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Vaccination day 3 – 2 death’s have no connection with vaccine says center

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Neha Kumari
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Corona Vaccination in India, Day 3: The Center said on Monday that 3,81,305 people have been given vaccines since the vaccination of Covid-19 started on January 16 in the country. According to the government, 1,48,266 people were vaccinated on Monday in 25 states and union territories to protect against Covid-19. Earlier on Sunday, only six states carried out the corona virus vaccination campaign and a total of 17,072 beneficiaries were vaccinated in 553 sessions.

Meanwhile, till now 580 people have got ‘Adverse Effect’ after getting vaccinated. This is only 0.2 percent of the total vaccine. That is, in total, 0.2 percent of the people saw trouble after getting vaccinated.

Dr. Manohar Agnani, Additional Secretary of the Union Ministry of Health explained in detail about such effects after vaccination.

According to him, “Any unforeseen medical problems in that person after being vaccinated are called Adverse Effect Following Immunization. It can also be due to a chronic vaccine, it can also be due to the vaccination process or any other It can also happen for a second reason. These are usually of three types – minor, serious and very serious. “

Seven people have been admitted to the hospital. Two people have died, but these deaths have no connection with the vaccine. The Union Health Ministry gave this information on Monday.

Agnani said two vaccine deaths have been reported, including a 52-year-old man who died in Moradabad, according to the postmortem, not linked to the vaccine. The cause of his death is ‘cardiopulmonary’ disease. He said that the second death occurred in Bellary, Karnataka, which was vaccinated on 16 January and died on Monday. He was 43 years old. Her death was due to a heart ailment and a postmortem is scheduled to be held on Monday at the Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Science in Bellary, Karnataka.

Haryana has reduces cost of Covid-19 RT-PCR test to Rs 499, check details

By
Neha Kumari
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The Haryana government has reduced the rate of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and rapid antigen test from Rs 700 to Rs 499 for private laboratories. At the same time, for domestic collection, its amount has been reduced from Rs 900 to Rs 699 with immediate effect.

An order in this regard was issued by Rajiv Arora, Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Haryana.

This is the sixth time the Haryana government has reduced the price for testing Covid-19 through RT-PCR in private laboratories. Civil Surgeon Virendra Yadav has issued an order to all private hospitals and laboratories in Gurugram district.

Civil surgeon Virender Yadav has issued an order to all private hospitals and laboratories in Gurugram district, warning that any violation by him in this regard would be a violation of Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code.

According to health officials, this rate has been fixed after due consideration by experts. Meanwhile, cases of corona virus infection in Haryana are steadily decreasing. With this, the cases of deaths are also getting reduced. On Monday, 4 patients died of corona in the state, while 199 new cases of infection were reported.

Virat, Pandya back in Indian Test attack against England

By
Harshit
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After an emphatic day at the Gabba, the Indian team has announced an 18-member team for the upcoming England Test series. The team is announced for the first two Tests keeping in mind the injury scare and players’ availability in mind.

Virat Kohli, Ishant Sharma are back into the attack and apart from these two Hardik Pandya is also back into the attack but there are still speculations on his bowling.

In total seven Indian players were injured in the ongoing Australian series and some are back into the attack but players like Ravindra Jadeja, Hanuma Vihari, Umesh Yadav are still out of the line.

The young Gabba heroes Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, and Mohammed Siraj also got their opportunity in the England series.

Indian team for first two Test matches:

Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (Vice-captain), KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), R Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Md. Siraj, Shardul Thakur

Net Bowlers: Ankit Rajpoot, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Warrier, Krishnappa Gowtham, Saurabh Kumar

Standby players: K S Bharat, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shahbaz Nadeem, Rahul Chahar, Priyank Panchal

Content creator Sherlyn Chopra accuses film director Sajid Khan of sexual misconduct

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Jyoti B
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Content creator and former actor Sherlyn Chopra has accused film director Sajid Khan of sexual misconduct. Several women have made similar complaints against Sajid, which resulted in a one-year suspension from the Indian Film & Television Directors’ Association.

