Breaking News January 18 | Highlights

Odisha will receive 3,34,500 doses of Covishield vaccine tomorrow, says State Health Department

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese premier Xi Jinping will be among the top world leaders who will participate in a five-day online Davos Agenda Summit of the World Economic Forum (WEF) later this month.

Several union ministers including Narendra Singh Tomar, Nitin Gadkari, Smriti Irani, Piyush Goyal and Dharmendra Pradhan along with top business leaders such as Mukesh Ambani and Anand Mahindra will also participate in the event.

To better its monsoon forecast, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) will use the multi-model ensemble approach and also give a monthly outlook for the four months of the rainfall season, its director-general said on Monday.

The IMD will also give a flood warning forecast to the Central Water Commission for five days, IMD DG Mrutunjay Mohapatra added.

The farmers' fight is not with any political party but with the policy of the government, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief Rakesh Tikait said on Monday, warning the ongoing protest over the farm laws could prolong further.

The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India on Monday said it has increased the price for select models by up to Rs 34,000 to offset adverse impact of rising input costs.

 A total of 3,81,305 beneficiaries have so far been vaccinated for coronavirus, even as 580 adverse events following immunization were reported in the country, the Union health ministry said on Monday.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holds pre-Budget meeting for upcoming Budget 2021-22 with Finance Ministers of all states and union territories (with legislature) through video conferencing in New Delhi today.

No joint or coordinated parade this year at the Attari border on Republic Day. No public will be allowed due to COVID-19 restrictions. India will conduct flag-lowering as per the daily schedule. 

Congress calls for 12-hr Tripura-bandh after an attack on the state party chief's vehicle allegedly by BJP workers yesterday. "It was a murder attempt. We don't support violence & are protesting peacefully. People are supporting our bandh," a party worker said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed 'Bhoomi Poojan' of Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II and Surat Metro Rail Project via video conferencing. Ahmedabad and Surat are receiving very important gifts today. Metro will further strengthen the connectivity in two major business centres of the country - Ahmedabad and Surat, PM Modi said. 

"The best example to see the difference between the approach of previous governments and the work of the current govt is the expansion of the metro rail network across the country. Before 2014, only 225 kms of the metro line became operational in 10-12 yrs. In the last 6 yrs, over 450 kms of the metro network became operational," PM said. 

"Work is underway on over 1000 kms of metro network in 27 cities across the nation, as of now. There was a time when there was no modern thinking in nation, regarding metro network. There was no metro policy. As a result, there were different kinds of metro in different cities," he added. 

Placards of PM Narendra Modi and other world leaders raised at pro-freedom rally in Sann town of Sindh in Pakistan, on January. Participants of the rally raised pro-freedom slogans and placards, seeking the intervention of world leaders in people's demand for Sindhudesh.

13 people have been injured after two vehicles collided with each other on Agra-Lucknow Expressway in the Tirwa police station area, Kannauj late last night.

Brazilian health regulator declined emergency use of Sputnik V vaccine. 

Brazilian health regulator Anvisa approved emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines from China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd and Britain’s AstraZeneca. 

An earthquake of magnitude 2.7 on the Richter scale hit Churachandpur in Manipur.