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  The National Green Hydrogen Mission, with a budget of $19,744 billion, was approved by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday with the goal of making India a major exporter in the industry and a hub for the production, use, and export of green hydrogen and its derivatives. The development will help India, one of the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters, achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2070. Anurag Thakur, a Union Minister, informed media of the Cabinet's decision by saying, "The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the National Green Hydrogen Mission." The mission's baseline budget remains at 19,744 crore. The government has allotted 17,490 crore out of this sum for the SIGHT programme, 1,466 crore for prospective pilot projects, 400 crore for R&D, and 388 crore for other mission-related components. According to Thakur, the government aims to invest an estimated $8 lakh crore in the green hydrogen industry. According to the mi...

  In spite of the bitter weather, hundreds of people bearing the Tricolor marched across the countryside as part of the Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra, which had stopped for the night in this village of Ailum. According to Congress Uttar Pradesh unit spokesperson Anshu Awasthi, former party chairman Rahul Gandhi arrived in the area from Delhi before the march resumed. The march is expected to enter Panipat in Haryana in the evening, ending its journey in the politically crucial state that sends 80 members to Lok Sabha.   Gandhi, who was again seen wearing a white T-shirt that he has sported for much of the journey, was accompanied by senior Congress leaders such as former Union minister Jairam Ramesh and the party's state chief Brijlal Khabri. Scores of people carrying the Tricolour joined the yatra as it made its way through Shamli district.

  In protest against the advertising of the 'Pathaan' film, which stars Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone, the Hindu group Bajrang Dal vandalised a mall in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. The next film, which is set to be released on January 25, has had its posters torn down. At Ahmedabad's Alphavan Mall, a Hindu group made a scene before the movie's release. They urged them not to release the movie in theatres in addition to ripping down the movie's posters. Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and John Abraham's starrer film 'Pathaan' has been in the middle of multiple controversies since the release of its song "Besharam Rang'. Many people, primarily right-wing politicians, religious extremists on both sides of the aisle, and self-styled moral police, don't like the song "Besharam Rang," in which Padukone is wearing a saffron-colored bikini. Since the song's release, activists have organised demonstrations against the upcoming Bollywo...

  A case opposing the Uttarakhand High Court's order to evacuate 29 acres of railway land in Haldwani will be heard by the Supreme Court on Thursday, despite the fact that the 4,000 or so residents of the home are still protesting, praying, and pleading with officials to postpone the demolition. The neighbourhood also features four government schools, 11 private schools, a bank, two overhead water tanks, 10 mosques, and 4 temples in addition to stores that have been developed over many years. Nearly half of the families claim to have a land lease. The district administration has published a notice in the press requesting residents to remove their possessions by January 9 in response to the court's ruling from December 20 following a protracted legal dispute. Near the Haldwani railway station, it occupies a 2-km-long area of land. While locals continued to perform candle marches, sit-ins, and prayers to halt the eviction, officials conducted a ground examination. At a mosque in ...

  Union Home Minister Amit Shah will officially launch the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) "Jan Viswas Yatra" in the state today in anticipation of the upcoming Assembly Election in Tripura. On Thursday, Shah will launch the "Jan Viswas Yatra" from the Tripura districts of Dhamanagar in the north and Sabroom in the south. To increase its support base in the state, the Tripura BJP will launch the "Jan Viswas Yatra" programme. The eight-day Yatra will visit 60 of the state's constituencies. The Yatra's primary goal is to highlight the advancements made by the BJP government since that year. JP Nadda, the national president of the BJP, will be present on January 12 when the yatra's last day, when he will address the crowd.

  The 18 CRPF companies - approximately 1,800 personnel - will be rushed to the Jammu region for deployment mainly in Poonch and Rajouri districts. The security forces will conduct counter-terrorism operations south of Pir Panjal Range, people cited above said. The move comes days after six civilians, including a four-year-old child, were killed in terror attacks at Dhangri, a Hindu-dominated village in Rajouri district. Deepak Kumar, 23, Satish Kumar, 45, Pritam Pal, 56, and Shiv Pal, 32, were killed when unidentified terrorists fired on them on Sunday. Vihan Sharma, 4 and Samiksha Sharma, 16, were killed a day later when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near the scene of the firing. Residents accused police of lapses and said the terrorists planted the IED on Sunday but they missed it during the search operation. Lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha visited Dhangri on Monday and  ₹ 10 lakh compensation and jobs for the kin of those killed and  ₹ 1 lakh each to t...

