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- India’s first voter Shyam Saran Negi (103) voted in the panchayat elections in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh on January 17, 2021.
- Believed to the first voter in the 1952 General Election, Negi was born on July 1, 1917.
- The Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ was conferred with the “Sahitya Gaurav Samman” by the Hindi Writers Guild, Canada for his literary work.
- The 51st edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa has conferred Biswajit Chatterjee with the Indian Personality of the Year Award.
- He is a veteran actor, producer, director and singer of Hindi and Bengali cinema.
- The Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Ordinance, 2020 came into effect from January 18.
- The Ordinance bans slaughter of cows, bulls, and bullocks of all ages, besides he or she buffaloes aged below 13.
- The UN Human Rights Council elected Fiji as its 2021 President.
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