Name: First Covid shots reach 14 cities, stage set for Jan 16 drive
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Corona Vaccine Update: The Centre announced that all vaccine doses it has ordered, 11 million from Serum Institute and 5.5 million from Bharat Biotech.

Corona Vaccine Update: First Covid shots reach 14 cities, stage set for Jan 16 drive

The stage is set for India's mass vaccination programme from&nbsp;January 16 as the first vials of the <a href="https://www.editorji.com/covid-19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Covid-19 vaccine</a> reached 14 cities on Tuesday from Pune-based Serum Institute of India.
Flights from Pune transported the vaccine to Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Shillong, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Bengaluru, Lucknow and Chandigarh, while three trucks ferried the shots for Mumbai.
The Centre announced that all vaccine doses it has ordered, 11 million from Serum Institute and 5.5 million from Bharat Biotech, will reach states and Union territories by January 14.

The stage is set for India's mass vaccination programme from January 16 as the first vials of the Covid-19 vaccine reached 14 cities on Tuesday from Pune-based Serum Institute of India. Flights from Pune transported the vaccine to Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Shillong, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Bengaluru, Lucknow and Chandigarh, while three trucks ferried the shots for Mumbai. The Centre announced that all vaccine doses it has ordered, 11 million from Serum Institute and 5.5 million from Bharat Biotech, will reach states and Union territories by January 14.

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will probe Cambridge Analytica data breach and determine if the firm 

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will probe Cambridge Analytica data breach and determine if the firm violated Indian laws. The CBI has registered a case against UK-based political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research Ltd for &lsquo;illegal harvesting of personal data of 5.62 lakh Indian Facebook users&rsquo;, officials have said. CBI will investigate whether personal data from Indian voters and Facebook users was compromised by the political consultancy firm. Responding on the issue of &ldquo;action on the misuse of social media and fake news&rdquo;, the government said that it has &ldquo;entrusted the issue to be investigated by the CBI for possible violation of Information Technology Act, 2000

Four policemen have been arrested for allegedly robbing a jeweller under the pretext of a checking drive on a highway in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur. Sub-inspector Dharme

Four policemen have been arrested for allegedly robbing a jeweller under the pretext of a checking drive on a highway in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur. Sub-inspector Dharmendra Yadav and three other constables posted at the same police station in Basti have been identified as the accused. The jeweller and his assistant had taken a bus from Gorakhpur to Lucknow on Wednesday. The cops stopped the bus and asked the two to come down. They were then taken to an isolated spot and robbed. The Gorakhpur police said they have recovered ₹ 19 lakh in cash; gold and silver worth ₹ 16 lakh and a car used in the crime. Two informants who helped the policemen track the jeweller before making their move have also been arrested, the Gorakhpur police said.

Petrol price scaled to an all-time high in Mumbai and Delhi after state-owned fuel retailers hiked the rates on Friday. In Mumbai, the price of petrol now stands at Rs 

Petrol price scaled to an all-time high in Mumbai and Delhi after state-owned fuel retailers hiked the rates on Friday. In Mumbai, the price of petrol now stands at Rs 92.04 per litre. One litre of petrol in Delhi now costs Rs 85.45, as against Thursday&rsquo;s rate of Rs 85.20, according to Indian Oil Corporation, the country's largest fuel retailer. Diesel price was also hiked on Friday. In the national capital, the price of diesel now stands at Rs 75.63 per litre. The diesel price in Mumbai is Rs 82.40 per litre. Rates have been increased across the country and vary from state to state depending on the incidence of local sales tax or VAT.

India on Thursday took aims at Pakistan at the UN over Islamabad co-sponsoring a resolution on promoting a culture of peace. India reminded Pakistan that it remained "m

India on Thursday took aims at Pakistan at the UN over Islamabad co-sponsoring a resolution on promoting a culture of peace. India reminded Pakistan that it remained "mute spectator" as a mob vandalised a historic temple in its Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The Indian envoy to the UN, TS Tirumurti, said that the resolution cannot be a smokescreen for countries like Pakistan to hide behind. The envy called it an irony that the country where a temple was recently demolished and where rights of minorities are being emasculated is one of the co-sponsors of the resolution.

