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70% of targeted beneficiaries vaccinated on inaugural day Jacob Koshy

Six States where the vaccination drive was carried out are Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur and Tamil Nadu.

States fall short in meeting vaccination targets

527 COVID-19 positive women delivered at LNJP Hospital since March

Some didn’t turn up for COVID vaccination at the last moment in Delhi: Health Minister

Delhi schools prepare to open the doors to classes 10, 12 students

National

SC committee to meet farmers’ groups from Jan. 21

Priscilla Jebaraj The unions protesting on the borders of Delhi for almost two months have refused to meet with the panel

Farmers and farm labourers from Tarn-Taran, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Ferozpur and Kapurthala region will start marching on tractor-trolleys etc., to the National Capital. File

National

Punjab farmers all set to start tractor marches to Delhi

Special Correspondent Ahead of a proposed ‘tractor parade’ in Delhi on Republic day

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International

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers drill a new channel at the explosion site of a gold mine in Qixia City, east China's Shandong Province on January 18, 2021.

International

12 workers trapped a week ago in China mine blast are alive

AP In a note passed through a rescue shaft on January 17 night reported the fate of the other 10 remains unknown

People queue to receive COVID-19 vaccines inside Lichfield Cathedral, which has been turned into an emergency vaccination centre, amid the coronavirus outbreak, in Lichfield, in Birmingham, Britain.

International

U.K.’s vaccination programme expands to cover over-70s

PTI The NHS has so far been working to vaccinate the first two priority cohorts recommended by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.

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Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope. File

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Coronavirus | More COVID-19 vaccine vials required than those received: Maharashtra Health Minister

Shoumojit Banerjee Maharashtra reports 3,556 fresh cases, 3,009 recoveries; death toll rises to 50,221

A health worker collecting samples for COVID-19 test, in Delhi. File

States

Maharashtra reports more than 4,000 recoveries

Shoumojit Banerjee Active cases drop to 52,288; death toll rises to 50,101; Mumbai adds 434 fresh cases

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Madurai

‘Madurai as second capital will spur industrial growth’

Staff Reporter Form a high-level advisory committee to explore possibilities: Chamber

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Madurai

Plea to remove ‘ghost nets’ from Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve

Staff Reporter The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday ordered notice to the Centre and the State in a public interest litigation petition that sought a direction to the authorities concerned to collect and dispose of ‘ghost nets’ (fishing nets lost or abandoned at sea) from the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice M.M. Sundresh ordered notice in the public interest litigation petition filed by K. Pushpavanam of Madurai. The petitioner

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Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle firm Zoox unveiled an electric, autonomous robotaxi.

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Paul Bettany as Vision and Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff in Marvel Studios’ ‘WandaVision’

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Mohammed Siraj gestures with the ball as he leaves the field after taking five wickets during play on day four of the fourth cricket test between India and Australia at the Gabba, Brisbane, Australia, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021.

Australia vs India | Cracks on Brisbane strip will play on batsman's mind, feels Siraj

PTI

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Steve Smith of Australia celebrates after scoring a half century during day four of the 4th Test Match in the series between Australia and India at The Gabba on January 18, 2021 in Brisbane, Australia.

Australia vs India | It will be about bowling in good areas on day five, being patient: Smith

PTI

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