Breaking news highlights: Over 167.21 cr vaccines administered in India so far

More than 167.21 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered in India so far, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday. 

Karnatak on Tuesday recorded 14,366  new Covid-19 cases. The positivity rate stood at 13.45%. The state also reported 58 deaths in the last 24 hours.

The Bharatiya Janta Party(BJP) on Tuesday released a list of candidates for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Rajeshwar Singh has been fielded from Sarojin Nagar, instead of  Swati Singh, the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Women's Welfare who earlier had the constituency. 

Mizoram on Tuesday registered its highest single-day spike of 2,531 new Covid -19 cases. The state's fresh fatalities count stood at 612 with four new fatalities while taking the active case count to 12,768.

The Congress on Tuesday released the list of star campaigners for the second phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections to be held on February 14. The list of campaigners includes Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Ghulam Nabi Azad, and Sachin Pilot, among others.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday questioned Sumit Roy, the personal assistant of TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee for about eight hours & 30 minutes in connection with the cattle and coal smuggling case.

Maharashtra on Tuesday reported as many as 14,372 fresh Covid-19 cases, of which, Mumbai accounted for 803. The state's fresh fatalities count stood at 94, according to the state health bulletin data.

In a surprising move, the Congress on Tuesday stopped its candidate from filing her nomination for Karhal assembly seat, in Mainpuri district, from where Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav is a candidate. Tuesday was the last date for filing nomination for the seat.

Delhi’s Covid tally on Tuesday further dipped with 2,683 fresh cases. The city’s active caseload currently stands at 16,548, down from Monday’s 21,490, according to the health bulletin data.

Mumbai has lifted the night curfew and eased curbs on restaurants and theatres in view of declining cases of Covid-19.

"Local tourist spots to remain open as per normal timing. Weekly Bazzars to remain open as per normal timing," reads the order.

Telecom minister Ashwani Vaishnaw said that Trai's recommendation on 5G spectrum is expected to come by March. The spectrum auction will then be held for the rollout of the next-generation service.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's visit to poll-bound Goa for the election campaign on February 2 has been postponed to February 4.

The Election Commission of India has appointed 15 special observers for the coming Assembly elections of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh 2022. The ECI said that the special observers will oversee the entire poll process as "eyes and ears of the Commission on the ground to ensure free, fair and voter friendly elections."

“He (SP chief Akhilesh Yadav) is roaming around with a 'lal potli', saying he has taken a resolution. You can't take any resolution because you were sleeping when people were being killed in riots here,” says Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, addressing a gathering in Meerut.

Congress has released a list of four candidates for the coming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. The list includes two male and two female candidates.

Punjab Congress leader and Punjab Medium Industry Development Board Chairman, Amarjeet Singh Tikka tenders his resignation from the party & all party posts.

The Parliament has gathered for the first day of the Budget 2022 session, kicked off by speaker Om Birla. Nirmala Sitharaman begins her speech. Follow more updates

Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside all previous orders of the Delhi High Court in Future Vs Amazon dispute. SC asked the Delhi high court to decide all issues on merits afresh.

The Delhi high court had passed adverse orders against Future in February and March 2021, ordering attachment of properties of Kishore Biyani and other promoters of the Future Group.

Normal sale of platform tickets resumes at Pune railway station. With effect from Feb 1, the platform tickets will be available at ₹10 per person. The cost was earlier raised to ₹50 to deter unnecessary crowding at the railway station amid the Covid-19 pandemic, news agency ANI reported.

Aviation turbine fuel price hiked by a steep 8.5% to record levels.

Lt Gen Manoj Pande, the new Vice Chief of Army, was accorded Guard of Honour at South Block.

Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance along with Ministers of State for Finance, Dr Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad, Shri Pankaj Chaudhary, and senior officials of the Ministry of Finance, called on President Ram Nath Kovind before presenting the Union Budget 2022-23. Follow more updates here

Schools reopen for classes 1-10 in Pune. "We are excited to be back; can have face-to-face conversations now," says a student at Dyanganga English Medium School, speaking to news agency ANI.