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New cases detected on Friday had zoomed to 22,688 by late night, with data from two states yet to come in, as per TOI’s Covid database. This was nearly 6,000 more than Thursday's total. India had reported 6,242 new infections on Monday. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3qGBq9E via

As per the notification issued by NCERT director Sridhar Srivastava, the focus groups will have a one-year tenure and have to submit their position papers to the National Steering Committee by March 2022 for further discussion and necessary action to be taken for developing the NCFs. from Times of India https://ift.tt/345PmSZ via IFTTT

Only 69% of those above 60 years, the most vulnerable population, has been fully vaccinated. Almost 73% of those in the 45 to 59 age group have been fully vaccinated, while a little over 55% of the 18-44 age group has received both shots. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3sRvTjk via

Official sources said that while preparations to tend to patients needing hospital care — as a result of a cumulatively higher number of cases — were on, evidence provided by domestic and global studies pointed to India’s expanding vaccination coverage and hybrid immunity delivering a high level of protection against serious disease. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/32JEcTn via

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The decision to continue the enforcement of AFSPA across the whole of Nagaland comes amid shrill demands to withdraw the Act from the state in view of the killing of over a dozen civilians in Mon district by 21 Para-Special Forces, allegedly due to “mistaken identity”. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3qz6DLX via IFTTT

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South Africa wicket-keeper batter Quinton de Kock has announced his retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect. The announcement comes after the Proteas' first Test match against India in Centurion, where the visitors won by 113 runs and took a one-nil lead in the three-match series. from Times of India https://ift.tt/32CHRmf via IFTTT

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The government has decided to conduct the JEE (Main) exams four times — February, March, April and May — from this year onwards. “However, considering the pending elections, the schedule could be tweaked this year. The first exam is likely to be scheduled in March followed by April, May and June,” said a senior official. from Times of India https://ift.tt/33Y4lON via IFTTT

Germany has arrested prominent Khalistani terror plotter Jaswinder Singh Multani in what marks a breakthrough for India’s counter-terror effort to foil plans of Pakistan’s Inter State Intelligence to engineer terror attacks in Punjab and other parts, including Mumbai. He is currently in German custody and will be questioned by Indian investigators. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3EtRTDa via

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The credit for India's world class pace attack should always rest "only and only" with its playing members, feels Mohammed Shami, whose five-wicket haul has put India in complete control against South Africa in the first Test. Shami's sixth five-for in Tests also brought up a personal milestone of 200 wickets on a day when the four-pronged attack bowled the Proteas out for 197. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3JqREwc via IFTTT

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According to locals, whenever Piyush Jain visited his ancestral home in Chhipaiti area of Kannauj, he could be seen riding his old Bajaj Priya scooter. He used to lead a very simple life, they said. He also avoided using high-end cars and used to drive in old vehicles to avoid attention. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3qtScsD via IFTTT

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As the protest continued, patient care remained affected at three Centre-run facilities -- Safdarjung, RML and Lady Hardinge hospitals -- and some of the Delhi government-run hospitals. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3sCcnal via IFTTT

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Kerala PCC (KPCC) president K Sudhakaran on Sunday said no one, including Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, in the party has the authority to oppose its directions, and warned the latter that he will be removed from the party if he does not fall in line with its decisions. His comments come in the wake of Tharoor's recent open praise of chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan for his “investment-friendly” initiatives. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3myDVtF via

While Covid cases in India saw a fall of 6% in the week ending Sunday, the numbers in Delhi, Haryana and Jharkhand more than doubled during the period as compared with the previous seven days. However, since just around 500 Omicron cases have been documented in the country so far, it's not clear whether the surge across states is linked to the new Covid variant. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3JjXIH2 via

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Union home minister and BJP’s chief strategist Amit Shah on Sunday brought the Hindutva narrative to the centre-stage by saying that those who fired bullets at ‘kar sevaks’ in 1990 are not happy with the construction of a grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya. from Times of India https://ift.tt/30Yk7YS via IFTTT

