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Kerala
- 8 killed on Kerala's roads on the first day of New Year.
- Saji Cherian is reinstated as the Minister.
- The government and the governor draw a ceasefire.
- Man, injured in fireworks accident at Sabarimala and dies
- Kerala Administrative Tribunal cancels appointment of 3 law college principals
- Notice of a Kerala residential complex goes viral for moral policing
- Kozhikode wins 61st Kerala State School Kalolsavam; Kannur, Palakkad share second
- Cases of deaths due to food poisoning rocks the state. Raids to be made effective.
- Won't return to Kalolsavam kitchen next year: Pazhayidom Mohanan Namboothiri amidst controversies
- Ready to become Chief Minister if people of Kerala demand: Shashi Tharoor
- G Sukumaran Nair vouches for Shashi Tharoor's leadership in the party.
- Kerala HC quashes plastic bag ban.
- Kerala Baker's association bans egg-based mayonnaise.
- Papanji burning event to be held beyond Fort Kochi.
- The dairy farming unit at Ernakulam district jail becomes operational.
- Kerala tiger attack: Opposition UDF, BJP take out protests in Mananthavady.
- Govt searches for new land for Kerala HC near Kalamassery- State govt identifies 27-acre land
- Thrissur skywalk nears completion.
- Masks made compulsory in Kerala.
- ED questions PV Anwar MLA
- Kerala film institute row: Director Shankar Mohan tenders resignation, but 'not over protest',
- The attachment of PFI assets in the state begins.
- Kerala AAP dissolved.
- Governor announces Policy address. Criticised the centre for anti-federal policies.
- Youth League leaders arrested in Capital for widespread protesting.
- A K Antony's son leaves the party.
- 50,000 vacancies: Kerala lorry owners want more women in driver’s seats.
- Eleven police officers were awarded medals on R-day.
- Kozhikode Lit fest was held in January.
India
- Govt Data Reveals 3 PM to 9 PM is the Most Dangerous Time to be on Indian Roads
- Dual Degrees Will Make Global Education Affordable for Indian Students: UGC Chief
- Karnataka seer Siddeshwara Swami passes away at 81 after a prolonged illness
- A dome-shaped bus stop was demolished in Mysore for resembling
- Divorced Muslim woman entitled to 'lifetime' maintenance until she remarries: Allahabad High Court.
- India welcomes Foreign Universities to set up campuses in India
- Congress leaders demand Aravind Limbhavani's arrest
- 2-year-old boy, mother killed after under-construction metro pillar collapses in Bengaluru.
- RSS Chief speaks on current political issues in the country.
- Vice President Jagdeep Dankhar takes a shot at the Keshavananda Bharati vs the State of Kerala.
- Former Union Minister Sharad Yadav Dies At 75.
- Security breach during PM Modi's roadshow in Hubbali, police deny.
- SC Questions the Central govt on the autonomy of Delhi.
- Massive Cold wave hits Northern India.
- Praveen Thogadia calls to rewrite the Indian constitution to an Islamophobic one.
- 10 dead as bus collides with truck in Nashik, Maharashtra.
- Lakshadweep MP to face disqualification from parliament over attempt to murder case.
- Foundations were laid for the Kempegowda statue in front of Bengaluru's Vidhana Soudha.
- Kollam is declared India's first constitutionally literate state.
- SC says all marriages are null and void under the Hindu Marriage Act.
- Non-Veg is banned in Hansrak College
- PM Modi to BJP workers: 'Reach out to educated Muslims, refrain from unsolicited remarks against community'.
- Tejusvi Surya lands in controversy on Indigo flight emergency door opening.
- Yogi government targets IAS officers in UP.
- Israelis protest proposed judicial overhaul after a new government takes charge.
- 11 Palestinians were killed by Israeli police forces.
- Punjab Congress leader Manpreet Badal joins BJP.
- Rahul Gandhi's BJY entered the final state of J&K.
- BJY ended on January 30th with flag hoisting in Lal Chowk.
- India celebrated its 73rd Republic Day.
- Egyptian president Fateh Al Sisi was the Chief Guest.
- 7 injured in twin blasts in Jammu city’s Narwal area.
- Erode by-poll date announced.
- Thackeray's birth anniversary commemorates.