According to the Ministry of Health, as on Sunday morning, there are 81,84,083 confirmed coronavirus cases in India, of which 5,70,458 are active cases.


According to the Ministry of Health, as on Friday morning, there are 1,06,25,428 confirmed coronavirus&nbsp;cases in India, of which 1,88,688 are active cases.&nbsp;
While 1,02,83,708 people have recovered, 1,53,032 deaths have been reported.&nbsp;
Among the states, Kerala&nbsp;has the most active cases, followed by Maharashtra and Uttar&nbsp;Pradesh.&nbsp;
&nbsp;

Karnataka Explosion News: PM Modi on Friday expressed pain at the loss of lives in an explosion in Karnataka's Shivamogga district.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed pain at the loss of lives in an <a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/karnataka-massive-blast-at-shivamogga-quarry-leaves-8-dead-1611279094125" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explosion in Karnataka's Shivamogga</a> district and said the state government is providing all possible assistance to the affected.
At least 8 people were killed after explosion of a truckload of explosives on Thursday night. In a tweet, PM Modi said, "Pained by the loss of lives in Shivamogga. Condolences to the bereaved families.
Praying that the injured recover soon. The State Government is providing all possible assistance to the affected."

Protesting farmer unions on Thursday rejected the government's proposal to suspend three farm laws for 18 months. The unions said they want nothing but a complete repea

Protesting farmer unions on Thursday rejected the government's proposal to suspend three farm laws for 18 months. The unions said they want nothing but a complete repeal of all the contentious legislations.
"In a full general body meeting of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha today, the proposal put forth by the government yesterday, was rejected. A full repeal of three central farm acts and enacting a legislation for remunerative MSP for all farmers were reiterated as the pending demands of the movement," Samkyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of protesting unions, said in a statement.
The government, during their tenth round of negotiation with the agitating farmer leaders on Wednesday, proposed to suspend the three farm laws for 1-1.5 years and set up a joint committee to find an amicable solution in the interest of the farming community.
The two sides will meet again on Friday.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's daughter Anjali Birla has hit out at the trolls who questioned her selection in the IAS. 

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's daughter Anjali Birla has hit out at the trolls who questioned her selection in the IAS. Calling for a law against trolling, Anjali, in an interview to NDTV said that social media posts and rumours affected her initially, but later only fortified her resolve. The 23-year-old cracked the premier exam in the first attempt. Her name is also on the merit roll for Civil Services (Main) Examination 2019. But social media posts claimed she had benefitted from her father's position and was selected through "backdoor channels".

A Parliamentary panel on Thursday grilled executives from Facebook and Twitter over the blocking of home minister Amit Shah's Twitter account in November. The Twitter o

A Parliamentary panel on Thursday grilled executives from Facebook and Twitter over the blocking of home minister Amit Shah's Twitter account in November. The Twitter officials reportedly explained that they had to block the account temporarily as there was a copyright issue regarding a picture posted. The agenda of the meeting included safeguarding citizens' rights, preventing misuse of social news media platforms and women security in the digital space. Some panel members questioned how social media platforms could remove content when there is no law against it in India.

The relationship between India and the United States has been further cemented with Kamala Harris as the vice president of the country, the White House has said.
Presi

The relationship between India and the United States has been further cemented with Kamala Harris as the vice president of the country, the White House has said.
President Joe Biden, who was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States a day earlier, respects the long bipartisan successful relationship between the two countries, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters at her daily news conference.
&ldquo;President Biden, of course, has visited India many times, respects and values the long bipartisan successful relationship between leader in India and the United States. It looks forward to a continuation of that,&rdquo; Psaki said responding to a question on India-US relationship under the Biden Administration.
The historic inauguration of India-origin Kamala Harris, she said, further cements this relationship.

Karnataka Explosion: An explosion of a truckload of explosives, said to be meant for mining, killed at least eight people in Karnataka's Shivamogga. 

