China's northern city of Tianjin ordered a second round of COVID-19 testing of all 14 million residents after discovering 97 cases of omicron variant during initial screenings.
January 23 is being observed as Parakram Diwas in India, to mark the birth anniversary of the legendary freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. In 2022, 125 anniversary is being celebrated.
France has taken charge of the presidency of the Council of the European Union with effect from January 01 and will hold the EU presidency for the next six months till June 30, 2022.
The Monumental National Flag, which is the world's largest national flag made of Khadi fabric, was put to a grand public display along the India-Pakistan Border in Jaisalmer to celebrate "Army Day".
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, in its 46th meeting, decided to defer the proposed hike in tax rate for the textiles sector to 12 per cent from 5 per cent, which was to be implemented from January 1.
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