“Courts do not have the power of the purse or the sword. Court orders are only good when they get executed. The executive needs to assist and cooperate for the rule of law to prevail in the nation. However, there appears to be a growing tendency to disregard, and even disrespect court orders by the executive,” the CJI said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3Jj0xI6 via

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The Union home ministry has constituted a five-member committee headed by registrar general of India Vivek Joshi to examine the possibility of withdrawing the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act from Nagaland in the wake of the botched December 3 Army operation in Mon district that resulted in 14 civilian deaths. The committee will submit its report within 45 days. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/32BfxQI via

The Union home ministry has constituted a five-member committee headed by registrar general of India Vivek Joshi to examine the possibility of withdrawing the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act from Nagaland in the wake of the botched December 3 Army operation in Mon district that resulted in 14 civilian deaths. The committee will submit its report within 45 days. from Times of India https://ift.tt/32BfxQI via IFTTT

Nearly three crore health and frontline workers will be eligible in January for the ‘precaution dose’ of Covid vaccine that will be administered after a gap of nine months from the second dose, official sources said on Sunday. As of now, the third jab that will also be given to around three crore people above 60 with co-morbidities will be of the same vaccine that one had got in the first and second instances. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3EtqjGe via

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In the wake of rising Omicron cases and low vaccination coverage in some states, the Centre on Saturday deployed multi-disciplinary teams in 10 states to assist them in addressing hurdles and suggest remedial measures. These 10 states are Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Mizoram, Karnataka, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Punjab. from Times of India https://ift.tt/32CcsQn via IFTTT

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PM Narendra Modi announced on Saturday that “precaution doses” (boosters) of Covid vaccines for health and frontline workers as well as for those above 60 with co-morbidities will begin from January 10. He also said vaccination for children aged 15-18, using Covaxin, will begin from January 3. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3mydRi1 via IFTTT

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Indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin has received approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for emergency use in children aged between 12-18 years. The drug regulator’s nod comes over two months after the Subject Expert Committee (SEC), that advises the DCGI, recommended emergency use approval for vaccinating kids in the 2-18 years age group. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3mzoMIp via IFTTT

Indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin has received approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for emergency use in children aged between 12-18 years. The drug regulator’s nod comes over two months after the Subject Expert Committee (SEC), that advises the DCGI, recommended emergency use approval for vaccinating kids in the 2-18 years age group. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3mzoMIp via

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After his public rumblings of discontent, Congress on Friday said veteran Harish Rawat will lead the party campaign in poll-bound Uttarakhand. After a meeting that involved Rahul Gandhi and senior leaders of the state, Rawat said it has been decided that he will lead the Congress campaign as the chairman of the campaign committee. He clarified that the CM will be decided by the legislature party after the polls . from Times of India https://ift.tt/3z50afO via IFTTT

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Nearly two dozen Punjab farm groups are expected to form a political front, or even a party, on Saturday and join electoral politics. According to reliable sources, the new political entity is likely to carry the word “Sanyukt” in its name just as the Haryana-based BKU, led by Gurnam Singh Charuni, named its political wing the Sanyukt Sangharsh Party. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3JgVcRz via IFTTT

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A question paper from a private school in Madhya Pradesh has gone viral, after it asked about Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor’s son's name, for one of the questions in the general knowledge paper. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3JegFL9 via IFTTT

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The Allahabad high court has requested the Election Commission of India, and the Prime Minister, to consider postponing the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, slated to be held in February next year, by a month or two in view of the sudden rise in the number of Covid-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant. from Times of India https://ift.tt/32kfxoB via IFTTT

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Myanmar’s ruling military leadership rejected the request of foreign secretary Harsh Shringla, who is on his first official visit to that country since the February coup, for a meeting with jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The top Indian diplomat, however, met the leadership of the opposition National League for Democracy, the MEA spokesperson said in a statement. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3qoG2kz via IFTTT

