1.In a recent case of mass shooting in the United States, a gunman killed 10 people and injured 10 more at a California dance venue during the Lunar New Year celebration on Sunday. Witnesses said Huu Can Tran, 72, shot indiscriminately at people with a semiautomatic weapon, and later died from suicide after his vehicle was surrounded by cops.-ndtv.com
2.China has given debt-ridden Sri Lanka the financing assurances required by the IMF to unlock a $2.9 billion bailout package for the country, days after India strongly backed the island nation's efforts to secure the loan from the global lender to recover from its worst-ever economic crisis.The Sunday Times newspaper reported that China’s Exim Bank delivered a letter on Saturday granting Sri Lanka a two-year moratorium on repayment and agreeing with the International Monetary Fund's extended fund facility (EFF).-
3.With an aim to cut delays in visa processing in India, the US has launched new initiatives, including scheduling special interviews for first time applicants and increasing strength of consular staff. As part of the multi-pronged approach to cut the visa backlog, the US embassy in Delhi and the consulates in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad conducted "special Saturday interview days" on January 21.-ndtv.com
4.The India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) is expected to be clinched this year but it won't involve any boost of free movement visa offers for Indians, British trade minister in charge of the negotiations has said. Kemi Badenoch, who was in New Delhi. last month to kick off the sixth round of FTA talks with Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, said that former prime minister Boris Johnson’s "deal by Diwali" deadline last year was not feasible and had to bechanged.-https://www.studocu.com
5.Sonam Wangchuk, the social reformist from Ladakh whose life story inspired the Bollywood film '3 Idiots', has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ensuring the safety and protection of Ladakh as studies suggested the extinction of nearly 2/3rd of the glaciers in the Union Territory.-ndtv.com
6.Indian Navy on Monday commissioned the fifth Kalvari class submarine Vagir at the naval dockyard in Mumbai in presence of Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar. The newly commissioned submarine took her maiden sea sortie in February last year, marking the commencement of sea trials. The submarine has gone through a series of comprehensive acceptance checks and, stringent and demanding sea trials before its commissioning, according to the defence ministry.-hindustantimes.com
7.India reported 94 new covid cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours, the union health ministry data on Monday showed. While active cases have declined to 1,934, the country’s total covid cases have reached 4.47 crore so far. The overall death toll stood at 5,30,735 since the onset of covid pandemic.-livemint.com
8.The state government has banned carpooling and bike-sharing apps which use non-transport vehicles. The state government has banned carpooling and bike-sharing apps which use non-transport vehicles. The transport department and Regional Transport Office (RTO) will start a crackdown on such aggregators. The development comes after Rapido – a bike-taxi service – was suspended on January 19.-hindustantimes.com
9.The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) revealed that the tourist arrivals has reached 6.3 million to the country in 2022. Indonesia remained the top contributor to the Singapore tourism with 1.1 million visitors, followed by India with 686,000 visitors, and Malaysia with 591,000 tourists. With this, the Singapore tourism is expected to recover strongly to the pre-Covid pandemic levels by next year, 2024, according to the news agency ANI.-livemint.com
10.Lemon Tree Hotels announced its latest signing of a franchised hotel – Lemon Tree Resort, Kumbhalgarh, Rajasthan. The property, which shall be franchised by Lemon Tree Hotels Limited, is expected to open in December 2023.This property will feature 59 well-appointed rooms, a restaurant, a bar, meeting rooms and a swimming pool. Maharana Pratap Airport, Udaipur is about 90 kms from the property, while the Falna Railway Station is 80 kms away.- https://hospitalitybizindia.com
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