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India will start administering the precaution dose of COVID vaccine to healthcare and frontline workers and comorbid people aged 60 and above from Monday in a bid to stymie the coronavirus spread driven by its Omicron variant. ...
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Punjab's chief electoral officer S Karuna Raju tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. CEO Punjab Dr. S. Karuna Raju, IAS, asymptomatic tested COVID positive. Under isolation at home taking all precautions as per COVID protocol. Those who came in contact with him in last few days, kindly get...
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West Bengal on Sunday reported an all-time high of 24,287 fresh cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, the highest since the first wave of infections in 2020. The infections detected in the last 24 hours, were 5,485 more than yesterday's, taking the tally to 17,55,046, the health department...
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Reviewing the COVID situation amid a surge in cases fuelled by the Omicron variant of the virus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called for ensuring adequate health infrastructure at district level and accelerating the vaccination drive for adolescents in mission mode. Noting that the...
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Amid a fresh spurt of COVID cases in Uttar Pradesh, the Allahabad high court has decided to switch over to the online mode of functioning both at Prayagraj and Lucknow from Monday. No advocate will be allowed to enter the premises of the high court from January 10 as there will be no...
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Mumbai on Sunday reported a drop in new COVID cases with the country's commercial capital reporting 19,474 COVID-19 cases and seven fatalities. With this, the city's tally of infections rose to 9,14,572 and the toll to 16,406, the city civic body said. On the other hand, Delhi continued...
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The Rajasthan government on Sunday announced closure of schools in urban areas, Sunday curfews, time limits on markets and a cap on occupancy at restaurants and movie theatres in view of a surge in COVID-19 cases. The fresh guidelines are aimed at tightening restrictions on public movement...
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Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya will interact with health ministers of five states and a Union Territory to review the COVID-19 situation on Monday amid a spike in infections, official sources said. The Union minister will virtually interact with health ministers of Rajasthan, Madhya...
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COVID vaccination certificates issued in the five poll-bound states will not have Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photo since the model code of conduct has come into force there, an official source said. The Union health ministry will apply necessary filters on the Co-WIN platform to exclude...
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Four Supreme Court judges and almost five per cent of its staff have tested positive for COVID-19, official sources said on Sunday, as the national capital witnesses a sharp spike in coronavirus cases. An...
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The Border Security Force's 'beating retreat ceremony' held every weekend at Suchetgarh border outpost on the International Border in Jammu has been suspended till further orders owing to a surge in coronavirus cases, officials said on Sunday. The ceremony, including a structured parade by...
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A life-size statue of social reformer 'Periyar' EV Ramasamy was on Sunday allegedly desecrated by miscreants at Vellalore on the city outskirts leading to tension in the town for some time. A garland of slippers was found placed around...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting on Sunday to review the COVID-19 situation in the country as the Omicron variant of the virus fuels a surge in cases. The meeting was held virtually. According to Union health ministry data updated at 8 am on Sunday, a total of 1,59,632 new...
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India logged 552 new cases of Omicron, taking the total tally of such infections to 3,623 across 27 states and UTs so far, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Sunday.A total of 1,59,632 new coronavirus infections were reported in a day in the country, the highest in 224 days,...
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Chhattisgarh public health engineering minister Guru Rudra Kumar on Sunday said he has tested positive for coronavirus and is in home isolation. With this, two state cabinet ministers have so far contracted the viral infection this...
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The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea on the recent breach in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security in Punjab. On January, the prime minister's convoy was stranded on a flyover due to...
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The death toll due to unprecedented snowfall and rush of tourists in Pakistan's popular hill station of Murree reached 23 on Sunday after a minor girl, suffering from severe cold and pneumonia, died as she could not be rushed to the hospital in time. Thousands of people visited Murree after...
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Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday said that the NEET-PG counselling for 2021-22 will commence from January 12. As assured by the ministry of health to the resident doctors, following the order of the honourable Supreme Court, the NEET-PG counselling is being started by the...