A powerful explosion inside a public toilet in the main building of the district court complex in Punjab's Ludhiana on Thursday killed an unidentified man and injured six others, including a lawyer. The possibility of the deceased being the perpetrator of the blast couldn't be ruled out yet, police said. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3mwIhBg via IFTTT

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Radhe Shyam is an upcoming Period Sci-fi romantic drama written and directed by Radha Krishna Kumar starring Prabhas and Pooja Hegde. The film is shot in Telugu and Hindi languages that are jointly funded by Prabhas’s home banner GopiKrishna Movies, UV Creations and T-Series. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3qjINDN via IFTTT

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The winter session of Parliament was adjourned sine die on Wednesday, a day ahead of schedule. While Lok Sabha lost 18 hours due to disruptions and productivity dipped to 82%, far less than previous sessions, Rajya Sabha, where 12 opposition MPs were suspended, lost nearly 50 hours to disruptions and saw just 48% productivity. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3yRlogR via

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Terrorists shot dead a man at Eidgah in the old quarters of Srinagar and an assistant sub-inspector of police near the district hospital at Bijbehara in southern Kashmir’s Anantnag district within 30 minutes of each other on Wednesday evening. Rouf Ahmad Khan, 45, was seriously wounded in the shooting at Eidgah. He died in hospital. Later, terrorists shot ASI Muhammad Ashraf from Awantipora at Bijbehara. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3exxQcB via

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Indian Idol 12 finalist Sayli Kamble, who announced a couple of months ago on social media account that she is in 'love' and introduced her boyfriend to the world, is now engaged. The singer got engaged to her boyfriend Dhawal recently and looked gorgeous at her engagement ceremony. She shared a couple of pictures from her special day on her social media accounts informing her fans about the engagement. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3H3Con5 via IFTTT

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Even as the Centers for Diseases Control announced 73% of the new coronavirus cases in the US are caused by the Omicron variant as against 3% last week, the Covid statistics at home too are slowly rising and experts believe the third wave — even if less severe than the previous one — is inevitable. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/30QGAao via

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India has imposed a penalty for delay in fulfilling offsets commitments in the euro 7.8 billion deal for 36 French Rafale fighters, as part of the overall new policy to tighten the screws on defaulting armament majors. The fine has been “imposed and collected” from missile-maker MBDA, which is the weapons package supplier for the Rafale jets manufactured by Dassault Aviation, in the mega contract inked by India in September 2016, top defence sources have said. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3z1P5w5 via IFTTT

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Amid initial signs of a rise in Omicron infections and concerns over its high transmissibility, the Centre on Tuesday asked states to activate war rooms and bring back curbs, including night curfews, strict restrictions on large gatherings, curtailing numbers at weddings and funerals, restricting attendance in offices and public transport. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3mopUhS via IFTTT

The Lakshadweep administration has changed the weekly off-day for schools in the Union Territory from Friday to Sunday, triggering protest in the Muslim-dominated archipelago. Muslims constitute nearly 96% of Lakshadweep population as per the 2011 Census and Friday has been a holiday in schools there for decades. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3mqSlf7 via IFTTT

India’s Omicron tally crossed the 200-mark on Tuesday and stood at 218 with 44 fresh cases — the highest so far in a single day — even as the highly infectious variant of coronavirus spread to new regions with Odisha and J&K reporting their first cases. Three cases were reported in J&K and two in Odisha. With this, the number of Omicron-affected states and UTs has risen from 12 to 14. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3eg9Ry8 via

The mega increase in Covid cases in Europe and the US is possibly a ‘Delmicron’ wave — a combination of Delta and Omicron variants — said a member of the Covid task force in Maharashtra. “Delmicron, the twin spikes of Delta and Omicron, in Europe and US has led to a mini tsunami of cases,” said Shashank Joshi, member of state government’s task force on Covid. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3J7Hqkm via

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