 2.India and Oman are set to take defence ties to next level with a number of high profile visits, including the Secretary-General of the Omani Defence ministry. Mohammed Nasser Al Zaabi, the executive head of the Omani defence establishment will be on the India visit from January 30th to February 4th.-dnaindia.com 3.Kyiv on Sunday urged Moscow to pull back its troops from Ukraine's border and continue dialogue with the West if it is "serious" about de-escalating tensions that have soared amid fears of a Russian invasion.-ndtv.com 4.The United States and Britain on Sunday flagged new and "devastating" economic sanctions against Russia, as Washington and its NATO allies step up efforts to deter any invasion of Ukraine.-decca...

 News Headlines.- 1.On Thursday, England lifted most of the Covid-19 related restrictions including mandatory face masks. This happened as Britain's government said its vaccine booster rollout successfully reduced serious illness and COVID-19 hospitalisations.-dnaindia.com 2.China on Thursday said it will work “closely” with India to properly handle the ongoing border tension as it strongly criticised the United States for saying it was concerned by Beijing’s attempts to coerce its neighbours, including India.-hindustantimes.com 3.Google and Airtel have decided to team up to help grow the digital ecosystem of India. Google will invest up to $1 billion (roughly Rs. 7,510 crore) in the partnership as part of its Google for India Digitization Fund. The partnership will focus on enabling an affordable access to smartphones across price ranges.-ndtv.com 4.Tributes to 'Punjab Kesari' Lala Lajpat Rai on his birth anniversary. The story of his courage, struggle and dedication in th...

 News Headlines.- 1.US, Russia in war of threats over Ukraine.-Russia hit back on Wednesday at US threats of direct sanctions against President Vladimir Putin, saying moves against the Russian leader would be ineffective and hurt efforts to lower tensions over Ukraine.-hindustantimes.com 2.As India celebrated 73rd Republic day on Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his congratulatory message to President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi."Esteemed Mr President, Esteemed Mr Prime Minister, Please accept the warmest congratulations on the National Day - the Republic Day," the Russian Embassy in India said in a statement.-ndtv.com 3.With Afghanistan "hanging by a thread" six months after the Taliban takeover, the world cannot abandon the country now - for the sake of its people and overall global security, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday.-hindustantimes.com 4.Padma Awards are one of the highest civilian awards of Indi...

 News Headlines.- 1.National Tourism Day is celebrated across the country on January 25 every year to appreciate India’s beauty and spread awareness about the importance of tourism and its impact on the economy. The ministry of tourism is observing National Tourism Day under the aegis of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’, a 75-week grand celebration to mark 75 years of India’s independence. This year’s theme for National Tourism Day is ‘Rural and Community Centric Tourism.-hindustantimes.com 2.The world is “not on a good track” to meet a global goal to avoid the worst impacts of climate change and needs to step up efforts to move away from fossil fuels this decade, John Kerry, the U.S. special envoy on climate change, said on Monday.-theindianexpress.com 3.President Joe Biden declared "total" unity among Western powers Monday after crisis talks with European leaders on deterring Russia from an attack against Ukraine, while the Pentagon said 8,500 US troops were put on standby for pos...

 News Headlines- 1.In Britain, there will no longer be a need to wear a mask, no one will have to work from home and there will be no need to show a vaccine certificate to go to public places. Everything in Britain will be the same as before the Corona period. Because UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has lifted almost all restrictions.-dnaindia.com 2.Once the current Omicron wave is over in Europe, the pandemic situation could be over in the region even as the virus may come back by the end of this year, World Health Organisation's (WHOs) Europe director Hans Kluge has said.In an interview with news agency Agence .France-Presse, Hans Kluge said the Omicron variant of coronavirus could infect 60 per cent of Europeans by March.-indiatoday.in 3.The UAE government has ordered to stop all flying operations of private drones and light sports aircraft in the Gulf country for a month, days after two Indians and a Pakistani national were killed in Abu Dhabi in a rare drone and missile attack...

 News Headlines.- 1.Britain on Friday warned Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping that the West would stand together to fight for democracy against dictatorships which it said were more emboldened than at any time since the Cold War.-hindustantimes.com 2.In its first year in office, the Joe Biden administration has focused on a five-part strategy to compete with China, and sees India’s role as “critical” in both pushing back against China, and advancing an affirmative vision of the Indo-Pacific, National Security Council (NSC) senior director for China Laura Rosenberger said on Wednesday.-hindustantimes.com 3.Indonesia is relocating its capital from Jakarta, on the island of Java to Nusantara, meaning 'archipelago' in Javanese, located in the province of East Kalimantan by 2024. The Parliament has already approved a bill to relocate the capital from Jakarta to a site on the island of Borneo that will be named 'Nusantara'.-dnaindia.com 4.The ...