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A photographer has said an exhibition of his picture collection was stopped at an art gallery in Pune, with its management citing the 'nudity' element in the photographs. Sunil Mate, the in-charge of the Balgandharv Rang Mandir, which houses the art gallery, said the photographer, Akshay...
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Rajya Sabha secretariat has restricted staff attendance keeping in view the surging COVID cases in Delhi. As per new directions, 50 per cent of officials and staff below the rank of undersecretary/executive officer are required to work from home till the end of this month. Rajya Sabha...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Sunday that December 26 starting this year will be observed as Veer Baal Diwas as a tribute to the 10th Sikh guru Gobind Singh's four sons who were executed by the Mughals. Modi's announcement came on the day of the birth anniversary of the Sikh...
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that there is no plan to impose lockdown as of now and there will be no lockdown if people wear masks. He said that on Sunday the city is likely to report 22,000 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours. He appealed to the public to wear masks and...
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The Indian Coast Guard apprehended a Pakistani boat with 10 crew members on board in the Indian waters off the Gujarat coast, a state defence spokesperson said on Sunday. The boat, named 'Yaseen,' was caught by an ICG ship during an operation on Saturday night, the official said. The...
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The Kerala high court has granted bail to an interior designer who was arrested in connection with the deaths of three people, including two models, in a car accident which allegedly resulted as he was chasing them in his four-wheeler. Justice Gopinath P, while granting the relief to Syju M...
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Ahead of the budget session of Parliament, more than 400 Parliament staff members tested positive for COVID-19, according to official sources. The officials told ANI that 402 staff members were tested positive out of the 1,409 staff of Parliament for the virus from January 4 to 8 after which...
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Bharatiya Janata Party MP Varun Gandhi said on Sunday that he tested positive for COVID-19 with fairly strong symptoms. The Lok Sabha member from Pilibhit constituency said that he contracted the infection during a visit to Pilibhit. After being in Pilibhit for 3 days, I have tested...
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Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday slammed the Trinamool Congress for taking an 'anti-Congress' stand ahead of the Goa assembly polls, and claimed the presence of the Mamata-Banerjee led party in the coastal state will help the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party the most. In his weekly column...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting on Sunday to review the COVID-19 situation in the country as the Omicron variant of the virus fuels a surge in the infection. Government sources said the meeting is scheduled for around 4:30 PM. According to the data updated...
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Actor Mahesh Babu's elder brother and Superstar Krishna's elder son Ghattamaneni Ramesh Babu passed away in Hyderabad on Saturday night due to health complications, sources close to the family said. He was 56. It...
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The Delhi Police has arrested a man believed to be the creator of Sulli Deals app from Indore in Madhya Pradesh, officials said on Sunday. This is the first arrest made in the Sulli Deals app case, police said. Hundreds of Muslim women were listed for auction on the mobile...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded the Indian diaspora on the 'Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas', saying the community has distinguished itself all over the world and has excelled in different spheres. The Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas is observed on January 9 every year to mark the...
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India saw a single-day rise of 1,59,632 new coronavirus cases, the highest in 224 days, while the active cases increased to 5,90,611, the highest in around 197 days, according to the Union health ministry data updated at 8 am. The total tally rises to 3,55,28,004 crore, which...
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Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd on Saturday announced acquisition of New York's premium luxury hotel Mandarin Oriental for USD 98.15 million. Set up in 2003, Mandarin Oriental New York is an iconic luxury hotel located at 80 Columbus Circle, directly adjacent to the...
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The Congress has exuded confidence in forming government in Punjab, Uttrakhand, Goa and Manipur while adding that no government will be formed in Uttar Pradesh without the century-old party.Briefing media persons, Congres General Secretary Randeep Surjewala said that the election schedule of five...
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The United States has said that it is deeply disturbed over the reports of an attack on a Sikh cab driver at John F Kennedy airport in New York City and stressed that the country has the responsibility to hold perpetrators of hate crimes accountable for their actions.We are deeply disturbed by...
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