1.Prime Minister Narendra Modi set a powerful example on India's 76th Republic Day on Sunday by picking up waste on the Kartavya Path, promoting the concept of plogging and the goal of 'Swacch Bharat' (Clean India).

2.Uttarakhand will enforce a Uniform Civil Code, laying a framework for uniform marriage, divorce, property, inheritance and adoption laws for all citizens. It will become the second state after Goa to have a uniform legal framework for citizens.

3.Maharashtra Minister Uday Samant said that the upcoming period drama 'Chhaava' should be shown to "historians and scholars" and if they raise objections then "we will not let it be released."

4."Sanatana dharma is national religion of India," says Yogi Adityanath at NDTV Mahakumbh Samvaad

5.The Supreme Court has said expressing disapproval for marriage does not amount to abetment of suicide under section 306 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

6.Researchers at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, have developed an AI-based Multi-Class Vehicle Detection (MCVD) model and a Light Fusion Bi-Directional Feature Pyramid Network (LFBFPN) tool aimed at improving traffic management in developing countries. 

7.Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto on Sunday, during a dinner hosted by President Droupadi Murmu, quipped that he has "Indian DNA", sparking a burst of laughter among the dignitaries.

8.Manipur has sent a tableau themed on one of its most significant traditional sports 'sagol kangjei' (polo) to the Bharat Parv exhibition at the Red Fort as part of the Republic Day celebrations. 

9.For the first time in 35 years, the national tricolour was unfurled at Tral in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday as patriotic songs marked the celebration of 76th Republic Day.

10.Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that Dibrugarh will be developed as the second capital of Assam.

11.Members of the parliamentary panel on the Waqf Amendment Bill have suggested 572 amendments to the draft legislation that has the government and the opposition at loggerheads।

12.Guillain-Barre Syndrome is a rare immunological nerve disorder that causes sudden numbness and muscle weakness.

13.Eight Manipur police officers have been awarded the 'President's Medal for Distinguished Service' and 'Medal for Meritorious Service', an official statement said on Sunday.

14.A Joint Parliamentary Committee on Monday cleared the Waqf Amendment Bill - which seeks to make 44 changes to the way Muslim charitable properties are managed in the country - with 14 alterations to the draft tabled in the House in August last year.

15.Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev’s refusal to shake hands with Indian GM R Vaishali stirred up a controversy at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament before the Uzbek apologised, saying that he meant no disrespect and didn’t respond to the gesture because of “religious reasons”.