- Men marrying girls aged below 14 years in Assam to be booked under POCSO Act: Assam CM
- Udupi: 'Cong releases 10-point manifesto for Coastal areas'.
- Unemployed man can't be forced to pay maintenance to wife: HC.
- India invites FM Bilawal to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting.
- India issues notice over IWT to Pakistan.
- Modi holds Pariksha pe Charcha.
- PM Modi will secure a new term as per the Mood Of the Nation survey.
- Morbi Bridge case chargesheet filed.
- SA, India sign MoU to translocate 12 cheetahs to Kuno National Park in MP.
- Meat banned in Aero India venue and surroundings.
World/International
- Scores of Russian soldiers were killed when Ukrainian missiles struck a building in the occupied Donetsk region of Ukraine on New Year’s Day.
- Lula da Silva was sworn in as Brazil’s president, amid fears of violence from Bolsonaro supporters.
- Taiwan showed a willingness to offer help to China to deal with the Covid-19 surge.
- The house speaker race continued in limbo as Kevin McCarthy failed to get the needed votes due to the split within GOP.
- UK PM Rishi Sunak unveils plan for mandatory teaching of maths to students till the age of 18.
- Biden and McConnel met together in Kentucky on the occasion of rebuilding the country.
- Russia announced a ceasefire for Orthodox Christmas.
- The second anniversary of January 6th was commemorated.
- Kevin McCarthy becomes the speaker of HOR after several rounds of voting.
- Jeffries Hakkim becomes the first Black leader of the US Congress.
- Journalist George Stephanopoulos’ Producer, Dax Tejera, Dead at 37.
- Pro-Bolsonaro supporters breach security barriers and break into the Brazilian Congress.
- New House Rules Make It Easier to Dump Speaker, and Harder to Spend or Raise Taxes.
- Single-use plastic cutlery and plates are to be banned in England.
- Ukrainians are to start training on Patriot missiles in the US soon.
- EU-NATO sign a joint agreement.
- 'Not mere fibs.' NY Republicans urge Santos to resign.
- Nine states as well as D.C. prohibit the sale or possession of assault weapons.
- A tornado also delivered "significant damage" to the city of Selma.
- Middle East military rankings: Turkey highest, Lebanon lowest per global index.
- Iran executes dual British-Iranian citizen Alireza Akbari.
- Anti-Hijab protests in Iran subside.
- Massive suicide blast kills 100 in Peshawar, Pakistan in a security complex mosque.
- Yeti Airlines plane crashes in Nepal.
- COVID-19 peak is crossed in China.
- Smoking is back in the Capitol under the new Republican-controlled House.
- Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted man, was arrested in Sicily.
- Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc resigns, blamed for 'violations and wrongdoing'.
- Shehbaz Sharif has asked to make peace with India only to retract it later.
- China’s population falls; India has the highest population in the world.
- Classified documents were found at Biden's and Mike Pence's homes.
- German parliament recognises Yazidi 'genocide' in Iraq.
- Bill in US House to revoke Pakistan’s Major Non-NATO Ally status
- Authorities in Indiana say a 25-year-old man opened fire in a Walmart store where he once worked, wounding at least one person before officers fatally shot him.
- The draft opinion showed Roe v. Wade would be overturned.
- The US will send Stryker combat vehicles to Ukraine for the first time as part of $2.5 billion security package.
- Rishi Sunak was fined for not wearing a seatbelt in the back of the car.
- Two policemen were killed in a terror attack on a checkpost in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- China celebrates Lunar New Year.
- Brazillian President Lula sacks far-right army head.
- Stockholm in protests after far-right politician burned the Quran.
- Turkey objects to Sweden's NATO entry due to the same.
- Massive gun violence was reported in California.
- McCarthy says he won't allow Swalwell, Schiff on House Intel Committee.
- The US finalized plans to send Abrams tanks to Ukraine.
- Germany to send Leopard 2 tanks as well.
- Ukraine shoots down missiles fired at Kyiv.
- Mike Pompeo unveils his book.
- 5 former Memphis police officers face murder charges in Tyre Nichols' death.
- Tyre Nichols died three days after being stopped by Memphis police. Five former officers have been charged with second-degree murder in his death.
- House GOP freshmen boycott White House event over COVID protocols.
