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BrahMos advanced variant test fired

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The extended range naval version of the missile was launched from a destroyer

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The advanced sea to sea variant of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise missile being tested from INS Visakhapatnam.

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Lockdown in China amid Omicron fears

Ananth Krishnan

Despite zero COVID policy, cities report fresh cases in run up to Winter Olympics, Chinese New Year

Deja vu: Women wearing face masks sitting outside a mall in Beijing on Monday.

Retail sales rise 7% over pre-pandemic level: RAI

PTI

‘Pace of growth drops on COVID wave’

South Africa vs India, 3rd Test | Kohli-Rabada contest lights up opening day at Newlands

S. Dinakar

Indian skipper returning to the side top scores with 79 to propel India to 223. SA’s pace spearhead ends up with four wickets; Left-arm seamer Jansen picks up three

Virat Kohli scored 79 off 201 balls, hitting 12 boundaries and a six

BrahMos advanced variant test fired

Lockdown in China amid Omicron fears

Retail sales rise 7% over pre-pandemic level: RAI

South Africa vs India, 3rd Test | Kohli-Rabada contest lights up opening day at Newlands

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Entertainment

Lata Mangeshkar hospitalised with COVID-19, family says symptoms are mild

Science

Conflicting signals from drug regulator, COVID-19 task force

COVID-19

People queue up to get RT-PCR tests at Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences amidst spike in Covid cases, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

India records a whopping 1.85 lakh COVID-19 cases The Hindu Bureau

Highest single-day rise in infections in the third and ongoing wave; active cases cross nine-lakh mark; cases in Mumbai decline for fourth consecutive day; marginal fall in Delhi, Chennai too; Odisha reports sharp spike.

Rajnath Singh ‘recovering well’

COVID negative report must at Ganga Sagar mela: Calcutta HC

Covid-19 third wave impacts passenger occupancy in flights, trains to Mysuru

T.N. to send only samples from clusters for Omicron testing

National

BrahMos advanced variant test fired

Special Correspondent The extended range naval version of the missile was launched from a destroyer

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National

India’s passport rank improves to 83 from 90

The Hindu Bureau The current rankings are for first quarter of 2022 and India shares the position with Sao Tome and Principe in Central Africa, behind Rwanda and Uganda.

International

Lockdown in China amid Omicron fears

Ananth Krishnan Despite zero COVID policy, cities report fresh cases in run up to Winter Olympics, Chinese New Year

New norm: Twenty-six countries reported that over 1% of their population was catching COVID each week.

International

WHO warns of virus surge in Europe

AFP ‘More than 50% Europeans are at risk of getting infected in the next two months’

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States

Ban on ritual bath on Makar Sankranti due to COVID spread

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA With a surge in COVID-19 cases in Uttarakhand, the Haridwar and Dehradun authorities have prohibited devotees from taking a dip in the Ganga in Haridwar and Rishikesh on Makar Sankranti on January 14.For the safety of devotees, in view of the recent spike in pandemic cases in the State, there will be a ban on devotees gathering at Har ki Pauri in Haridwar, Triveni ghat in Rishikesh, and other ghats for a ritual bath on Makar Sankranti, orders issued by Haridwar District Magistrate Vinay Shankar

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Safety first: A health worker collects a passenger’s swab sample at Anand Vihar bus terminus in New Delhi on Monday.

States

Now, only takeaways at Delhi bars and restaurants

Jatin Anand DDMA rolls out more restrictions as COVID graph rises rapidly in the Capital

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Chennai

Kathivakkam residents want garbage point to be shifted

Special Correspondent CHENNAI Residents ofKathivakkaminEnnore, north Chennai, haveurged the Greater Chennai Corporation to shift a garbage transfer point from near the local marketwhere vegetables and provisions are sold.“The tricycles and mobile bins are brought here daily. It is a central point.Thepiled up garbage causes a permanent stench and attractsinsects to the area. There is agovernmentschool100 m away from this place and the childrentoosufferfrom this health hazard,”said G. Gunasekaran ofNettukuppam.

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Mumbai

Fall in COVID-19 cases in Mumbai for fourth day

Special Correspondent The number of COVID-19 cases in Mumbai declined for the fourth consecutive day, recording 11,647 infections on Tuesday. The positivity rate, which indicates the number of positive cases detected per 100 tests conducted, also reached a seven-day low of 18.7%. The initial data from the city, which recorded more than 1.75 lakh cases in the past 40 days, indicated a possible early flattening of the case curve. Data from Delhi and Chennai too hinted at a possible slowdown of the spread of infections.