Breaking highlights: 3 sailors killed in explosion onboard INS Ranvir at Mumbai’s Naval Dockyard

Delhi government will deploy its senior nursing officers as nodal officers in private hospitals to monitor the management of Covid-19 patients and vaccination, reports ANI. 

Three sailors died and several others were injured in a blast that occurred onboard Indian Navy destroyer INS Ranvir, in Mumbai harbour.

Maharashtra saw 39,207 new Covid-19 cases and 53 deaths in the last 24 hours, higher than 31,111 cases and 24 fatalities reported a day before. 

The total caseload in the state reached 7,282,128 and the death toll mounted to 141,885.

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin said that the state's tableau which was excluded from the Republic Day parade this year will be displayed at Chennai and other major cities of the state for the public. 

Bharat Biotech, makers of the Covaxin Covid-19 vaccine, have asked healthcare workers to ensure that beneficiaries 15 and 18 years of age are administered only their shot, which has been approved.

Mumbai saw a slight spike in its daily Covid tally with 6,149 new cases which took the total caseload to 1,011,967. Also, seven more people died on the day and the death toll mounted to 16,476. 

The national capital continued a downward trend it its daily Covid-19 tally with 11,684 infections reported in the last 24 hours, pushing the caseload to 17,34,181.  

Kerala reported 28,481 new Covid-19 cases and 39 related deaths. The state's active caseload stood at 142,512, reports ANI. 

On the day, 83 total deaths were added as per the new guidelines of the central government and the death toll reached 51,026.

The BJP has relased the names of two more candidates for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. 

Chhatrapal Gangwar will contest from the Baheri legislative constituencey and Bahoranlal Maurya from Bhojipura.

Shopkeepers in Delhi protested against the odd-even rule implemented in the city to check the surge in Covid-19 cases. They demanded the government for allowing them to run their businesses on the weekends citing economic loss due to the pandemic.

A fast track court in Kairana rejected the bail plea of Samajwadi Party MLA and its candidate from the Kairana assembly constituency Nahid Hasan, reports ANI. 

Samajwadi Party vice president Kiranmoy Nanda said that West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is slated to visit Uttar Pradesh on February 8 and will meet with Akhilesh Yadav for a virtual press conference to be held in Lucknow and Varanasi, reports ANI. 

“TMC and Mamata Banerjee don't want to contest in UP. All seats will be given to Akhilesh Yadav,” he said. 

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow wanted answers from the US on sweeping security demands before continuing Ukraine talks, reports AFP. 

Responding to questions regarding the Devas-Antrix issue, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that it was a “fraud of the Congress, for the Congress and by the Congress”. 

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that when Devas went for international arbitration, the then Government of India did not appoint an arbitrator, even after it was reminded to appoint one within 21 days. 

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed the media on the Supreme Court's recent judgement about the Antrix-Devas deal.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed a press conference and spoke about the Supreme Court verdict on the Antrix-Devas case. 

“UPA got cancelled this deal in 2011. It was a fraud deal,” she said.

The Union health ministry has raised concerns about a decline in Covid-19 testing in many states and Union territories and has asked for the testing be enhanced. 

“Increase the testing in a strategic manner keeping in view the trend of case positivity in specific geographies within in your States/UTs,” the ministry said.

India offered credit line of $500 million to Sri Lanka for the purchase of petroleum products. The support from India followed discussions between external affairs minister S Jaishankar and Sri Lankan finance minister Basil Rajapaksa, the Indian high commission in Colombo said. 

Aam Aadmi Party's national convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal will announce the party's chief minister candidate for the upcoming Goa assembly polls in a press conference in Panaji on January 19, reports ANI. 

A Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) Court rejected the bail plea of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh.

Deshmukh argued that, though the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a charge-sheet against him, the court had not taken cognisance of it and so he should be granted default bail.

Congress released its third list of candidates for the upcoming state assembly elections in Goa. Michael Lobo, who recently quit the BJP and joined the Congress has been given the Calangute seat.

Aam Aadmi Party's CM candidate for the upcoming Punjab polls Bhagwant Mann said that his party will win with two-thirds majority, reports ANI. 

“Have to deal with several problems in Punjab. Focus will be on providing jobs to youth. 'Mafia raj' will be abolished. I belong to a middle-class family, never thought of reaching here. Will win seats by 2/3 margin,” he said. 

Union defence minister Rajnath Singh wrote to Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin, replying to the CM's letter regarding the exclusion of the state's tableau from the Republic Day parade this year. 

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63 more Omicron confirmed in Kerala today, taking the case tally to 591. Of 591 cases, 401 persons arrived from 'low-risk' countries, 101 persons from 'high-risk' countries, 70 persons were contacts of patients and 19 reached from other States, announced Kerala health minister's office.