With the daily count of new Covid cases touching 1.75 lakh on Sunday, the highest single-day in 226 days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a high level review meeting with their cabinet colleagues and top officials, and decided to convene a meeting of chief ministers to discuss “state-specific scenarios, best practices and public health response”. However, among major cities, the surge in Mumbai showed some signs of stabilizing with a slight decline in cases for the second day in a row.
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The Jammu and Kashmir administration has since expanded its counter-insurgency operations beyond physical encounters, ever since the erstwhile state was bifurcated into two union territories. A study of four years of data With more than 1,900 people arrested for providing logistical support to terrorists, a renewed pressure in cracking down on terrorist networks appears.
In this edition of Idea Exchange, IIT-Kanpur Professor and Mathematician Manindra Agarwal talks about himself The third wave is predicted to peak in Mumbai and Delhi in mid-January, estimates four to eight lakh cases a day in India and why they think the formula model is more accurate than others.
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A legal battle is underway between fintech company BharatPe co-founder and managing director Ashneer Grover and Kotak Mahindra Group over the financing of the initial public offering (IPO) of FSN E-commerce Ventures, Nykaa’s parent company. Grover’s law firm has sent a legal notice to Kotak Group alleging that it has gone back on its assurance that FSN shares will be allotted to him and his wife Madhuri, while the bank said that it has allegedly “against the two”. taking appropriate legal action”. Abusing a Kotak employee on the phone.
This comes six months after an FIR was filed against unknown persons for an app that posted pictures of Muslim women, titled “Deal of the Day”. Delhi Police arrested Omkareshwar Thakur, 25, graduated BCA (Bachelor of Computer Application) from Indore on Saturday. Police said he admitted he was a member of a ‘traditional’ group – a group of individuals targeting Dalits, Muslims and women on social media – on Twitter.
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although BJP estimated so far Samajwadi Party As its main rival in the assembly elections, 58 seats in western Uttar Pradesh, which will go to the polls in the first phase of polling on February 10, The ruling party may face a big challenge From the BSP – at least given the performance of the Mayawati-led party in the last elections in the region. In the 2017 elections, the BJP had won in this region as well, winning 53 of the 58 seats.
Two political parties formed by farmer leaders to contest the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections Initiated talks to enter a pre-poll alliance. The decision of both organizations – Gurnam Singh Chaduni’s Samyukta Sangharsh Party and Balbir Singh Rajewal’s Samyukta Samaj Morcha – came as a search for an electoral pact, as Rajewal categorically rejected the alliance with the AAP.
Karnataka Congress begins 10-day march amid COVID restrictions Construction of Mekedatu Reservoir. South Karnataka being home to the Vokkaligas – one of the state’s two major communities – which form 15 per cent of the population in the mind of the party, however, projects more on the Cauvery which is meant for drinking supplies. Water in and around Bengaluru in the southern part of the state.
Crime Branch of Kerala Police has registered a new case against Malayalam actor Dileep Following allegations that he planned to kill officers investigating the sexual assault and kidnapping of an actress in 2017. Dileep is one of the accused in the sexual assault case, which is being heard in a special court in Kochi.
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Despite the shadow of the third wave, doubling of reported cases in the last four days and a weekend curfew, Delhi is set to host the India Open Super 500 tournament with the cream of Indian badminton – PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen – Expected to compete at IG Stadium. But India’s biggest badminton tournament will be Don’t get completely covered by “bio-safe bubbles”.
Delhi Confidential: As many wished External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on his birthday, two wishes emerged. PM first. belonged to Narendra Modi Who said that Jaishankar is making outstanding contribution to Indian foreign policy as an officer and now as a minister. And the other was from French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian who spoke to Jaishankar and wished him on his birthday as they discussed their strategic priorities.
in the latest episode of ‘3 Things’ podcast, Amitabh Sinha joins host Snigdha Sharma to discuss the third wave of COVID-19 In India, from emerging trends to the progress we have made since the pandemic hit two years ago.
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