Republic Day

To avoid COVID-19 amongst kids and unvaccinated people, the Delhi Police issued guidelines. The orders asked kids and unvaccinated people not to attend Republic Day celebration and parade at Rajpath this year. Notably, children below 15-years-old have been barred. Moreover, wearing masks and maintaining social distance strictly have been made mandatory. Meanwhile, policemen advised visitors to use carpool or taxi services, and carry valid… read-more

Amid the ongoing third wave, Central Government called off the plans to invite chief guests from Central Asia, for Republic Day celebrations. The Central Asian states and India are now focusing on a virtual summit of the leadership of the six countries, reported by a foreign diplomat. The possibility of inviting an alternative chief guest has been ruled out. Reportedly, India witnessed a single day spike of 2,58,089 COVID cases.

The Republic Day parade is set to begin 30 minutes late, from scheduled 10:00 am, on January 26. This will be the first time that the parade will begin late, amid COVID-19 restrictions and homage paid to security personnel who lost lives in Jammu and Kashmir on duty, said an official. Meanwhile, beginning from 10:30 am, the 90-minute-long parade at Red Fort will showcase diversity of India on the R-Day. 

India has decided to invite leaders of five central Asian countries as the chief guest for Republic Day in 2022. The five countries include Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. However, Kazakhstan is the only country which has been the chief guest for the occasion in 2009. Besides, New Delhi is set to host the Central Asian, India Foreign Minister's meet on December 18 and 19.   

The Delhi Police on February 9 arrested actor-activist Deep Sidhu for his alleged role in the Republic Day tractor rally violence. Reportedly, protesting farmers had also accused him of fueling the violence at the tractor rally and the Red Fort on January 26. While different teams of the police had been tracing the actor, the Delhi Police had also announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for providing leads on the actor.