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Delhi’s Schools and Colleges will Remain Closed Until Further Notice

Delhi’s Schools and Colleges will Remain Closed Until Further Notice

All private and government schools, colleges and other educational institutions in Delhi should be closed until further notice; the decision was taken in the Delhi Disaster Management Authority meeting on Thursday, January 27. Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia earlier said that the Delhi government had closed schools when it was not safe for children, but excessive caution is now harming students.  Mr Sisodia while saying that the government will recommend Delhi Disaster Management Authority to reopen schools in Delhi, said: “The pandemic-induced school closures have not only affected their studies but also their mental health. During…
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Asian Games 2022 will take place from September 10 to September 25, 2022

Asian Games 2022 will take place from September 10 to September 25, 2022

The Asian Games 2022 will take place from September 10 to September 25, 2022, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China and there will be five co-host cities. The multi-sporting event will feature 40 sports with a total of 61 disciplines, including Olympic sports like swimming, archery, athletics, badminton, equestrian, fencing, football, hockey, judo, kabaddi, and much more. E-sports and breakdancing will debut in the 2022 Asian Games as full medal sports after being approved by the Olympic Council of Asia this year, while Cricket will be back at Asian Games in T20 format to raise the excitement of the viewers. India has…
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Rohit Sharma To Lead, Kuldeep Yadav Returns: BCCI Announces India’s Squad For Home Series Against West Indies

Rohit Sharma To Lead, Kuldeep Yadav Returns: BCCI Announces India’s Squad For Home Series Against West Indies

The BCCI has announced India's ODI and T20I squad for the upcoming home series against West Indies starting from 6th  February . Spinner Kuldeep Yadav made a comeback into the side while Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami has been rested from the series. Jadeja is undergoing his final stage of recovery post his knee injury and will not be available for the ODIs and T20Is. Axar Patel will be available for the T20Is.India's white-ball skipper Rohit Sharma will also make a comeback in this series after clearing the fitness test. Leg spinner Ravi Bishnoi, has received his maiden call up. Deepak Hooda has also been named in India's…
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PM Modi to host India’s first-ever summit with Central Asian leaders later today

PM Modi to host India’s first-ever summit with Central Asian leaders later today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host the first India-Central Asia Summit to take ties to "newer heights" on Thursday.  The event will see the participation of Presidents of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The summit is symbolic of the importance attached by the leaders of both sides to an enduring India-Central Asia partnership. The key focus will be trade and connectivity, development partnership, culture, and people-to-people ties, apart from regional security and the Afghanistan issue. The Ministry of External Affairs in a statement said this will be the first engagement of its kind between India and the Central…
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6 Rescued After 5-Storey Building Collapses In Mumbai

6 Rescued After 5-Storey Building Collapses In Mumbai

At least seven people were injured after a four-storied building collapsed in Mumbai’s Bandra area on Wednesday. Four among the injured have been shifted to VN Desai Hospital, while three others were taken to Bandra Bhabha Hospital. Their condition is stable, according to the disaster management department of city’s civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Six people, including three women, were rescued after a multi-storey structure collapsed in Mumbai's Bandra on Wednesday, a civic official said.The five-storey structure caved in at around 3:50 pm in the Behram Nagar locality of the western suburb, he was quoted as saying by…
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Bihar: Railway job aspirants vandalise train in Gaya, set coach on fire

Bihar: Railway job aspirants vandalise train in Gaya, set coach on fire

A train was allegedly set on fire by protesting railway job aspirants over the recruitment exams. The agitated protesters vandalised trains and pelted stones. Stones could be seen all over the platform at the railway station and visuals also showed broken windows of a train. "The CBT-2 exam date was not notified. The result is still awaited. We demand cancellation of the CBT-2 exam and release of exam result," ANI quoted a protester. Meanwhile, SSP Gaya Aditya Kumar said that the situation is now under control."They have set it (coach/train) on fire, we have identified some of them," ANI quoted…
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Maharashtra cops to be awarded on Republic Day eve

Maharashtra cops to be awarded on Republic Day eve

The Union Home Minister has released a list of 51 police officials that are to be awarded on the eve of Republic Day of Maharashtra. The President's Medal for Gallantry is being awarded to assistant police sub-inspector Gopal Maniram Usendi, sub-inspector Bharat Chintaman Nagare, constables Mahendra Ganu Kuleti, Sanjay Ganpati Bakamwar, Divakar Kesari Narote, Nileshwar Devaji Pada and Santosh Vijay Potavi, who had participated in anti-Naxal operations in Gadchiroli district. Director General of Police Vinay Kargaonkar posted at Protection of Civil Rights department is being awarded the medal for their service. SRPF Commandant Pralhad Khade, inspector Chandrakant Gundage and sub-inspector…
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COVID-19 active rate in the country

COVID-19 active rate in the country

India logged 2,85,914 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,00,85,116. The death toll has climbed to 4,91,127 with 665 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am.The active cases have decreased to 22,23,018 and comprise 5.55 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has decreased to 93.23 per cent.A reduction of 13,824 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 16.16 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 17.33 per cent.The number of…
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73rd Republic Day celebration at Rajput with 21 gun salute

73rd Republic Day celebration at Rajput with 21 gun salute

The national flag was flared on 73rd Republic Day at Rajpath with National Anthem and 21-gun salute.According to the tradition, the 21-gun salute was presented by the ceremonial battery of 871 field regiment.The ceremonial battery was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Jitender Singh Mehta.Along with it, President Ram Nath Kovind honoured the proud winners of the highest gallantry, including the winners of Param Vir Chakra and Ashok Chakra.
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WHO chief warns against assumption that omicron is the ‘endgame’ of the pandemic

WHO chief warns against assumption that omicron is the ‘endgame’ of the pandemic

On Monday, the World Health Organization warned public against the Omicron variant of Covid 19, sand said, "it would be dangerous to assume that Omicron will be the last variant or that we're in the endgame". The global health body's statement comes at a time when Omicron has entered 171 countries and is increasing  in daily Covid cases. On Sunday, the organization had said that Omicron is soon set to replace Delta globally as a result of its immunity evading potential. It said that Omicron has been found to have a significant growth advantage, higher secondary attack rates, and a…
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