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India’s Republic Day celebrations this year will be a lot different. Here’s are a few firsts 

The ultraviolet imaging telescope of the Astrosat, India's first dedicated multi-wavelength space satellite, has spotted rare hot ultraviolet-bright stars in the Milky Way galaxy

India will send two consignments of Covid vaccine, containing 20 lakh doses and 10 lakh doses to Bangladesh and Nepal, respectively on Thursday as part of its strong commitment to 'Neighbourhood First' Policy. Anish Singh reports

 The assistance includes release of first installment to 5.30 lakh beneficiaries and second installment to 80,000 beneficiaries who have already availed of the first installment of assistance under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin (PMAY-G)

In a gesture of goodwill, India dispatched the first consignment of 1.5 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine to Thimphu in Bhutan from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai

India’s first Rajdhani Express that operates on push-pull technology will connect Mumbai and New Delhi on a daily basis

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) announced that it has developed India's first indigenous machine pistol ASMI

India’s first locally-manufactured Titagarh-Firema train-set for the phase-1 of the Pune Metro project will be rolled out soon 

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Mumbai has developed an Eye Cancer therapy in the form of the first indigenous Ruthenium 106 Plaque for treatment of Ocular Tumours
 

India’s first driverless train was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a 37-km line in Delhi   
 

India’s first air safari has come up in a tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh’s Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve 
 

In a big step towards preserving human milk for days together, the Satribari Christian Hospital in Guwahati, Assam has started a human milk bank

The Anji Khad Bridge is India’s cable-stayed bridge. It will connect Katra and Reasi in Jammu and Kashmir.

Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation, the Trust constituted to build a masjid and community facilities at the allocated 5 acre plot at Dhannipur village in Ayodhya, gave the first glimpse at the architectural plan for the project on Saturday
 

Time magazine has named Indian-American teenager Gitanjali Rao as the first-ever 'Kid of the Year' for her 'astonishing work' using technology to tackle issues ranging from cyber-bullying to water contamination