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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 possible deployment to boost NATO.-hindustantimes.com

4.The US is putting 8,500 troops on ‘heightened alert’ for possible deployment in Eastern Europe in view of the Russian aggression near the Ukraine border. Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said that US defense secretary Lloyd Austin's order to place 8,500 military personnel to heightened preparedness would allow America to rapidly deploy additional brigade combat teams, along with units.-hindustantimes.com

5.Facebook’s parent company Meta on Monday said it has created what it believes is among the fastest artificial intelligence supercomputers running today.The social media giant said it hopes the machine will help lay the groundwork for its building of the metaverse, a virtual reality construct intended to supplant the internet as we know it today.-theindianexpress.com

6.Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will interact virtually with the health ministers of nine states and union territories over the COVID-19 situation at 10:30 am today, the official sources informed ANI.According to sources, these states and UTs include Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Ladakh, Uttar Pradesh and Chandigarh.-ndtv.com

7.Mumbai A thick layer of haze settled over the city on Sunday, just a day after a western disturbance and cyclonic circulation over Rajasthan brought unseasonal rains to Mumbai, making it the city’s wettest January in at least a decade.-hindustantimes.com

8.THE FIRST day of the reopening of schools in Mumbai drew mixed response with 44 per cent attendance of students, as per data compiled by the education department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Coproration (BMC).While all civic body- and government-run schools reopened for children, some city schools still need more days to prepare.-theindianexpress.com

9.Travel optimism is back for Indians in 2022, after months of start-stop travel restrictions the travel and hospitality industry has to be agile to capture this pent-up demand according to digital travel platform Agoda’s ‘India-genous Travel”’ Survey.  The survey reveals 68% of Indians plan to travel domestically in 2022, with over a fifth (21%) anticipating travelling domestically within one month of restrictions easing.-hotelierindia.com

10.Best of India, Business Award presented to Kamlesh Barot, Past President, FHRAI & HRAWI, for outstanding contribution to the hospitality industry, at the 18th International edition India hospitality & F&B Pro, Mega Goa World Expo & Conference, the Best of 2021 award by Mr. Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of State for Tourism and Port, Shipping and Waterways.-hospitalitybizindia.com

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