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COVID-19: India records lowest daily cases in over six months

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India recorded 16,375 new cases of coronavirus, the lowest in over six months,?taking the country’s COVID-19 caseload to?1,03,56,844, according?to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday The death toll increased to?1,49,850?with 201?new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed?? The?number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 99,75,958??pushing the national recovery rate to?96.32 per?cent,?while the?COVID-19?case?fatality rate?stands at 1.45 per cent The COVID-19 active caseload remained below 3 lakh for the 15th?consecutive day There are 2,31,036?active coronavirus infections in the country which?comprises?2.23?per cent of the total…

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We should be mentally prepared for several challenges on way to Olympics: Manpreet

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 Keeping the fast-evolving COVID-19 situation in mind, Indian men’s hockey team captain Manpreet Singh says his side will need to be “mentally prepared” for the several obstacles it might face on its way to the Tokyo Olympics. Pushed back by a year due to the pandemic, the quadrennial sporting extravaganza is slated to be held in July-August. “The biggest learning from last year was to not let external factors affect our goal. There could be many uncertainties but we need to only worry about what’s within our control and that…

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Amitabh Bachchan announces Sonu Sood’s film ‘Kisaan’

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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Monday announced actor Sonu Sood’s upcoming film “Kisaan”, to be directed by E Niwas. The movie will be produced by filmmaker Raaj Shaandilyaa, who made his directorial debut with the 2019 comedy “Dream Girl”, starring Ayushmann Khurrana. “All good wishes to film #Kisaan, directed by #ENiwas and acted by @SonuSood,” Bachchan tweeted. Further details about the film are yet to be known. Last month, Sood opened up about how filmmakers have started approaching him with lead roles in their films due to his philanthropic work for…

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HC asks cops to check if man threatened by corporator needs protection

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The Bombay High Court has asked Mumbai police to ascertain if protection should be given to a former Army man who was allegedly threatened by a local Shiv Sena corporator. A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and Abhay Ahuja passed the direction on December 29 while hearing a petition filed by former army personnel Sujit Apte. The petition alleged that Amey Ghole, a city corporator, his supporters and local goons threatened him and “tried to beat” him over the demolition of an illegally constructed temple outside Apte’s property…

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Sensex jumps nearly 300 pts in early trade; Nifty tops 14,100

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Equity benchmark Sensex jumped nearly 300 points in opening trade on Monday, tracking gains in index majors ITC, Infosys and ICICI Bank as investors cheered domestic COVID-19 vaccine approvals. The 30-share BSE index touched its lifetime intra-day high of 48,168.22 in early trade. It was trading 272.73 points or 0.57 per cent higher at 48,141.71, and the broader NSE Nifty surged 90.90 points or 0.65 per cent to a record high of 14,109.40. TCS was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising around 2 per cent, followed by ONGC,…

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Nancy Pelosi re-elected as Speaker of US House of Representatives

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Veteran Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi has been narrowly re-elected as the Speaker of the US House of Representatives for a fourth time, as a new Congress took office amidst raging coronavirus crisis and political uncertainty. Pelosi, 80, secured 216 votes in a tight contest against Republican Kevin McCarthy, who got support from 209 Congressmen, after Democrats lost 11 seats in the November elections to command a narrower 222-212 majority. According to the House Clerk, a total of 427 votes were cast. One vote went to Senator Tammy Duckworth and one…

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India records 16,504 new COVID-19 cases, 214 fresh fatalities

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Daily new COVID-19 cases in the country remained below 20,000 for the third consecutive day taking the virus caseload to 1,03,40,469, while the recoveries surged to 99.46 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. A total of 16,504 people tested positive for coronavirus infection in a day. The death toll increased to 1,49,649 with 214 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 99,46,867 pushing the national recovery rate to 96.19 per cent,…

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Indian women’s hockey team to resume international competition with tour of Argentina in January

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Indian hockey will hit the restart button and begin the Olympic preparations when the women’s team travels to Argentina next week for its first tour in nearly a year after the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly halted all competitions around the world. A core group of 25 players and seven support staff will leave from New Delhi on January 3. The Indian women’s team will compete in eight matches against hosts Argentina, starting from January 17. “We have a little over 200 days before we arrive in Tokyo for the Olympic Games…

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When the silver screen went dark: Bollywood counts its losses in year of pandemic

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As productions halted, theatres shut their doors and audiences settled down in front of their screens, the Hindi film industry hit pause button in the year that was resulting in revenue losses of maybe thousands of crores and many thousands of workers forced into unemployment. The coronavirus pandemic scripted a tale of unprecedented challenges for the flourishing industry that came to a screeching halt in 2020. While there are no exact figures, some insiders estimated the losses could be upwards of Rs 1,500 crore to thousands of crores and said…

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Right of being represented through lawyer is part of due process clause, says SC

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Right of being represented through a lawyer is part of due process clause , the Supreme Court has said while setting aside the Allahabad High Court order which had dismissed an appeal filed by a man in a 1987 murder case noting that his counsel had not appeared during the hearing. The apex court, which restored the appeal and asked the high court to consider taking it for hearing at an early date, said it was open for the high court to appoint an amicus curiae to assist it when…

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