• According to defence officials, the Amar Jawan Jyoti flame at India Gate will be merged with the flame at the newly constructed National War Memorial in the same complex.
• The Amar Jawan Jyoti was erected as a memorial to fallen soldiers of the 1971 operations that led to the freedom of Bangladesh.
• It is housed inside the India Gate, a British era memorial to soldiers who lost their lives in pre-independence operations.

• Dileep Sanghani has been elected as chairman (17th) of the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO).
• He succeeds Balvinder Singh Nakai.
• Sanghani was elected as the vice-chairman of IFFCO in the year 2019.
• IFFCO is a multi-state cooperative society engaged in the business of manufacturing and marketing fertilisers.

• BrahMos supersonic cruise missile with increased indigenous content and improved performance was successfully testfired from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha
• The launch was conducted by Brahmos Aerospace in close coordination with the teams of the Defence Research and Development Organisation
• The missile was equipped with advanced indigenous technologies and followed a modified optimal trajectory for enhanced efficiency and improved performance

• The Bangladesh government will make the Unique Business ID (UBID) mandatory for all e-commerce entities in the country
• According to Zunaid Ahmed Palak(State Minister for IT),all digital commerce operators in the country will be required to register with the government using the UBID.
• The use of these mechanisms to regulate the e-commerce sector will restore public confidence in the digital business

• Over 76 thousand 500 ‘Agri Nutri Gardens’ have been established under the Agri Nutri Garden Week’ as against the target of 7500.
• Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM) observed this week from 10th to 17th of this month.
• It is the Mission’s agenda to support every rural poor household to have Agri Nutri Garden to fulfil the family’s nutritional needs.
• Excess production can also be sold for income generation.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the newly built Circuit House building near Somnath Temple in Gujarat through video conferencing.
• The new circuit house building has been constructed by the Gujarat government at a cost of more than 30 crore rupees.
• The historic Somnath Temple is visited by lakhs of devotees from India and abroad every year.
• The landscaping of the circuit house has been done in such a way that sea view is available from every room.

• India and Sri Lanka have extended the existing Science and Technology cooperation for three more years.
• Now, the countries focus on new areas like waste-water technologies, sustainable agriculture, aerospace engineering, robotics and artificial intelligence.
• The decision was taken during the 5th Joint Committee meeting on Science and Technology Cooperation between India and Sri Lanka.

• According to the global cricket body, Pakistan captain Babar Azam has been named as the captain of the ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year.
• He was also named the skipper of the Men's Team of the Year for 2021.
• There were no Indians in the ICC T20I Men's Team of the Year but Smriti Mandhana found a spot in the Women's T20I Team of the Year.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that a grand statue of iconic freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chand Bose will be installed at India Gate.
• He said, till the grand statue of Netaji Bose is completed, a hologram statue of his would be present at the same place.
• Mr. Modi will unveil the hologram statue on 23rd January, Netaji’s birth anniversary.

• The oldest person living (male) Saturnino de la Fuente García (112 years & 341 days) has passed away at home in León, a city in northwest Spain,
• Saturnino claimed the record as the oldest person living (male) in September 2021 when he was exactly 112 years and 211 days.
• De la Fuente was a cobbler by trade and started working in a shoe factory at age 13.
• He was born in the Puente Castro neighbourhood of León on Feb. 11, 1909.

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