1. Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said India has recorded a 57 percent drop in fresh HIV cases and the govt is making all efforts to sensitize people especially the youth of the country.
2. The government is hopeful of restricting fiscal deficit at 5.3 per cent of the GDP in the current fiscal year in view of savings on certain expenditure and the likelihood of garnering budgeted proceeds from disinvestment and spectrum sale.
3. Former Indian test cricketer Rusi Framroze Surti died in a local hospital following a brief illness.
4. Scientists have developed an enzyme treatment which could neutralise the effects of lethal chemicals in pesticides responsible for the deaths of thousands of people in developing countries like India.
5. Hockey India unveiled the trophy of the much-anticipated Hockey India League (HIL) to be held across the country from January 14 to February 10.
6. Fiscal situation may worsen due to rising inflation, decline in economic growth and global slowdown, industry body Assocham said.
7. Regulator TRAI has decided to continue with the existing tariff regime for the time being that allows operators to decide on charges for telecom services.
8. The Reserve Bank is likely to cut key interest rates by 0.50 per cent, to 7.5 per cent, in the forthcoming monetary policy review on easing inflationary pressures, says a Credit Suisse research report.
9. Indian companies recorded a decelerating sales growth rate in the first half of current fiscal, while it was 'other income' helping them post a decent growth in net profits, an analysis of Reserve Bank says.
10. A co-founder of the social news website Reddit and activist who fought to make online content free to the public has been found dead, authorities have confirmed, prompting an outpouring of grief from prominent voices on the intersection of free speech and the Web.
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