JAN 2, 2023, MONDAY
PAUSH SHUKLA PAKSHA, EKADASHI
सोमवार, पौष, शुक्ल पक्ष, एकादशी, वि. सं. 2079

TODAY AN EYE ON

• Union MoS I & B Dr. L Murugan to visit Indian Institute of Mass Communication at Kottayam & interact with students

• Supreme Court to deliver its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging government’s 2016 decision to demonetise Rs 500 & Rs 1,000 currency notes

• SC to hear a batch of pleas challenging controversial state laws regulating religious conversions due to interfaith marriage

• SC to hear a plea of NGO seeking contempt action against a secretary of legislative department in law & justice Ministry for non-compliance of a top court direction issued in 2018 on electoral reforms

• SC to hear a plea of former UP MLA Mukhtar Ansari against 7-yr jail term for threatening jailer

• Chhattisgarh Winter Assembly Session to begin in Raipur

• Karnataka government likely to decide on guidelines on Covid-19

• BJP National president J P Nadda to launch party’s pre-poll campaign for 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra; Nadda to visit Chandrapur Lok Sabha constituency & hold a series of party & public meetings

• Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to hold its all-India coordination meet in Goa from Jan 2 to 7

• West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee to meet MPs, MLAs, Grassroots Leaders at Nazrul Mancha in Kolkata, Likely to Launch Campaign for Panchayat Polls

• AIADMK to protest against omission of sugarcane in Pongal gift hamper in Tiruvannamalai

• Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to conduct 10th, & 12th practical exams, project & internal assessment exams from Jan 2 to Feb 14

• Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) to close National Eligibility Entrance Test for Super-Specialty (NEET SS) counselling 2022 registration process

New York man sues Apple, claiming that Apple Watch is racist against black people due to the blood oxygen sensor being inherently racist

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🇧🇷 Brazilian police arrest man armed with a knife and an explosive device attempting to storm the inauguration ceremony of Brazilian President Lula da Silva

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⚡️Canada government bans most foreigners from buying residential property amid housing affordability and supply challenges.

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⚡️Pakistan interior minister warns of Endia like Surical Strike deep inside Afghanistan on terror hideouts if Kabul fails to control TTP.

Afghanistan Taliban says ready to defend territorial integrity should Pakistan cross the border against Pakistan Taliban.

The Game begins 🍌

The UP State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA) has received proposals worth over Rs 1 lakh crores from investors for setting up industrial units in various districts of the state.

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India's unemployment rate rose to 8.30% in December, the highest in 16 months, from 8.00% in the previous month, data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE)

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SC upholds the decision of Central Goverment taken in 2016 to demonetise the currency Notes of ₹ 500 & 1000 denominators

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Decision can't be reversed being Executive's economic policy: SC Upholds 2016 demonetisation (ani)

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Russia allegedly launched a drone with "Happy New Year" written on it in Russian to attack Ukraine capital kyiv

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⚡IED blast in Jammu-Kashmir's Rajouri.Casualty figures unknow.

More details awaited.

One child dead, 5 injured in IED blast in Rajouri; 2nd terror attack in 12 hours

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Today an explosion took place in which a child was killed & 7 people got injured. It seems that the IED was kept under a gunny bag. Info about presence of 2 terrorists has been received. Area has been cordoned off & search Op underway: Mukesh Singh, ADGP Jammu Zone(ani)

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Nepal's newly appointed PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal(comrade prachanda) on Sunday inaugurated an international Airport built with chinease loan in western Nepal tourist hub of pokhara.

Nepal signed $215.96 million loan agreement with china for construction of airport.

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A total of 1,668 Journalists have been killed worldwide with murders, contract killings, ambushes, war zone deaths, and fatal injuries. These journalists have been killed in connection with their work in the last two decades from 2003 to 2022. The reports gave an average of more than 80 journalists being killed every year.

1️⃣The two countries with the highest death tolls are Iraq and Syria with a combined total of 578 journalists killed in the past 20 years

2️⃣Followed by Afghanistan, Yemen, and Palestine. Africa has not been spared with Somalia coming next.

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Supreme Court stays Allahabad HC order convicting 5-time MLA from Mau constituency in UP and dreaded gangster Mukhtar Ansari.

He was sentenced to a 7-year jail term for intimidating and threatening an on-duty jailer to kill in 2003 by Allahabad HC.

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