Sajid was also removed from the helm of Housefull 4, which was in production when allegations against him first emerged, amid the Indian #MeToo movement in 2018.

On Tuesday, Chopra took to Twitter and shared an interview from 2019 where she narrated her ordeal. The actor said that some people tried to mislead her and added that she was harassed by several people. 

As per Sherlyn, the incident took place in 2015, she wrote on Twitter, “When I had met him in April 2005, a few days after my father’s demise, he had taken his penis out of his pants and had asked me to feel it. I remember having told him that I know how a penis feels like & that the purpose of my meeting with him was not to feel or rate his penis.”

The actor further wrote that her phone records can be checked to prove the truth in the allegations. Chopra added, “After flashing his penis, he had not only asked me to touch it & feel it but also asked me if I had ever seen a penis as well endowed as his..”

Meanwhile, the allegations made by Chopra surfaced after late Jiah Khan’s sister accused Sajid Khan of harassing her. Many other actresses and a journalist have also made allegations against Khan.

In the last couple of years, Sajid Khan has been accused by multiple women in #metoo including assistant director Sonali Chopra, actress Rachel White and a journalist who brought allegations of sexual misconduct against him in 2018. He has denied the allegations. Last year, the filmmaker faced fresh charges of sexual misconduct. A model named Dimple Paul claimed on Instagram that Khan had tried to touch her inappropriately and also asked her to strip before him.

UP Legislative Council: 10 BJP, 2 SP candidates to get elected unopposed

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Jyoti B
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With the rejection of the nomination papers of an Independent nominee on Tuesday, 12 candidates are poised to get elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council unopposed.

The nomination papers of independent Mahesh Chandra Sharma, who filed his papers on Monday, was rejected during scrutiny of papers, Returning Officer B.B Dubey said.

Sharma’s paper was rejected as it did not have proposers and also the receipt of payment of fees, Dubey said.

Ten candidates of the BJP and two of the Samajwadi Party are now poised to get elected to the upper house unopposed.

A formal announcement in this regard would be made on Thursday afternoon if there is no withdrawal of nomination, Dubey said.

As per the schedule for the election, names can be withdrawn till January 21.

The polling was scheduled to take place on January 28 and the counting soon after the completion of the polls.

On the last date of filing of nomination papers on Monday, BJP candidates including Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma and former IAS A.K Sharma had filed their papers in the presence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and senior ministers.

Others who filed their nominations include state unit BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh, Lakshman Prasad Acharya, Kunwar Manvendra Singh, Govind Narayan Shukla, Salil Bishnoi, Ashwani Tyagi, Dharamveer Prajapati and Surendra Chaudhary.

Last week, Samajwadi Party candidates Ahmed Hasan and Rajendra Chaudhary had filed their papers in the presence of party president Akhilesh Yadav. Of the 12 MLCs whose tenure is expiring, six are from the Samajwadi Party.

They include Ramesh Yadav, Ahmed Hasan, Ashu Malik, Sahab Singh Saini, Ramjatan Rajbhar and Virendra Singh. Those from the BJP are Deputy Chief Minister Sharma, state unit president Swatantra Dev Singh and Laxman Acharya.

The tenure of BSP’s Pradeep Jatav and Dharamveer Ashok is also coming to an end. The term of Naseemudin Siddiqui, who left the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and joined the Congress, is also coming to an end.

Sajad Lone’s party exits PAGD 

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Jyoti B
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Sajad Lone of the People’s Conference on Tuesday parted ways with the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration, an alliance of mainstream regional parties in Jammu and Kashmir, opposed to the Centre’s August 2019 changes in the region. Lone was the official spokesperson of the Gupkar Alliance. 

Lone announced the decision in a letter to PAGD head and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah.