An explosion of a truckload of explosives, said to be meant for mining, killed at least eight people in Karnataka's Shivamogga district on Thursday night.
The explosion sent shockwaves not only in Shivamogga, but also in neighbouring districts, police said. The massive explosion took place near a gravels and boulders crushing facility at a stone quarry around 10.30 pm.
The possibility of subsequent blasts at the quarry has not been ruled out by the police, and the entire area has been sealed. So strong was the blast that window panes shattered while many houses and even roads developed cracks, said an eye-witnesses.

Sasikala, the aide of late Tamil Nadu&nbsp;chief minister&nbsp;Jayalalithaa&nbsp;has been shifted to the ICU&nbsp;after&nbsp;testing&nbsp;positive for the coronavirus. 

Sasikala, the aide of late Tamil Nadu&nbsp;chief minister&nbsp;Jayalalithaa&nbsp;has been shifted to the ICU&nbsp;after&nbsp;testing&nbsp;positive for the coronavirus. Sasikala, who is currently serving a prison sentence, was admitted to a hospital in Bengaluru on Wednesday&nbsp;after complaining of fever and restlessness. The doctors of Victoria Hospital have said that she has a lung infection but her condition is stable. Sasikala&nbsp;is 7 days away from being released from jail.&nbsp;

The Telangana govt has decided to implement 10% reservation for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in the state.&nbsp;
Earlier this week, upper caste communities in

The Telangana govt has decided to implement 10% reservation for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in the state.&nbsp;
Earlier this week, upper caste communities in Telangana had given an ultimatum to the state government demanding reservations and claiming lakhs of students were being deprived of jobs. &nbsp; Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said that this is was the need of the hour and appropriate orders will be issued after a high-level meeting in the coming two-three days.
With 10% reservations to the EWS, the reservation percentage will be 60%, in Telangana.

BJP&nbsp;leader Uma&nbsp;Bharti&nbsp;has appealed to party president JP Nadda&nbsp;through a series of tweets to ban liquor in all states ruled by the saffron party. He

BJP&nbsp;leader Uma&nbsp;Bharti&nbsp;has appealed to party president JP Nadda&nbsp;through a series of tweets to ban liquor in all states ruled by the saffron party. Her tweet came days after MP Home Minister Narottam&nbsp;Mishra&nbsp;said that new liquor shops will be opened in the state.&nbsp;
She wrote that during the lockdown&nbsp;when liquor shops were closed people died to Covid-19 and other reasons but no one died due to liquor consumption. She also spoke about recent deaths in UP and MP due to drinking of spurious liquor.&nbsp; The former union minister said that driving after drinking is one of major causes of road accidents and called alcohol a 'messenger of death'
In one of her tweets Uma&nbsp;Bharti&nbsp;wrote that crimes like&nbsp;rapes, murders and child molestation are done under the influence&nbsp;of alcohol and hence liquor prohibition will prove to be beneficial.&nbsp;

The Delhi government has directed the heads of over 550 govt and MCD schools to start installing sanitary napkin incinerators with smoke control units in toilets for gi

The Delhi government has directed the heads of over 550 govt and MCD schools to start installing sanitary napkin incinerators with smoke control units in toilets for girls. 
The Education Ministry's Project Approval Board (PAB) has asked for locations to be identified&nbsp;and installation work to be started in 3,204 toilet blocks.
The school principals are expected to make all immediate arrangements for proper power supply with power points at the proposed installation locations.
The cost of these will be borne by the schools from Vidyalaya Kalyan Samiti funds or grant in aids, the Directorate of Education (DoE) has said in a letter.
Girl students will be trained every month by principal&nbsp;till all are proficient in using the machines, the letter added.

