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• Jan 21, 2022 11:29 AM IST

  ‘Delhi has averted danger,’ says Health Minister Satyendra Jain

  Experts said Delhi will record 1 lakh cases daily but we have averted that danger. Will call for more curbs to be lifted in 3-4 days, Health Minister Satyendra Jain says, according to PTI.

• Jan 21, 2022 11:23 AM IST

  PM Modi inaugurates new circuit house in Somnath in Gujarat via video conferencing

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a new circuit house in Somnath in Gujarat via video conferencing.

• 21 Jan 2022 11:15 IST

  Mumbai police arrest 3 for making abusive comments to women

  Three people have been arrested for making abusive and cruel comments about women in the Club House app chat. Mumbai’s cyber police are investigating after registering a case over a woman’s complaint, ANI reports.

• Jan 21, 2022 10:07 IST

  Delhi government sends recommendation to Lt Gov to end weekend curfew

  Delhi’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal is sending a recommendation to Lt Gov to end the weekend curfew as Covid-19 cases ease.

  The government has also proposed ending the odd-even system for shops in markets. Private offices may be allowed to call 50% of staff to the office. Currently, working from home is 100%.

• January 21, 2022 09:55 AM IST

  Delhi’s air quality remains in ‘very poor’ category

  Air quality in the capital remained in the “very poor” category on Friday, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR).

• January 21, 2022 09:06 IST

  India reports 3,47,254 new Covid cases, 703 deaths in 24 hours; active cases exceed 2 million

  Covid-19 active cases over 2 lakh in India as Omicron-led wave continues. The total caseload increased by 3.47,254 and now stands at 3.85.66,027.

• 21 Jan 2022 08:43 IST

  PM Modi extend greetings on Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura state day

  Greetings to the people of Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura on their Statehood Days. These states make a lively contribution to the development of India. Pray for their continued progress.

  — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 21, 2022

• 21 Jan 2022 08:02 IST

  Amar Jawan Jyoti is merged with National War Memorial flame

  Today at 1554 hours, Air Marshal Balabadra Radha Krishna, Chief of the Integrated Defense Staff, in the absence of the serving Chief of Defense Staff, will merge the flames of Amar Jawan Jyoti with the eternal flame at the National War Memorial in a ceremonial function. read more

• 21 Jan 2022 07:32 IST

  Sputnik V effective against Omicron, developers say

  Russia’s anti-Covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, has two times higher virus neutralizing antibodies against the Omicron variant than the Pfizer vaccine, the developers announced on Wednesday based on a preprint study. read more

• Jan 21. 2022 07:00 IST

  17 killed, 59 injured in West Ghana explosion

  As many as 17 dead, 59 others injured in explosion in western Ghana, AFP reports, citing the government.

• 21 Jan 2022 06:55 IST

  France plans to ease Covid-induced restrictions next month

  France will ease some restrictions early next month in hopes that the pandemic will ease thanks to faster vaccinations and plans to keep the unvaccinated out of most social activities. Austrian lawmakers have passed the European Union’s first law mandating vaccinations against the coronavirus.

• 21 Jan 2022 06:22 IST

  UP elections: Keshav Prasad Maurya rises in rank after OBC leaders BJP . leave

  Uttar Pradesh Deputy Prime Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya is suddenly everywhere — calling on other backward class (OBC) leaders leaving the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to reconsider their decisions; welcoming defectors to the feast; or targeting the Samajwadi party and its leader Akhilesh Yadav. read more