“On the face of it, PAGD won these elections unambiguously having won the maximum number of seats. We can’t hide statistics and apart from the number of seats that PAGD won, other important statistical variable in the context of August 5 (Abrogation of Article 370) is the number of votes polled against the PAGD,” Lone said in the letter released to the media here.

He said he believes the votes polled against the PAGD are mostly those cast by proxies of PAGD constituent parties against official PAGD candidates.

“And the net outcome of selectively voting for and against PAGD is a very poor vote share. This is certainly not the vote share that people of J&K deserved post 5 August,” Lone said in the letter.

He further stated that he would, however, want to add that they are divorcing from the alliance not its objectives.

“We will continue to adhere to the objectives that we set out when this alliance was made. And the PAGD leadership should be assured that we will extend support on all issues which fall within the ambit of stated objectives. We have issued clear instructions to all party leaders not to issue any statements against PAGD alliance or its leaders,” the letter reads. 

Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Indian heroes praised all-around

By
Harshit
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Indian team script a remarkable win at the Gabba and won the series by 2-1. Tributes poured in from all-around the nation including Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Congress cheif Rahul Gandhi.

Indian players are the heroes of the entire nation today and it was a special win for the Indian team. Rahane and the company is the only Asian team to win a series in Australia for the second time. Well no other Asian team has even done it for a single time before.

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The players were emtional post match, from Rishabh Pant to Mohammed Siraj.

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“WHAT A WIN!!! Yessssss. To everyone who doubted us after Adelaide, stand up and take notice. Exemplary performance but the grit and determination was the standout for us the whole way. Well done to all the boys and the management. Enjoy this historic feat lads. Cheers Clapping hands sign flag of India @BCCI,” said Virat Kohli on Twitter.

“India had many players injured, but what has been injured more has been the Australian arrogance & pride.
The test series has been like a movie with every member of Indian Team being a hero & some of them Superheroes.
Spiderman Spiderman tune churaya dil ka chain
@RishabhPant17,” Virender Sehwag tweeted.

“For all of us in Flag of India & across the world, if you ever score 36 or lesser in life, remember: it isn’t end of the world. The spring stretches backward only to propel you forward. And once you succeed, don’t forget to celebrate with those who stood by you when the world wrote you off,” Sachin tweeted.

We are all overjoyed at the success of the Indian Cricket Team in Australia. Their remarkable energy and passion was visible throughout. So was their stellar intent, remarkable grit and determination. Congratulations to the team! Best wishes for your future endeavours,” PM Modi tweeted.

‘Chinese village in Arunachal’|India takes necessary measures: MEA

By
Jyoti B
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As India and China continue to remain locked in a months-long bitter border standoff in eastern Ladakh, Beijing is undertaking construction work along with the border areas near Arunachal Pradesh, a report said.

US-based imaging company Planet Labs has, with the help of satellite images claimed that around 100 houses have been built along the river Tsari Chu in upper Subansiri district in Arunachal Pradesh. Notably, there was no construction at a particular place in 2019.

The satellite images from November 2020 shows the village constructed in the eastern range of the Himalayas compared with the satellite image from August 2019, the Chinese have made substantial gains.

India’s external affairs ministry acknowledged the satellite images and said that the Indian government has also stepped up border infrastructure including construction roads and bridges.

BJP’s Arunachal Pradesh MP Tapir Gao told the channel, “Construction is going on. China has entered more than 60-70 km inside the Upper Subansiri district if you follow the path along the river. They are constructing the road along the river known locally as the Lensi as it flows in the direction of Subansiri river”.

On Gao’s claim, senior Congress party leader  P Chidambaram has demanded answers from the union government. He said if the allegation made by the BJP MP is true, will the government again give a clean chit to China or blame previous governments for it.

Meanwhile, Owaisi, president of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), asked why was Prime Minister Narendra Modi silent on these reports of the Chinese having built a 101-home village inside Indian territory.

