PM Narendra Modi announced that the government has decided to start a precautionary dose of COVID vaccine for Healthcare and Frontline Workers and citizens above 60 years of age with co-morbidities from January 10, 2022.
Adding 33 "unicorns" in a single year has helped move India to third place on the list of countries displacing the United Kingdom, which are home to enterprises that are valued at more than $1 billion each.
The Jharkhand Assembly has passed the Mob Violence and Mob Lynching Bill, 2021, which aims to provide "effective protection" of constitutional rights and prevent mob violence in the state.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a bid to bring relief to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government is running Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana to provide free grains and the scheme has been extended till March 2022.