INDIA
– PM Modi to host first India-Central Asia Summit virtually on January 27
– Three Navy personnel killed in explosion onboard INS Ranvir in Mumbai
– Rajasthan: BSF to conduct ‘Operation Sard Hawa’ along Pak border from Jan 23 to 28
– Eleven cities selected as the winners of the Streets for People Challenge by the Union Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
– Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry announces winners of Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge
– Cabinet approves extension of tenure of National Commission for Safai Karamcharis for three years
– Internet panel on languages ropes in Vijay Shekhar Sharma as ambassador
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Cabinet approves Scheme for grant of ex-gratia payment of difference between compound interest and simple interest for six months to borrowers in specified loan accounts
– Cabinet approves infusion of Rs.1,500 crore in Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA)
– SEBI launches mobile App — Saa?thi– to create awareness among investors about basic concepts of securities market.
– HAL signs contract with Mauritius for export of advanced light helicopter (ALH)
– Experts deliberate on widening scope of India-Israel Industrial R&D and Technological Innovation Fund
– Dileep Sanghani elected as Chairman of IFFCO (Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative)
– DGCA extends ban on international flights till February 28
WORLD
– Indonesia passes law to relocate capital to remote Borneo
– French senators vote to ban headscarves in sports competitions
– Pfizer chief Albert Bourla wins $1 mn Genesis Prize for vaccine development
– Roberta Metsola of Malta becomes EU Parliament’s new president
– Saturnino de la Fuente of Spain, said to be world’s oldest man, dies at 112
SPORTS
– Pakistan’s Babar Azam named as the captain of ICC Men’s T20I team of the year
