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• 5 Feb 2022, 08:50:05 PM IST

  India’s cumulative vaccination coverage crosses 169 crore

  India’s cumulative vaccination coverage crosses 169 crore. More than 40 lakh vaccine doses administered today till 7 pm: Union Health Ministry

• 5 Feb 2022, 08:10:51 PM IST

  Tamil Nadu to [pass Bill on NEET exemption

  Tamil Nadu would hold a special assembly session where it would pass another Bill for exemption of NEET exam.

• 5 Feb 2022, 07:58:40 PM IST

  Mumbai reports 643 new Covid-19 cases, 1,402 recoveries

  Mumbai reports 643 new Covid-19 cases, 1,402 recoveries, and 4 deaths in the last 24 hours. Active cases stand at 6,367

• 5 Feb 2022, 06:47:59 PM IST

  Delhi reports 1,604 Covid cases in 24 hours, positivity rate dips to 2.87%

  Delhi on Saturday reported 1,604 cases and 17 deaths in the last 24 hours.

• 5 Feb 2022, 06:47:53 PM IST

  PM Modi unveils Statue of Equality in Hyderabad

• 5 Feb 2022, 05:49:03 PM IST

  Statue of Equality: PM Modi sits at puja

  

  PM Modi in Hyderabad.

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicates to the nation the ‘Statue of Equality’ in Hyderabad, Telangana.

• 5 Feb 2022, 05:26:06 PM IST

  Rahul Gandhi's 4 promises to Uttarakhand

  We are making 4 promises to you. We will give employment to 4 lakh people. We will give LPG cylinder less than ₹500. We will also implement 'Nyay' scheme here, in which 5 lakh families will be given ₹40,000 in a year: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Haridwar

• 5 Feb 2022, 04:52:59 PM IST

  Scindia attacks Rahul Gandhi's "two Indias" remark

  Commenting on Rahul Gandhi's 'two Indias' comment, Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said, "I think he was talking about pre-2014 India when there was no development, corruption was there. But after PM Modi took over in 2014, there is a new India that is progress, development and no corruption'.

• 5 Feb 2022, 03:49:38 PM IST

  Budget 2022 is focused on natural farming: PM Modi in Hyderabad

  To save our farmers from climate challenge, our focus is on the fusion of both back to basics and march to future. Our focus is on more than 80% of small farmers of the country who need us the most. The Union Budget 2022-23 is focused on natural farming & digital agriculture: PM Modi

• 5 Feb 2022, 03:39:51 PM IST

  PM Modi says he is hopeful that ICRISAT will strengthen India's agri sector

  ICRISAT has experience of 5 decades of helping other nations in making agriculture easy & sustainable. Today, I am hopeful that they will continue to deliver their expertise to strengthen India's 'Krishi' sector: PM Narendra Modi at the Golden Jubilee celebrations of ICRISAT

• 5 Feb 2022, 03:10:53 PM IST

  PM Modi joins 50th anniversary celebrations of ICRISAT in Hyderabad

  PM Narendra Modi joins the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Patancheru, Hyderabad. Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar also present.

• 5 Feb 2022, 02:53:55 PM IST

  New rules for international travellers in Kerala

  International travellers will undergo symptom surveillance in Kerala. If symptomatic, she/he will undertake RTPCR test& take actions as per results.

• 5 Feb 2022, 02:23:59 PM IST

  Akhilesh Yadav campaigns in Agra

  Given the anger of the people, the alliance (SP-RLD) is going to get 400 seats; the opposition will get the remaining 3 seats: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, in Aligarh

• 5 Feb 2022, 01:41:26 PM IST

  India's Forex reserves dip by $4.53 billion to $629.75 billion

  India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves declined by $4.531 billion to $629.755 billion in the week ended January 28 due to a sharp drop in foreign currency assets and fall in the value of gold reserves, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed.

• 5 Feb 2022, 01:29:35 PM IST

  Balochistan flares up as Pakistan Army's death toll rises sharply

  Pakistan's Balochistan is witnessing a tide of violence as the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) continues to carry out terrorist attacks in the province, with recent attacks on security posts in Pakistan that resulted in the death of seven Pakistani soldiers and 13 terrorists.

• 5 Feb 2022, 01:06:44 PM IST

  Congress to release manifesto for UP Polls on Feb 9

  Congress will release the election manifesto in Lucknow on February 9th. General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will release the manifesto.

