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India adds 1.79 lakh COVID-19 cases on January 9, 2022 The Hindu Bureau

Surge across major metros of Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Chennai

PM Modi calls for non-stop research to manage COVID-19

400 Parliament staffers test positive for COVID-19

Four judges, 5% of Supreme Court staff test positive for COVID-19

Odisha approaching 5,000 COVID-19 cases a day

National

A view of the Chandini Chowk in New Delhi.

National

Government releases revised universal accessibility guidelines

Damini Nath Focus shifts from creating a barrier-free environment to more holistic approach

School children perform Surya Namaskar or Sun salutation in New Delhi. File photo

National

AYUSH Ministry to hold global Surya Namaskar event on Makar Sankranti

PTI On this day, Surya Namaskar is offered as a salutation to the Sun to exhibit one's gratitude for each of its rays as it nurtures all living being, an Ayush Ministry statement read.

International

People walk at the scene of an apartment building fire in the Bronx borough of New York City, U.S., January 9, 2022.

International

New York City apartment building fire kills 19, including 9 children

Reuters 32 people had been hospitalised with life-threatening injuries and some 60 people were injured in total.

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Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (3L) arrives with Chinese Foreign minister Wang Yi (front R) at a sailing event on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Sri Lanka and China at during his visit to Colombo Port city project, in Colombo on January 9, 2022.

International

Sri Lanka seeks Chinese debt restructuring amid crisis

Meera Srinivasan The declining foreign reserves are partly blamed on infrastructure projects built with Chinese loans that don’t make money.

Vignesh Radhakrishnan Sumant Sen Jasmin Nihalani Data show that while States such as Gujarat and Karnataka are just days away from achieving their targets, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab are still months away

States

Campaign for KMC election ends, polling on Sunday

Shiv Sahay Singh The campaign for elections to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) concluded on Friday with leaders giving last-minute push for their parties and contesting candidates. The polling is scheduled for December 19 across 4,939 booths in the city.Elections to the 144 wards of the KMC will be held without deployment of central armed police forces after a Division Bench of Chief Justice Prakash Srivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj on Friday rejected BJP’s plea for the same. The court said, “So