In an exclusive conversation with NDTV, newly appointed Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said that the Army is aiming to destroy terror camps across the LoC; ISRO chief K Sivan said that four astronauts have been identified for the manned space mission Gaganyaan; The SMS services were partially restored in the Kashmir Valley after 150 days; Fresh protests took place on the first day of 2019 against the amended citizenship act. Protests took place in Delhi, Chandigarh and Bengaluru; The state-owned telecom operator, BSNL, restored its services yesterday, to be followed by other operators today; Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that there are some states that are playing politics over the new Citizenship Amendment Act. He added that "there's no escape" and the states will have to implement the law.