• 5 Feb 2022, 12:33:12 PM IST

  Omicron: As BA.2 gains ground, experts explain if there is a need to worry

  A new sub-strain of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, which has been spreading rapidly across the globe, has emerged as the latest challenge in taming Covid-19. Read More

• 5 Feb 2022, 12:29:47 PM IST

  Pak reports 6,137 new Covid cases, 28 deaths in 24 hrs

  Pakistan has reported 6,137 new Covid-19 cases and 28 people succumbed to the disease over the past 24 hours, reported ARY News on Saturday.

• 5 Feb 2022, 12:21:41 PM IST

  Manish Tewari taunts Cong on exclusion from campaigners list, says not surprised

  Congress MP Manish Tewari has broken his silence on being excluded from the party's star campaigners list for Punjab polls, news agency ANI reported. Read More

• 5 Feb 2022, 11:52:15 AM IST

  Karnataka police arrest man who dressed up as Hindu deity at wedding

  Karnataka Police arrested a man who dressed up a Hindu deity during a Muslim wedding ceremony. The man, identified as Umarullal Bashith, allegedly wore a cap made of an area nut plant and dressed up as Hindu deity Koragajja at his wedding ceremony on January 6. Read More

• 5 Feb 2022, 11:08:22 AM IST

  Will ‘contest next LS poll against Teni': Son of farmer killed in Lakhimpur violence

  The son of a farmer who was killed in Lakhimpur Kheri incident wants to settle scores with union minister Ajay Mishra Teni in the political field. 

• 5 Feb 2022, 10:44:39 AM IST

  British-Pakistani Lord Nazir Ahmed jailed for child sex offences

  Disgraced former Labour peer Lord Nazir Ahmed has been jailed five-and-a-half years for sexual abuse of two children in the 1970s, UK media reported on Friday. Read More

• 5 Feb 2022, 10:23:59 AM IST

  Biden marks 'tragic milestone' of 900,000 American deaths from Covid-19

  "Today, our nation marks another tragic milestone -- 900,000 American lives have been lost to Covid-19. They were beloved mothers and fathers, grandparents, children, brothers and sisters, neighbours, and friends. Each soul is irreplaceable. We pray for the loved ones they have left behind, and together we keep every family enduring this pain in our hearts," read Biden's statement released by White House.

• 5 Feb 2022, 09:59:13 AM IST

  Jolts of earthquake felt in Kashmir, Noida and other areas

  Jolts of earthquake felt in Kashmir, Noida and other areas, repots news agency ANI. More details awaited.

• 5 Feb 2022, 09:18:00 AM IST

  India reports 1,27,952 new Covid cases, 1,059 deaths in 24 hours; 

  India reported 1,27,952 new Covid cases, 1,059 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union ministry of health and family welfare. The positivity rate has gone down to 7.9%, it also informed.

• 5 Feb 2022, 08:47:43 AM IST

  Basant Panchami 2022: PM Modi extends wishes; Saraswati Puja to be held today

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday extended wishes on the occasion of Basant Panchami and Saraswati Puja. He will be in Hyderabad today to unveil a statue of 11th century Vaishnavaite saint Sri Ramanujacharya. Read More

• 5 Feb 2022, 08:00:11 AM IST

  Eye on China, US lawmakers urge Biden to partner India on global vaccine supply

  A group of prominent American lawmakers has written a letter to President Joe Biden to ensure global supply and distribution of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccines as US partners and allies were forced to use "sub-standard and ineffective" Chinese and Russian vaccines. Read More

• 5 Feb 2022, 07:27:29 AM IST

  Wife of decorated Galwan brave on track to begin career as officer

  The wife of one of the 20 Galwan braves killed in a skirmish with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in June 2020 looks set to pursue an army career after clearing a rigorous personality and intelligence test to join the Chennai-based Officers Training Academy (OTA), officials familiar with the matter said on Friday on the condition of anonymity. Read More

• 5 Feb 2022, 06:43:38 AM IST

  US coronavirus deaths surpass 900,000

  The coronavirus pandemic reached a grim new milestone in the United States on Friday with the nation's cumulative death toll from Covid-19 surpassing 900,000, even as the daily number of lives lost has begun to level off, according to data collected by Reuters.

• 5 Feb 2022, 06:08:19 AM IST

  J&K: 2 terrorists killed in Srinagar

  Srinagar police on Saturday gunned down two terrorists of terror outfit LeT/TRF in the Zakura area of the city. One of the killed terrorists Ikhlaq Hajam was involved in the recent killing of HC Ali Mohd at Hassanpora Anantnag. Incriminating materials including two pistols recovered, reported ANI qouting IGP Kashmir.