The Supreme Court will today hear petitions against the Centre’s notification lifting the ban on bull-taming sport Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu. The pleas were filed by the Animal Welfare Board of India, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals India and an NGO. The four-year-old ban was lifted on Friday by the Modi government in poll-bound Tamil Nadu.

India will look to begin on the right foot as they renew their rivalry against Australia in the first of the five-match ODI series starting in Perth today. The match will kick off a long limited-overs schedule stretching until the World T20 in March-April.

The Centre is organising a national conclave on skill development in Mumbai today. Public private partnership in skill development and improving the livelihood of rural India through Skill India are some of the topics that will be discussed during the day-long conclave.

US President Barack Obama will deliver his last State of the Union Address to the Congress today. Obama, the 44th US President, indicated that he would use the occasion to highlight the achievements of his presidency to a joint session of the US Congress.

Xiaomi may launch the Redmi 3 budget smartphone today. The company’s Weibo account mentions the smartphone will have a 5-inch display and a new metal body. The previous Xiaomi Redmi models — Redmi 1S, 2 and 2 Prime — have had 4.7-inch displays and plastic body.

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