 News Headlines.- 1.WASHINGTON: In a clear escalation of the tensions over Ukraine, the United States warned on Tuesday that Russia could, at any point, attack Ukraine. But while terming it an “extremely dangerous” situation, Washington kept the doors for diplomacy open with Moscow – with US secretary of state Antony Blinken speaking to his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov.-hindustantimes.com 2.After sun, China builds 'artificial Moon' to simulate lunar environment on Earth.-China's space programme has been growing by leaps and bounds, with 2021 as one of the most successful years for Beijing in the 21st Century. The country has now built an artificial moon facility that will simulate lunar conditions and the environment for scientists to test new tech and future missions.-dnaindia.com 3.India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar conveyed India’s support and condemned the recent terror attack in a telephone call with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al N...

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 News Headlines.- 1.Several Chinese cities went on high Covid-19 alert as the Lunar New Year holiday travel season started on Monday, requiring travellers to report their trips days before their arrival, as the Omicron variant reached more areas including Beijing.-theindianexpress.com 2.A huge asteroid bigger than the size of Burj Khalifa is set to fly past Earth at a 1,230,000-mile distance on January 18. The asteroid 7482, also known as 1994 PC1, is about 1.6 km wide and has been categorised by US space agency Nasa as a “potentially hazardous object” due to its relative proximity to the Earth while shooting past.-hotelierindia.com 3.Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday virtually addressed the World Economic Forum, Davos Agenda, wherein he spoke about the country's bouquet of hope. Besides successfully vaccinating crores of Indians against the coronavirus, the Prime Minister spoke about India's unwavering trust on democracy and technology to empower the 21st century with the...

 News Headlines 1.International passengers arriving from UAE, including Dubai, in Mumbai are now exempted from compulsorily seven-day home quarantine and RT-PCR on arrival, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai said in a notification on Sunday. These directions will be enforced with effect from midnight January 17, 2022.-livemint.com 2.All inbound travellers coming into India will have to mandatorily isolate themselves at home for seven days, according to the latest update by the Union Health Ministry. The weekly home quarantine will be followed by an RT-PCR test on the eighth day. The guidelines came into effective from January 11 and will remain effective till further government orders.-hotelierindia.com 3.Prince Harry has filed a claim for a judicial review against the British government’s decision not to let him personally pay for police protection while in the U.K.The Duke of Sussex’s legal representative said Saturday that Harry wants to bring his children Archie and Lilibe...

 News Headlines 1.Europe is closer to war than it has been at any time in the last 30 years, Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau warned on Thursday at the launch of his country's year-long chairmanship of the region's largest security organisation.-livemint.com 2.North Korea vows ‘stronger’ action to US sanctions over hypersonic missile tests.-North Korea hit back at U.S. sanctions in response to recent hypersonic missile tests that raised new security concerns, vowing a “stronger and certain reaction” to Washington’s attempt to halt its weapons programs.-hindustsntimes.com 3.Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said despite Covid-19 cases increasing in the country, there is no need to panic as whatever variant it may be, the way to fight it is vaccination. This was the first meeting of PM Modi with the chief ministers of the states and the UTs in 2022.-hindustantimes.com 4.Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and UK Secretary of State for International Tr...

 News Headlines- 1.The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it was imposing sanctions on seven individuals and an entity over North Korea's weapons programs. The action comes after at least two known North Korean ballistic missile tests.-hindustantimes.com 2.The 14th round of India-China military dialogue on Wednesday failed to yield any positive outcomes but both countries decide to work towards mutually acceptable solutions to resolving the Ladakh LAC stand-off. The next round is expected to be held soon to continue the momentum of discussions.-hindustantimes.com 3.China's New Construction At Bhutan Border Has Big Implications For India.-China has accelerated settlement-building along its disputed border with Bhutan, with more than 200 structures, including two-storey buildings, under construction in six locations, according to satellite image analysis conducted for Reuters.-ndtv.com 4.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers on Thursday ove...

 News Headlines 1.On the occasion of Swami Vivekananda Jayanti, which is observed as the National Youth Day all over India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 25th National Youth Festival in Puducherry today. The festival will be held virtually on January 12 and 13 owing to the ongoing coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, according to a statement by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).-hindustantimes.com 2.India and South Korea on Tuesday agreed to expand trade by upgrading the existing bilateral agreement and resolving industry specific issues to achieve $50 billion bilateral trade by 2030.-hindustantimes.com 3.The US has approved import of mangoes and pomegranates from India and secured New Delhi’s approval to supply of cherries, alfalfa hay, pork and pork products to India, the two governments said in separate statements.-hindustantimes.com 4.Scientists are seeing signals that Covid-19′s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same...