- Tanks to Ukraine mark change in Moroccan foreign policy.
- Ukraine Shoots Down Three Russian Helicopters in 30 Minutes.
- DOJ announces arrests over alleged Iranian plot to kill U.S. journalist.
- 5 people were killed in the Jewish Synagogue attack.
- Retired Czech general Petr Pavel wins the presidential election.
- UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fires Nadhim Zahawi as Conservative Party chairman.
Technology
- Indian Railways are set to become the world’s largest ‘Green Railways’ by 2030.
- 5 lakh footfall in New Year's Eve bash in Kochi, more than 200 sought medical assistance.
- Paytm complains to NPCI on Cred’s UPI gamble
- India starts National Hydrogen Mission
- Ghaziabad-Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhya section becomes India’s longest rail track with an automatic signalling system.
- Stop showing gory images, dead bodies, and physical assault, govt tells television channels in a strict advisory.
- China unveils 18-MW world's largest offshore wind turbine that could power 40,000 homes annually.
- Over 1,100 flights were grounded in the United States due to system failure as per FAA.
- Bangladesh opens its first Metro.
- Middle East military rankings: Turkey highest, Lebanon lowest per global index.
- PWD allocates Rs 170 crore to renovate 22 roads to Sabarimala.
- 'Congress' app to collect funds as part of ‘Rs 138 challenge’.
- GPS and tracking are to be installed in all buses.
- Germany releases solar power boom.
- The new EV factory starts operations in Kochi.
- SAAB Ends Partnership With India’s Adani Group To Manufacture Gripen E Fighter Jets In India
- PIB fact-checks social posts to be removed as per the government.
- BBC releases documentary on PM Modi's involvement in 2002.
- Centre Blocks Tweets Sharing BBC Documentary Critical Of PM Modi using IT emergency powers.
- Technical glitch causes Pakistan's electric grid to fail.
- India uses emergency powers to block a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi from being seen in the country.
- ChatGPT records a massive number of downloads in a short span.
- BMTC is likely to launch the NIMBUS app.
- Trump mocks Meta as they reinstate him on Facebook and Instagram.
- New York City will replace its largest fossil fuel plant with wind power, in the US first.
- FBI brings down massive ransomware gangs by "hacking the hackers".
- Sukhoi and Mirage crashed after being in a mid-air collision.
Business and Finance
- Senior TV journalist of India- Ravish Kumar quits NDTV.
- Elon Musk Becomes First Person Ever To Lose $200 Billion.
- Cisco lays off nearly 700 employees in SF Bay Area in the US
- RS Sodhi steps down as Amul MD; Jayen Mehta takes interim charge.
- New CEOs for Technopark, and Infopark appointed.
- Customs seize 4.65 kg gold at Karipur airport, biggest recent gold hunt under air cargo wing.
- Govt raids Mukesh Ambanis' Hamley's stores.
- SC reserves order on ICICI scam case.
- TCS stops remote work.
- A massive wave of resignations hit NDTV.
- Trump Org. fined $1.6 million after conviction for 17 felonies, including tax fraud.
- Adidas loses 4-stripe trademark battle to Thom Browne.
- Sabarimala earns record revenue.
- Shashi Tharoor becomes Manorama Newsmaker of the year.
- WEFORUM met this year successfully.
- Kerala New Year bumper out.
- Google parent Alphabet to lay off 12,000 employees or 6% workforce worldwide.
- Europe could dodge a recession. But the UK is in a mess.
- Eight states are also involved in the legal action against Google.
- Pathan becomes India's highest single-day earning film.
- Interest rate hikes imposed by the Fed.
- Hidenberg Report targets the Adani group. SEBI starts an enquiry. Adani gives a response.
- FBI brings down massive ransomware gangs by "hacking the hackers".
Sports
- Cristiano Ronaldo joins Al Nassr.
- World's largest hockey stadium Birsa Munda built-in Rourkela as part of World Cup 2023. India was knocked out before the quarter-finals.
- Germany won the Hockey World Cup,
- Indian cricket team members visit Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in TVM ahead of ODI against Sri Lanka.
- India wins the T20 series vs Sri Lanka
- Women's T20 to begin in South Africa.
- Pakistan to host cricket series against South Africa.
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