  The National Capital on Wednesday recorded the coldest day of this season as a cold wave persists in the city, informed India Meteorological Department (IMD) official. According to IMD officials, Safdarjung and INA recorded the lowest temperature of 4.4 degrees Celsius. "Cold wave persists in the city, today is the coldest day of this season. Today Safdarjung and INA recorded the lowest temp of 4.4 degrees Celsius. The temperature has been recorded as similar to the cold spell between December 25-27," said IMD Scientist Dr RK Jenamani. However, in the last 24 hours, no dense fog conditions have been recorded. "The cold condition will remain in the city for the next 24-48 hours due to the upcoming Western Disturbance (WD)," said Dr Jenamani. Dr Jenamani also said that an orange alert has been issued for the next two days. Early in the morning, a cold wave continued to grip Delhi causing the temperature to dip in the national capital and adjoining areas. It said, ...

  The former Congress president has been suffering from a respiratory infection and has been unwell since Tuesday when the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ began its Uttar Pradesh leg, news agency PTI reported. Former Congress President  Sonia Gandhi  has been admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi, news agency PTI reported on Wednesday. Her daughter and the grand old party's general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra accompanied her to the hospital, the report added. This was a routine checkup for the 76-year-old veteran Congress leader. The PTI report stated, citing the sources, that Gandhi has been suffering from a respiratory infection. They said that Gandhi has been unwell since Tuesday which is why her son and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka had returned to Delhi after walking seven kilometres in the party's ongoing ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’. The yatra entered its Uttar Pradesh leg on Tuesday evening. Congress leader and former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah lamented ov...

  A drunk man urinated on a woman co-passenger in the business class of an Air India flight in November and left without facing any action. Weeks after the incidet, Air India has filed a case and has recommended that the unruly flier be placed on the no-fly list. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has sought a report from the airline into the incident that was revealed after the woman wrote to the group chairman of Air India, N Chandrasekaran. "We shall take action against those found negligent," said the regulator. On November 26, the drunk passenger allegedly unzipped and urinated on a co-passenger in her 70s in the business class of an Air India flight from New York to Delhi. The lights had been dimmed after a meal. After urinating, the man allegedly kept exposing himself and didn't move until another passenger asked him to return to his seat. The woman complained to the crew and told them her clothes, shoes and bag were soaked in urine. The crew allegedly gave ...

  Rishabh Pant has been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai*, after being airlifted from Dehradun earlier today, for immediate intervention on one of the two ligament tears in his knee. He was examined by doctors upon reaching the Mumbai hospital on Wednesday evening, and was in a stable condition.                     "Rishabh will undergo surgery and subsequent procedures for ligament tears and will continue to be monitored by the BCCI Medical Team throughout his recovery and rehabilitation," the BCCI said in a statement on Wednesday. "The Board will make every effort to aid and expedite the recovery process of Rishabh and will provide him with all the support he needs during this period."                       In Mumbai, Pant will be under the care of Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala, who has previously worked with Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Jasprit Bumrah and R...

  The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the  Allahabad high court order  directing the Uttar Pradesh government to hold urban local body polls without reservation for the OBCs. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha took note of the submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the state government, and directed that a panel appointed by the state government will have to decide the OBC quota related issues for the local bodies poll by March 31, 2023. The top court permitted the state government to appoint administrators to run the affairs of the local bodies after the expiry of the tenure of the elected representatives. It, however, said the administrators will not be empowered to take major policy decisions. The top court had earlier agreed to hear the Uttar Pradesh government's appeal challenging the high court order quashing its draft notification on urban local body elections and directing it to hold the polls without...

                          Ashneer Grover made Rs 2.25 crore in 8 minutes with Zomato IPO .   Ashneer grover revealed this in his book DOGLAPAN:THE HARD truth about life.   Grover said that with the IPO being oversubscribed more than 30 times, he got an allotment of shares worth over Rs 3 crore.                          "My RMs (relationship managers), based on grey-market premiums, were expecting the Zomato share to list between Rs 85-90, as against an issue price of Rs 76. I, however, was certain that it would do far better. When the share opened on the listing day at Rs 116 per share, I mandated them to sell all my shares," he wrote in his book.                          By the time the trade got executed, "I got a selling price of Rs 136 per share. W...