 News Headlines- 1.As the United States and Russia prepare for crucial bilateral talks on Monday in Geneva, the first in a series of dialogues the two countries will have under different formats this week, Washington has reiterated its warning of “massive consequences” if Russia invades Ukraine, rejected Russian proposals about a change in the NATO’s engagement with allies and partners in eastern Europe, and lowered expectations by ruling out any breakthrough in talks.-hindustantimes.com 2.The British government should end mass vaccination against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) after the booster dose campaign, a former chairman of the UK’s vaccine task force has suggested. Dr Clive Dix called for a new targeted strategy to manage Covid-19 and scrap population-based jabs as the UK witnesses fall in daily Covid-19 cases after registering record numbers, according to several British media reports.-hindustantimes.com 3.The total number of Covid-19 cases in the United States surpassed 6...

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 News Headlines. 1.US President Joe Biden has said that Americans must ensure such an attack like that on the US Capitol a year ago "never happens again" as the country seems more divided than ever.-dnaindia.com 2.India and its partners in the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue or Quad along with Canada and South Korea are participating in the multinational exercise Sea Dragon at Guam in the Western Pacific.-hindustantimes.com 3.A record 9.5 million new COVID-19 cases were reported around the world during the week December 27-January 2, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday, with its chief warning that the 'tsunami of cases' caused by the new Omicron variant was overwhelming health systems around the world.-dnaindia.com 4.Despite the surge in Covid-19 cases, there will be no lockdown in Maharashtra as of now, the state health department said today. Maharashtra Health Department said the decision to impose lockdown will be taken only when the situation with regar...

 News Headlines- 1.Maharashtra will not see a 100% lockdown as of now as it is not required in the present situation, health minister Rajesh Tope said n Wednesday, asserting the need to impose restrictions when there is crowding. The silver lining of the present situation is that 90% of the cases are asymptomatic and among the rest 10%, only one or two per cent require hospitalisation, the minister said.-The Times of India 2.Kazakhstan on Wed-nesday declared a nationwide state of emergency after protests over a fuel price hike erupted into clashes and saw demonstrators storm government buildings.Russian news agencies Interfax, TASS and RIA Novosti reported the state of emergency, quoting a statement shown on Kazakh state television.-hindustantims.com 3.Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday agreed to diversify bilateral cooperation and to focus on collaborations in the field of climate action and green energy.In his first phone conversation with...

 News Headlines.- 1.The United States set a global record of almost 1 million new coronavirus infections reported on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, nearly double the country’s peak hit just a week ago as the highly contagious Omicron variant shows no sign of slowing.-theindianexpress.com 2.As the world grapples with the highly mutated Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, scientists have identified a new strain of the Covid-19 causing virus in Southern France.Known as 'IHU', the B.1.640.2 variant has been reported by researchers at institute IHU Mediterranee Infection in at least 12 cases, and has been linked to travel to African country Cameroon.-The Times of India 3.Sri Lanka may be on a brink of bankruptcy as the island country faces an acute financial crisis topped by a blow to a food supply. As 2022 begins, Sri Lanka is looking to face record-high inflation, financial crisis, exorbitant food prices, humanitarian crisis, and pandemic-induced disruptions. The Sri Lankan gove...

 News Headlines. 1.Dubai-based realty firm Emaar Properties on Monday said it will develop a 5 lakh square feet shopping mall at Srinagar in Jammu & Kashmir. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between the governments of Dubai and Jammu & Kashmir to facilitate investments into this proposed project.-financialexpress.com 2.China, Russia, Britain, the United States and France have agreed that a further spread of nuclear arms and a nuclear war should be avoided, according to a joint statement by the five nuclear powers published by the Kremlin on Monday.-hindustantimes.com 3.Just as news broke out of Indian and Chinese soldiers exchanging sweets and greetings on January 1, to mark the arrival of new year celebrations, a new satellite image showing China building a bridge on its side of the Pangong lake in eastern Ladakh emerged on Monday amid the prolonged Sino-India military standoff in the border area.-livemint.com 4.British education secretary Nadhim Zahawi ...

 1.January 3 marks the birth anniversary of a social reformer and feminist icon Savitribai Phule. Phule was born on January 3, 1831, and is remembered for her vital role in championing women rights in India.Savitribai, together with her husband Jyotirao Phule, founded one of India's first girls' schools in Pune, at Bhide Wada, in 1848.-hindustantimes.com 2.The UK is planning to relax immigration rules by offering cheaper and easier visas for Indian tourists, students and professionals, in an attempt to clinch a trade deal with India, a media report said on Saturday.UK International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan is expected to travel to New Delhi this month, when formal negotiations on a proposed India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) are expected to begin.-ndtv.com 3.The United Arab Emirates announced a travel ban on its citizens unvaccinated against coronavirus disease (Covid-19), starting January 10. The National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) ...