“The Chinese PLA is continuously occupying our territory in Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Sikkim. In Arunachal Pradesh, the map shows that place within Indian territory but the Chinese have constructed permanent structures there. Why’s PM silent on Chinese occupation of Indian territory?” Owaisi asked.

His remarks came hours after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had commented on the reports and taunted the PM by saying he had promised not to seize Indian land to any country.

The Ministry of External Affairs said India has stepped up the construction of border infrastructure, including roads and bridges for the improvement of livelihood of its citizens. The response from the ministry came when asked about a report by NDTV channel, saying China has constructed a new village in the disputed region of Arunachal Pradesh and it consisted of about 101 homes. The news channel said the report is based on satellite images accessed exclusively by it.

“We have seen recent reports on China undertaking construction work along the border areas with India. China has undertaken such infrastructure construction activity in the past several years,” the MEA said. “In response, our government too has stepped up border infrastructure including the construction of roads, bridges etc, which has provided much needed connectivity to the local population along the border,” it added. “Government keeps a constant watch on all developments having a bearing on India’s security and takes all the necessary measures to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity,” it said.

Salman Khan’s Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai has a release date

By
Shivani Negi
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Granting wishes of film exhibitors, who had earlier urged him to not release his much-anticipated film Radhe: The Most Wanted Bhai in theatres, superstar Salman Khan on Tuesday announced the release date of the film, bringing joy to his millions of followers.

The film will be released on Eid 2021, the superstar confirmed.

Salman took to his social media handles to announce the same and wrote, “Sorry it has taken me a long time to revert to all the theatre owners… it’s a big decision to make during this time. I understand the financial problems that the theatre owners/exhibitors are going through and I would like to help them by releasing Radhe in theatres.”

“In return I would expect them to take the utmost amount of care and precautions for the audience who would come to the theatre to watch Radhe. The commitment was of EID and it will be Eid 2021 Inshallah Enjoy Radhe this year in theatres on Eid.. God Willing..” he further added.

Earlier, Salman had denied the plans of releasing the film in theatres amid the pandemic and had said, “The release of ‘Radhe’ is not more important than the health and safety of the audience”.

“Important thing is when we release ‘Radhe’ everyone should be safe that time in theatres. And God forbid, if something happens it won’t be acceptable. We will have to plan it successfully. COVID-19 is surging everywhere. It is still here and it will be here tomorrow as well,” he said.

Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai has been projected as the sequel of Salman Khan’s blockbuster Wanted. However, no official announcement regarding the same has been made. The film also stars Randeep Hooda and Disha Patani in pivotal roles.

Ali Abbas Zafar issues apology over Tandav controversy

By
Shivani Negi
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As the controversy continues to mount for Amazon Prime Video’s latest offering Tandav, director Ali Abbas Zafar, who marks his OTT debut with the project, has come out and apologised to those whose sentiments have been hurt through the web-series.

The web-series has been termed highly Hinduphobic with several people, including BJP MP Kamal Nath, demanding to boycott Amazon’s services. A number of complaint have also been filed against the makers and actors of the show for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of a certain community.

Amid the nationwide outrage, Ali Abbas Zafar released a statement on Monday, stating that Tandav is a work of fiction and the cast and crew of the film did not intend to hurt anyone’s sentiments.

In his apology, the filmmaker had written, “We have been closely monitoring viewer reactions to the web series Tandav and today during a discussion, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting have informed us regarding a large number of grievances and petitions received on various facets of the web series with serious concerns and apprehensions regarding its content hurting the sentiments of the people.”

He’d added, “The web series Tandav is a work of fiction and any resemblance to acts and persons and events is purely coincidental. The cast and crew did not have any intention to offend the sentiments of any individual, caste, community, race, religion or religious beliefs or insult or outrage any institution, political party or person, living or dead. The cast and crew of Tandav take cognizance of the concerns expressed by the people and unconditionally apologize if it has unintentionally hurt anybody’s sentiments.”

Meanwhile, in a follow up tweet, the director said that team Tandav is in contact with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to resolve the concern.

