Vande Bharat Sleeper Flagged Off
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off India’s first Vande Bharat Sleeper Train between Howrah and Guwahati at Malda town railway station. PM Modi also virtually flagged off the Guwahati-Howrah Vande Bharat Sleeper.


BJP Sweeps Civic Polls
The BJP has swept the 2026 civic polls, winning 1425 of 2869 seats across 29 Municipal Corporations across Maharashtra. According to the final tally, the Shiv Sena bagged 399 seats, Congress 324, NCP 167, Shiv Sena (UBT) 155, NCP (SP) 36, MNS 13, and BSP 6 seats.


Odisha, NIEPID Pact
The Odisha government signed an MoU with NIEPID to enhance early identification, education, capacity building, and community awareness for persons with intellectual disabilities, implementing NIEPID’s curriculum frameworks in state-run special schools through SSEPD’s structured collaboration.


55 New Textbooks For Schools
The Odisha government will introduce 55 new textbooks for classes 1 to 8 from next academic year aligning with NEP 2020 and the national curriculum framework. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting, chaired by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.


Cold Wave Alert Issued
The IMD forecast cold wave conditions in isolated pockets of Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Khordha, Angul, Jharsuguda, Sundergarh, and Dhenkanal over the next 24 hours, issuing a yellow warning for these Odisha districts.

Dolphin Survey Begins
The Union Environment Ministry launched the second range-wide estimation of riverine and estuarine dolphins under Project Dolphin from Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, aiming to strengthen conservation, monitoring, and awareness for protecting India’s freshwater and coastal dolphin populations.


Rashtrapati Bhavan closed for public
Rashtrapati Bhavan (circuit one) will remain closed for the general public from the 21st to 29th of January. According to the President’s Secretariat, the visit of the general public will be closed due to the upcoming Republic Day Parade and Beating Retreat Ceremony.

Maruti’s Rs35k Cr Plant
Maruti Suzuki will set up a major vehicle manufacturing plant at Khoraj with an investment of Rs35,000 crore, following an agreement signed in Gandhinagar in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Deputy CM Harsh Sanghavi.

New Gaza Peace Plan
US President Donald Trump announced a new Board of Peace to lead the second phase of his 20 Point Peace Plan for Gaza, overseeing governance, cooperation, reconstruction, investment, and stability, with Trump as Chairman and advisors managing operations.


India-Bangladesh Tension Visible
Strained India-Bangladesh ties reflected in the U19 World Cup as captains Ayush Mhatre and Zawad Abrar skipped the customary handshake at the toss, following a rain delay before their Group A clash today.