Breaking News Highlights: Encounter Breaks Out Between Security Forces, Terrorists in J-K’s Budgam
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Jammu & Kashmir | An encounter breaks out at the Charar-i-Sharief area of Budgam. Police and security forces are on the job. Further details awaited: J&K police
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Telangana | Air Marshal Manavendra Singh, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Training Command visits Air Force Station in Begumpet
AOC-IN-C Training Command stressed upon imp of training in transforming IAF into one of most potent Air Force in the world, reads official statement
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India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage: India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage crosses 165.6 crore with more than 53 lakh vaccine doses administered on Saturday: Union Health Ministry
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Janata Dal (United) leader & Bihar CM Nitish Kumar will campaign virtually for Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Party president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, Union Minister RCP Singh will also campaign for the UP Polls, Janata Dal (United) said in an official statement.
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West Bengal covid tally: West Bengal reports 3,512 COVID cases, 11,288 recoveries, and 35 deaths in the last 24 hours
Active cases: 37,918
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President Ram Nath Kovind condoles demise of social workers and Padma Shri awardee Baba Iqbal Singh
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#WATCH | Maharashtra: Ten Persian cats were rescued by Pune Fire Department from a 3-storey building where a fire broke out on Friday night.
"The pets were stuck in a flat that was filled with smoke caused by the fire, but we managed to rescue them," a fire official said pic.twitter.com/tV30vuXako
— ANI (@ANI) January 29, 2022
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U19 World Cup | India bowl out Bangladesh for 111 in the quarterfinal, need 112 runs to clash against Australia in the semi-finals on Wednesday
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Bhilwara, Rajasthan | On the complaint of woman sub-inspector, an FIR registered against (former BJP leader) Bhanwar Singh Palara and some other people including his staffers under various sections, including 376-D (gang rape) of the IPC.
Breaking News Updates, Jan 29, 2022: Amid the alarming rise in COVID-19 cases across the country, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday held a review meeting with Southern states and UT’s and stressed upon e-Sanjeevani, teleconsultation, monitoring, home isolation and increasing RT-PCR tests in states which are reporting lower percentage testing. Mandaviya conducted a high-level meeting in the context of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 with Health Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Island. Earlier, he conducted a high-level meeting with nine Northern States and UTs and advised them to send COVID testing and vaccination data timely. The Union Health Minister also said that testing should be ramped up in the States where it has gone down. He also advised states and UTs to ensure that those in home isolation are efficiently monitored in line with the National Guidelines. He said, “This will ensure that the vulnerable categories of active cases in home isolation get the required medical help in a timely manner.” The Union Health Minister re-emphasised the need for ramping up testing in the states and UTs.
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