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India took less than a week to vaccinate over a million Special Correspondent

More than 31,000 healthcare workers vaccinated in five States on ninth day, says Health Ministry

Modi exhorts youths to defeat ‘network of lies and rumours’ on vaccination

2 die in A.P., Telangana days after COVID-19 shot

Civil Aviation Ministry seeks vaccination for aviation sector employees

Pandemic underlined need for higher budget allocation for healthcare sector

Special Correspondent Colonel B Santhosh Babu, Commanding Officer of 16 Bihar who was in Galwan and lost his life along with 19 others in the violent clash with China’s PLA in June last year has been posthumously awarded the Maha Vir Chakra.

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National

Govt. committed to farmers’ welfare, says President Ram Nath Kovind

Special Correspondent Initial path to reforms give rise to misapprehensions, says Ram Nath Kovind in address to nation.

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International

Joe Biden signing a series of orders at the White House on January 20. AFP

International

Biden reverses Trump ban on transgender people in military

AP The new order immediately prohibits any service member from being forced out of the military on the basis of gender identity.

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Power point: WEF founder Klaus Schwab, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the virtual Davos meet on Monday .

International

At Davos forum, Xi warns world leaders against ‘new Cold War’

AFP ‘Rejecting, threatening or intimidating others will push the world into division’

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States

Maharashtra board exams for Classes X, XII to begin in April

Staff Reporter Maharashtra School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad on Thursday announced that the State board examinations for Class XII and Class X would commence on April 23 and 29, respectively. “The practical exam for Class XII will be conducted between April 1 and 22 while the written exam will begin on April 23. The results will be announced approximately by the end of July,” she said. Ms. Gaikwad said that the practical examination for Class X would be held from April 9 to 28 and the written exam would

A health worker injects a COVID-19 vaccine at Rajawadi Hospital in Mumbai on Tuesday.

States

Maharashtra’s wellness rate nears 95%; active cases go below 50,000

Shoumojit Banerjee State adds 2,294 fresh infections, 50 deaths; Mumbai’s total tally stands at 3,03,625

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Hyderabad

Fund sanction, vacancy fill-up in focus ahead of school reopening on Feb. 1

Special Correspondent Students of classes IX, X can attend school with written consent of parents

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Hyderabad

CCMB chief bats for mass vaccination to contain COVID

V. Geetanath ‘Right time to get inoculated when virus is seemingly weak and spreading less’

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The Hindu Margazhi Classical Music Competition: B. Shwetha, third prize in Vocal Thukkada, 0 to 12 years

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The Hindu Margazhi Classical Music Competition: Saigovind Vijayaraghavan, second prize in Mandolin

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The Hindu Margazhi Classical Music Competition: R Vanishree, third prize in Vocal Thukkada, 20-40 years

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The Hindu Margazhi Classical Music Competition: Jayashree Aditya, second prize in Vocal Thukkada, 20-40 years

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Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan and Natasha Dalal during their wedding ceremony at Alibaug in Mumbai on Jan. 24, 2021.

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IFFI 2021: Danish film ‘Into the Darkness’ wins Golden Peacock

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It was England's sixth win in a row in Sri Lanka. The tourists won all three tests during their last tour in 2018.

England win second Test by six wickets to complete series sweep

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In this Sunday, Sept. 26, 2020 file photo, Chelsea's head coach Frank Lampard looks on after the English Premier League football match between West Bromwich Albion and Chelsea at the Hawthorns in West Bromwich, England.

Premier League | Chelsea fires coach Frank Lampard halfway through 2nd season

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