Prime Minister Narendra Modi will name the 21 largest unnamed islands of Andaman & Nicobar after Param Vir Chakra awardees today, January 23. 

He will virtually attend the event being held at Port Blair. The Prime Minister will also unveil the model of the National Memorial dedicated to Netaji. Home Minister Amit Shah will be present at the event and address the gathering. He arrived in Port Blair last night on a two-day visit to Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan will also attend the event.

Home Minister Amit Shah has said that Indian agencies have succeeded in establishing their strong supremacy under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He added that India today stands safe, sound and on a good footing. Home Minister said this while chairing the All India Conference of Director Generals Inspector Generals of Police 2022 in New Delhi on Friday.

Mr. Shah said that under the leadership of Prime Minister, no one ignores India in any field today. He paid tributes to all the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the nation's security.

India International Science Festival is commencing in Madhya Pradesh today. The festival, organised at Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology-MANIT, Bhopal, will continue till the 24th of January. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is the chief guest of the opening ceremony of the India International Science Festival. Union Science and Technology Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh will be present as a special guest.

More than 8,000 delegates from different regions of the country will participate in the science festival being held for the first time in Bhopal. Eminent scientists, researchers, students from universities, colleges and schools, teachers and industry experts will participate in the festival. The theme of this festival is 'Moving towards Amritkal with science, technology and innovation'. 15 activities will be organized in the festival this time.

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said, the Construction of the 109 km green field Ahmedabad Dholera Expressway will reduce the travel time between Ahmedabad and Dholera by one hour. This highway will provide direct connectivity to Dholera Green Field Airport. He was briefing the media after inspecting the section of the Ahmedabad-Dholera National Highway near Kavitha village today.

He said that this four-lane highway which will be constructed at an estimated cost of 4,000 crore rupees will significantly contribute to the economic and social development of the Dholera region. Apart from Ahmedabad-Dholera, currently, three other expressways are under construction in the state which includes Delhi Mumbai Expressway, Amritsar Jamnagar Expressway, and Tharad Ahmedabad Expressway.

Temperatures in Yakutsk have reportedly fallen down to minus 50 degrees Celsius this week in Yakutsk, the capital city of the Sakha Republic, Russia, which is located about 450 km south of the Arctic Circle. This comes during an an extreme cold wave in the Siberian city which is known as the coldest city on earth.

Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Iconic Events Week will begin on Tuesday to commemorate 75 years of India’s Independence and the 126th Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

The events will be organised on the theme of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s life and his contribution to the freedom struggle. During the week-long celebration, various activities will be organised at locations related to Netaji’s life and work in Manipur, Nagaland, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Gujarat, Odisha and West Bengal. Home Minister Amit Shah will attend the culmination event in Port Blair on the 23rd of this month as a Chief Guest.

The 21st Edition of the Bilateral Naval Exercise between India and France- Exercise VARUNA commenced on the Western Seaboard on Monday. The exercise will be conducted till the 20th of this month and will witness advanced air defence exercises, tactical manoeuvres, surface firings, underway replenishment and other maritime operations. The Ministry of Defence in a statement said that this exercise provides an opportunity to learn from each other’s best practices. The exercise facilitates operational-level interaction between the two navies to foster mutual cooperation for good order at sea, underscoring the shared commitment of both nations to security, safety and freedom of the global maritime commons.

While the bilateral exercise between the two navies was initiated in 1993, it was christened as ‘VARUNA’ in 2001 and has become a hallmark of India - France's strategic bilateral relationship.

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said, the Government today thinks like a startup, relentlessly focusing on newer and better ideas to improve the efficiency and integrity of systems and processes.

Presenting the National Startup Awards 2022 in New Delhi on Monday, the Minister emphasised on the need for a more robust database on startups to connect them with the Government, industry bodies and the public. Mr. Goyal added that initiatives like Digital India, and broadband connectivity in villages drove the growth of the startup ecosystem, especially in remote parts of the nation.

World's longest River Cruise MV Ganga Vilas is in Patna on its way to Dibrugarh via Bangladesh. Thirty-two tourists from Switzerland are revelling in the beautiful moments of the journey. Tourists are overwhelmed with the hospitality of the people of Bihar.

AIR correspondent reports that tourists of the Cruise will visit different iconic and historical places of Patna today, January 17.

Tourists will visit Takhat Sri Harmandir ji in Patna  Sahib. It is the birth place of Guru Gobind Singh ji  Maharaj who is the 10th and last guru of Sikh. They will also see if you Golghar which is situated in central Patna.  It is made without pillar with a large storage capacity of one lakh 40 thousand tonnes of grain. 

World's longest River Cruise MV Ganga Vilas will reach Patna in the afternoon today. The Cruise on way to Dibrugarh via Bangladesh is in Bihar. AIR Correspondent reports that 32 tourists from Switzerland relishing the Varanasi to Dibrugarh journey and before arriving in Patna the tourists will visit Chirand archaeological site in the Saran district. It is the first known site of the Neolithic age.

The Director of Bihar Tourism Department Yashaspati Mishra told AIR that elaborate arrangements have been made for the tourists. The cruise will be in Bihar till the 22nd January. MV Ganga Vilas was flagged off from Varanasi by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. The Cruise will cover a 3,200 km voyage being pitched as the world's longest.