Daily current affairs 16th January

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January 16, 2022

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# Election Commission

  • The election commission on Saturday banned rallies and roadshows in the five election bound states.
  • The election commission has allowed political parties to hold indoor meetings of upto 300 people or 50℅ of the venue capacity.
  • The election commission decided to continue the ban on roadshows, padyatras, processions and rallies by political parties till 22nd January.

# Covid-19

  • India recorded 263338 covid-19 cases and 305 deaths on Saturday.
  • The country has so far reported 3,68,52,416 cases and 4,85,807 deaths.
  • The active cases stands at 14.19 lakh.
  • The positivity rate on Saturday was around 16.4℅.
  • As of Saturday, India has fully vaccinated 64.2℅ of its eligible (15+) population and partially vaccinated 89.2℅.

# Virat kohli

  • A day after India lost the test series 1-2 to South Africa at Cape town, Virat kohli stepped down as captain on Saturday.
  • Virat kohli took charge as test captain in 2014 after MS dhoni stepped down.
  • Virat kohli has been India’s most successful leader in the longest format with 40 wins in 68 matches.

# Silverline project

  • K-rail officials said that the complete detailed project report of the 530 Km silver line will be published only after the 63941 crore project get all sanctions.
  • The DPR is spread over 3773 pages in six volumes and compiled by Sastra.

# India-China trade

  • India’s trade with China in 2021 crossed $125 billion with imports from China nearing $100 billion.
  • The data has been released from China’s General administration of Customs on Friday.
  • Trade fell from $92.8 billion in 2019 to $87.6 billion in 2020 due to pandemic.

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