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Feb 09, 2022 09:22 AM IST
India’s Covid-19 tally rises by 71,365
India adds 71,365 fresh cases to its Covid-19 tally. The daily positivity rate is at 4.54 per cent, according to the Union ministry of health affairs.
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Feb 09, 2022 09:17 AM IST
Army rescue team reaches Kerala mountaineer trapped in a hill in Palakkad
Army mountaineering team reaches 23-year-old R Babu finally. Given water. Officer said they crawled four hours to reach the trapped trekker.
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Feb 09, 2022 09:00 AM IST
Rescuers 200m away from trapped Kerala trekker, para troopers could be deployed
The Indian Army, Navy and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have launched one of the biggest operations to rescue a trapped trekker in Kerala’s Palakkad. The rescuers are just 200 metres away from 23-year-old R Babu, who is trapped in a hill cleft in Palakkad’s Malampuzha village since Monday. Read More
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Feb 09, 2022 08:11 AM IST
Travelling to Canada? Read Indian embassy’s advisory on anti-mandate stir
As protests against the Canadian government’s vaccine mandate continue in the country’s capital, Ottawa, the city-based High Commission of India has issued an advisory, as well as a helpline number, for Indian citizens who are in Canada or scheduled to visit the country. Read More
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Feb 09, 2022 07:36 AM IST
Hijab row: Maintain peace, says Karnataka high court as tempers flare
Observing that only a “mischievous section will keep the issue burning,” the Karnataka high court on Tuesday appealed to students and the public at large to maintain peace as the hijab row escalated in various parts of the state. Read More
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Feb 09, 2022 06:42 AM IST
Quad focused on action, not talk, says O’Farrell on grouping meet in Melbourne
The Quad is a permanent body “focused on action, not talk” and the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines across the Indo-Pacific is expected to be one of the key issues to be discussed when foreign ministers of the grouping meet in Melbourne this week, Australian high commissioner Barry O’Farrell has said. Read More
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Feb 09, 2022 06:33 AM IST
Early morning showers in Delhi
Rain lashed parts of the national capital in the early hours of Wednesday.
Earlier in the day, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain in the national capital and its adjoining areas.
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Rescuers 200m away from trapped Kerala trekker, para troopers could be deployed
Twenty-three-year-old R Babu, along with three of his friends, trekked the hill in Malampuzha in Kerala’s Palakkad district on Monday and was involved in the accident later that evening. He is trapped there since then and the rescuers are desperately trying to reach him.

Published on Feb 09, 2022 08:47 AM IST
Covid restrictions to be eased in Kerala; Schools to function normally
Currently, the classes are being conducted with 50 per cent attendance. The evaluation meeting has also decided to consider increasing the number of pilgrims for the religious festivals including the Aluva Sivarathri, Attukal Pongala and Maraman convention.

Published on Feb 09, 2022 08:13 AM IST
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Updated on Feb 09, 2022 09:27 AM IST
Travelling to Canada? Read Indian embassy’s advisory on anti-mandate stir
The High Commission, based in Canada’s capital city of Ottawa, which has been besieged by protesters, also released a helpline number for those in need.

Updated on Feb 09, 2022 08:44 AM IST
Seven soldiers missing after avalanche in Arunachal Pradesh dead
- Arunachal Pradesh governor brigadier (retd) BD Mishra and chief minister Pema Khandu also expressed shock.

Published on Feb 09, 2022 06:17 AM IST
India for ensuring equality and justice for Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority
India has consistently raised the issue of devolution of powers to Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority as part of efforts to address the situation in the wake of the island nation’s civil war

Updated on Feb 09, 2022 12:45 AM IST
In a U-turn, HNLC says ready for unconditional peace talks
‘As of now we are ready to talk within the ambit of the Indian constitution and we are ready to have talks without any pre-conditions,’ HNLC has said in a press release.

Updated on Feb 09, 2022 12:47 AM IST
Ensure equality and justice for Tamil minority: India to Lanka
At their delegation-level talks on Monday, Jaishankar and Peiris discussed the gamut of bilateral relations and explored ways to strengthen the close and friendly ties.

Published on Feb 09, 2022 12:32 AM IST
All 5 Congress MLAs join BJP-backed Meghalaya Democratic Alliance
Once a formidable opposition with 17 MLAs, the Congress was left with only five after 12 legislators, including former chief minister Mukul Sangma, defected to the Trinamool Congress in November last year.

Updated on Feb 09, 2022 12:31 AM IST
ByDavid Laitphlang, Shillong
Nearly 60mn in 15-18 age group have taken first jab: Govt data
Although around 4.2 million adolescents received their first vaccine dose on day one, according to government data, it took at least a week to administer the second and final dose

Published on Feb 09, 2022 12:25 AM IST
Heckled by group in saffron scarves, burqa-clad student stands her ground
In the purported video, the girl is seen walking towards the college when some saffron-clad students charge towards her, screaming ‘Jai Shri Ram’. Unintimidated, she screams ‘Allah hu Akbar’ back at them.

Updated on Feb 09, 2022 12:31 AM IST
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