“We just want to share a quick update with everybody. We are in further engagement with the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting to resolve the concerns that have been raised. We value your continued patience and support, and should have a solution shortly,” he wrote, quote tweeting his earlier apology.

Tandav, starring Saif Ali Khan, Sunil Grover, Dimple Kapadi and Gauahar Khan among others recently released on Amazon Prime Video and focuses on the dynamics of Indian politics that runs through hierarchy.

Media trial does impact investigation, says Bombay HC

By
Jyoti B
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The Bombay High Court on Monday held that a media trial interferes with administration of justice and could lead to obstructing investigation and administration of justice. The court, referring to the print and electronic coverage following the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, said this amounts to criminal contempt.

The high court made the observation while disposing of a batch of public interest litigations (PILs) filed by former police officers, activists, lawyers and NGOs from Maharashtra in the aftermath of actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death in June 2020. They had requested the court to issue restraint orders to media reporting on the actor’s death. After hearing out the arguments of various parties for weeks, the court had reserved its judgment on November 6, 2020.

The division bench of Chief Justice Dipankat Dutta and Justice GS Kulkarni directed the print and electronic media to exercise restraint and refrain from publishing any news item, debate, discussion on interview while reporting on certain cases or at a particular stage of investigation (Nilesh Navalakha and others v Union of India and others and connected cases).

There should be no report/discussion/debate or interview which could harm the interests of the accused being investigated or a witness… “With a view to satiate the thirst of stealing a march over competitors in the field of reporting,” they observed.

The judgment laid down a list of ‘indicative but not exhaustive’ list of reports which tend to cause prejudice to ongoing investigation.

The court had asked the Centre on October 29 last year as to why it should not frame guidelines on media coverage of sensitive criminal matters and ongoing investigations, and whether “excessive” reporting by the press amounted to interference in the administration of justice under the Contempt of Courts Act.

The petitioners include former DGPs P S Pasricha, K Subramaniam, D Shivanandan, Sanjeev Dayal, Satish Chandra Mathur, and former Commissioners of Mumbai Police Mahesh N Singh, Dhananjay N Jadhav and former Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief K P Raghuvanshi.

The plea called out “anchors of some TV channels (that) have been virtually running a vituperative 24×7 campaign against Mumbai Police and its Commissioner, DCP of the zone and other officers by attacking them by name in most unbecoming manner.”

Bharat Biotech warns “Do not take Vaccine if…”

By
Jyoti B
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India launched the world’s biggest vaccination drive with two ‘Made in India vaccines- Covishield and Covaxin- against the coronavirus disease which has claimed more than 1 lakh 50 thousand people in the country. Covishield is made by Serum Institute of India (SII) and Covaxin is manufactured by Bharat Biotech.

People who are immuno-compromised or on medication that affects their immune system should not take Covaxin, its developer Bharat Biotech advised on Monday through a factsheet. It also strongly urged the participants to disclose any allergies or other serious health-related issues to their vaccination officer.

Bharat Biotech said people with a history of allergies, have a fever, have a bleeding disorder or are on a blood thinner, are immuno-compromised or on medication that affects the immune system.

It also said, pregnant and. breastfeeding women too should avoid taking Covaxin. Those who are immune-compromised or on medication that affects the immune system, and those who have received another COVID-19 vaccine should also not take Bharat Biotech’s vaccine, the company said.

Bharat Biotech in the fact sheet said CDSCO has authorised restricted use of its vaccine under clinical trial mode.

“Individuals who are prioritised under the public health program[me] of the ministry of health and family welfare, will be covered under this endeavour. Informing the individuals about the offer for vaccination with Covaxin will rest with the respective government program[me] officials. Those offered Covaxin at pre-specified booths will have the options to receive or reject administration of the vaccine,” the fact sheet said.

Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin has been approved by 11 states for inoculation in the first phase of the COVID-19 vaccination programme. Out of the 11 states that have agreed to deploy the Covaxin, five are opposition-ruled.