As state polls loom large over West Bengal, officials from Election Commission held a meeting with with leaders of all major political parties of the state in Kolkata.&

As state polls loom large over West Bengal, officials from Election Commission held a meeting with with leaders of all major political parties of the state in Kolkata.&nbsp;TMC leaders Firhad Hakim, Subrata Bakshi, Subrata Mukherjee, Partha Chatterjee, CPI-M leader Rabin Deb, CPI leader Prabir Deb, Congress leader Soumya Aich, BJP leader Dilip Ghosh, Mukul Roy and&nbsp;Swapan Dasgupta were present at the meeting.&nbsp;
In the meeting, state minister and Kolkata mayor Firhad&nbsp;Hakim alleged that BSF&nbsp;was terrorising people in the bordering areas of the state to vote for the BJP&nbsp;in the upcoming polls.&nbsp;

The Uttar Pradesh police has come up with a new hack to curb violence against women in the state.&nbsp;An AI-powered facial recognition camera, which will know when a w

The Uttar Pradesh police has come up with a new hack to curb violence against women in the state.&nbsp;An AI-powered facial recognition camera, which will know when a woman is in distress.
The Lucknow&nbsp;police is installing these AI-based cameras at 200 hotspots&nbsp;across the city, especially areas from where&nbsp;more complaints have been received.
According a Times of India report, facial expression of women changes when they are under threat. These AI cameras can detect that change and alert the nearest police station.
A confident&nbsp;Lucknow Police Commissioner said, "before she takes out her phone to dial 100 or 112, an alert will reach the police."

Serum Institute Fire: A major fire broke out at  a building, which was under construction, at the Serum Institute of India in Pune on Thursday.

5 charred bodies have been recovered after a major fire broke out at the Serum Institute of India in an under-construction building. It took close to 2 hours and 10 fire tenders for the firemen to control the blaze. The fire began on the third floor of the under-construction building where electrical work was going on and then spread to the fourth and fifth floors, according to reports.&nbsp;
Serum Institute CEO&nbsp;Adar Poonwalla&nbsp;tweeted that he is&nbsp;saddened by the loss of lives and offered his&nbsp;condolences to the family members of the deceased.&nbsp;
Poonawalla has&nbsp;assured the country that production of its Covid-19 vaccine will not be affected by the fire.&nbsp;The building where the fire broke out is located at a distance from the Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing unit and has cause no damage to the vaccines or its production.&nbsp;

China&rsquo;s development and construction activities &ldquo;within its own territory&rdquo; is &ldquo;normal&rdquo; and beyond reproach, the Chinese Foreign Ministry h

China's development and construction activities "within its own territory" is "normal" and beyond reproach, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, reacting to a report about China building a new village in Arunachal Pradesh. The foreign ministry spokesperson also added that China 'never recognised the so-called Arunachal Pradesh'. China claims Arunachal Pradesh as part of southern Tibet, while India's consistent stand has been that the northeastern state is an integral and inalienable part of the country. The Ministry of External Affairs had said that Indian Government keeps a constant watch on all developments having a bearing on India's security after reports on Chinese construction emerged.

Abbas Siddiqui, an influential cleric of Furfura Sharif Dargah in West Bengal's Hooghly district, on Thursday floated a new political outfit&nbsp;ahead of the upcoming 

Abbas Siddiqui, an influential cleric of Furfura Sharif Dargah in West Bengal's Hooghly district, on Thursday floated a new political outfit&nbsp;ahead of the upcoming assembly polls. The cleric said he said formed India Secular Front to ensure that constitutional democracy is protected, everybody gets social justice. Siddiqui&nbsp;also expressed his desire to be a kingmaker and said that his&nbsp;party&nbsp;might contest state elections from all 294 Assembly seats.&nbsp;
Siddiqui has indicated that his party will be a platform for Muslims, Dalits and Adivasis residing in West Bengal.&nbsp;Once considered a vocal supporter of the Trinamool Congress in the past, Siddiqui has been taking on the state government in the recent past. After holding discussions with Siddiqui in early January, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi announced that his party will fight the Assembly polls in an&nbsp;alliance&nbsp;with the cleric.&nbsp;

The stage is set for India's mass vaccination programme from&nbsp;January 16 as the first vials of the Covid-19 vaccine reached 14 cities on Tuesday from Pune-based Serum Institute of India.

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