1.Chris Hipkins was sworn in Wednesday as New Zealand's 41st prime minister, following the unexpected resignation last week of Jacinda Ardern.Mr. Hipkins, 44, has promised a back-to-basics approach focusing on the economy and what he described as the “pandemic of inflation.-thehindu.com
2.Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El –Sisi has arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday to attend India's 74th Republic Day celebration as the chief guest. During his visit, Sisi will meet his Indian counterpart Draupadi Murmu, PM Modi and External affairs minister S Jaishankar. This is the first time that any Egyptian president has been invited as a chief guest for the Republic Day.-hindustantimes.com
3.The US and Germany are poised to announce they’ll provide their main battle tanks to Ukraine, offering Kyiv a powerful new weapon to counter Russia and overcoming a disagreement that threatened to fracture allied unity. The Biden administration is expected to announce as soon as Wednesday it will offer Ukraine the M1 Abrams tank, dropping an argument that the vehicle guzzles too much gas and is difficult to operate, two people familiar with the matter said.-hindustantimes.com
4.Days after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that his country has learnt its lesson from three wars and wants to live in peace with India, New Delhi has reached out to Islamabad with an invitation to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) foreign ministers’ meeting in Goa.-indianexpress.com
5.A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted Western Nepal on Tuesday, killing one person and damaging a number of houses in the region, officials said.The earthquake, with epicentre in the Mela area of Bajura district in Sudurpaschim province, hit the region at 2:43 PM local time, said Lok Bijaya Adhikari, head of the Earthquake Measurement and Research Centre.-thehindu.com
6.India's economic transformation is kicking into high gear.Global manufacturers are looking beyond China, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi stepping up to seize the moment. The government is spending nearly 20% of its budget this fiscal year on capital investments, the most in at least a decade. PM Modi is closer than any predecessor to being able to claim that the nation - which may have just passed China as the world's most populous - is finally meeting its economic potential-ndtv.com
7.Boxing great M.C. Mary Kom will lead a five-member Oversight Committee that will probe sexual harassment charges against Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The government-appointed Committee will also run the day-to-day affairs of WFI for the next one month.-thehindu.com
8.Amid recent incidents of unruly passenger behaviour, Air India has modified its in-flight alcohol service policy wherein cabin crew have been told to tactfully further serving of alcohol if needed.The Tata group-owned airline has been slapped with penalties in the last few days by DGCA for the unruly behaviour of passengers onboard two international flights for reporting lapses.-The Economic Times.
9.The Puducherry District Administration has clarified that there will be no restrictions on the movement of tourists during the climate change-related summit, being held as part of country’s G20 presidency, on January 30 and 31.“We have not imposed any ban on the movement of tourists or people from other States in Puducherry when the G20 summit will be held held. It [the rumour] is completely false, and the police have already initiated a probe into the false information being spread on social media,” District Collector E. Vallavan told The Hindu.-thehindu.com
10.Kerala has expressed keen interest in hosting a major global event of United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) even as the UN tourism agency proposed to conduct a workshop in the state later this year. The proposal to host a global meet in the state was extended by Kerala tourism minister, PA Mohamed Riyas during interactions with the UNWTO delegation led by Harry Hwang, deputy director - Asia and Pacific Regional Department in Madrid, Spain.-https://hospitality.economictimes.indiatimes.com/
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