In total, the Centre will procure 1.65 crore vaccines initially — 1.1 crore from SII and 55 lakh from Bharat Biotech. While Covishield will cost Rs 200 per jab for the government, Covaxin has been priced around Rs 206 per dose, as per health secretary Rajesh Bhushan.

On the tractor rally of farmers, the Supreme Court said – the job of giving entry is to the police, we will not take a decision

By
Neha Kumari
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Today is the 55th day of the Kisan Andolan demanding the repeal of the new farm laws. Hearing is going on in the Supreme Court regarding the peasant movement.
Apart from this, the 10th round of talks between the farmer and the government is to be held today.

A petition has also been filed against the farmers ‘proposed tractor rally on Republic Day on January 26 in the Supreme Court hearing the farmers’ movement. This petition was heard today. During the hearing, the issue of tractor rally in the court has been left to the Delhi Police.

The court said that the police have the first right to decide who should give admission in Delhi or not.
The CJI told lawyer AP Singh that the police will decide who will come to Delhi and who will not. We are not the first authority. AP Singh sought permission to perform at Ram Leela Maidan. CJI told Attorney General KK Venugopal that why do you want that you get a court order. You exercise your rights. The CJI said that we have said earlier that the Delhi Police is responsible for allowing entry into Delhi. The CJI said that it is a matter of law and order and it is for the police to see.

On the other hand, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has said that the farmers can demand whatever they want in addition to the withdrawal of agricultural laws from the government. He said that farmers can openly discuss all aspects of agricultural legislation in the next round of meeting tomorrow.

Gabba Test: India creates history, wins series by 2-1

By
Harshit
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India vs Australia,

The heroics of Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, and Cheteshwar Pujara led India to victory in the final Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by 3 wickets. With this win, India becomes retained the trophy for the third consecutive time, the second time in Australia.

The 2018 victory in Australia was the first time that any Sub-continent team has lifted the series. This is the second time.

The Indian team got lots of heroes in this match whether its Mohammed Siraj who took 5-wicket-haul in the Australian second innings or the Debutant Washington Sundar or pacer Shardul Thakur who were brilliant with both bat and ball.

Meanwhile, this series was the most challenging ever that India played because the team lost 7 top players due to injury and were without their regular captain Virat Kohli who is on paternity leave.

What do the records say?

*First Asian team to win a Test series in Australia. two times, infact no one has won even a single time.

*First victory for India at The Gabba, Brisbane.

*First team to defeat Australia at The Gabba since 1988.

*Third highest run-chase for team India.

Covid update: With 10k daily infections, India reports its lowest daily in 7 months

By
Shivani Negi
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Continuing the downward trend of reporting low daily cases, India on Tuesday recorded 10,064 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, the lowest single-day spike in seven months. With this the overall tally of Covid-19 cases touched 1,05,81,837, according to the Union Health Ministry.

India had recorded over 10,000 cases on June 6 last year for the first time, and within that week it had hovered around the same number before a steady climb that took the daily figures close to a lakh cases in September.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said 137 deaths were reported in the past 24 hours taking the toll to 1,52,556.

India has begun its mass vaccination programme against the novel virus since Janaury 16.

Here’re some more updates:

*Brazil, currently one of the hardest-hit countries in the world by the pandemic, has launched its mass vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus, Minister of Health Eduardo Pazuello said.

*The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has approved a Covid-19 vaccine by China’s Sinopharm for emergency use amid an unabated resurgence in the country.

*More than 4 million people in the United Kingdom have received the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, Public Health England said on Monday.

*Reaching yet another grim milestone, the overall number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the US, currently the hardest-hit country, has surpassed the 24 million mark, about 24 hours ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.

* Another 37,535 people in Britain have tested positive for Covid-19, the lowest daily increase since the start of the year, according to official figures released on Monday.

Meanwhile, The total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 95.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.03 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

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