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• Feb 19, 2022 07:02 PM IST

  Delhi logs 635 new Covid cases, fresh deaths drop to two

  Delhi on Saturday reported a slight rise in daily Covid caseload after 635 infections were confirmed, up from 607 on Friday. The city logged two deaths, and the case positivity rate further dropped to 1.13%, according to the health bulletin data.

• Feb 19, 2022 06:52 PM IST

  Covaxin to be evaluated as vaccine candidate in US: Bharat Biotech

  Bharat Biotech said on Saturday in a statement that Covaxin will be evaluated as a Covid-19 vaccine candidate in the United States. It added that US-based biopharma firm Ocugen is co-developing Covaxin as vaccine candidate for the nation.

• Feb 19, 2022 06:07 PM IST

  Centre gives Kumar Vishwas Y category security cover with the CRPF

  Ex-AAP leader Kumar Vishwas gets Y-category security cover amid row over his ‘separatist’ allegation against Arvind Kejriwal, reports ANI.

• Feb 19, 2022 05:12 PM IST

  Russia launches hypersonic missiles as part of nuclear drills amid Ukraine tensions

  Russia launches hypersonic missiles as part of nuclear drills amid Ukraine tensions. In a statement, Kremlin said that the annual exercises featured launches of Kinzhal and Tsirkon hypersonic missiles and a number of other weapons. The country hit sea and land-based targets as part of the strategic nuclear exercises overseen by President Vladimir Putin, Reuters reported.

• Feb 19, 2022 04:41 PM IST

  ‘Surprising’: Nitish Kumar on rolling back of Bhojpuri, Magahi languages in Jharkhand’s Bokaro and Dhanbad districts

  Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar says he finds it “surprising” that the Jharkhand government has rolled back Bhojpuri and Magahi as the regional languages of Bokaro and Dhanbad districts. “Bhojpuri is spoken in UP too. Bihar-Jharkhand was one. It (language) is for all. I find this surprising. If someone is doing this, I don’t think it is being done in the state’s interest. I don’t know why is this being done,” he told ANI.

• Feb 19, 2022 04:15 PM IST

  India vs Sri Lanka: BCCI announces squad for Test and T20I series

  The BCCI on Saturday announced the squad for Test and T20I series against Sri Lanka. Rohit Sharma has been named as India’s new Test captain, while Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane have been dropped.

• Feb 19, 2022 03:42 PM IST

  Ration is good, govt must make people stand on their feet with education and employment: Priyanka in Rae Bareli

  Congress national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Saturday that “it’s good” that the BJP regime in Uttar Pradesh is providing the citizens of the state with ration, but they should “make people stand on their feet, with education and employment”. “We want to bring a law that will suspend officials who don’t file an FIR within 15 days of harassment complaint by a woman,” she added at a public rally in Rae Bareli.

• Feb 19, 2022 03:07 PM IST

  CJI Ramana, SC judges along with family visit Mughal Gardens

  Delhi: Chief Justice of India Justice NV Ramana & Judges of Supreme Court along with their family members visited Mughal Gardens in Rashtrapati Bhawan today at the invitation of President Ramnath Kovind & the First Lady Savita Kovind. CJI presented the Annual Report to President. pic.twitter.com/Hl646d8JJp

  — ANI (@ANI) February 19, 2022

  Chief Justice of India Justice NV Ramana and Judges of Supreme Court along with their family members visited Mughal Gardens in Rashtrapati Bhawan in Delhi earlier in the day at the invitation of President Ramnath Kovind and the First Lady Savita Kovind.

• Feb 19, 2022 02:37 PM IST

  Explosions could be heard in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk: Report

  Multiple explosions could heard on Saturday morning in eastern Ukraine’s separatist-controlled city of Donetsk, Reuters reported citing a witness. The origin of the explosions was not clear, the report added.

• Feb 19, 2022 01:49 PM IST

  UP govt lifts night curfew amid decline in Covid cases

• Feb 19, 2022 01:39 PM IST

  Watch: BJP poll worker hassles hijab-clad woman in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai, asked to leave booth

  A Muslim woman in hijab was hassled by a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) while entering a polling booth during the local body elections in Tamil Nadu on Saturday. She later managed to exercise her franchise after police and members of other political parties intervened. Read more

• Feb 19, 2022 01:08 PM IST

  Man jumps off perimeter, heads towards runway at Mumbai airport; caught

  An intruder has been caught by airport police at Mumbai. He jumped off the perimeter wall and started to run towards the runway when the CISF personnel on duty caught him. Mumbai officials say that he was caught within seconds after he jumped from the Kurla side of the runway. The man has been handed over to the airport police for investigation.

• Feb 19, 2022 11:40 AM IST

  Delhi Police recovers bike, suspects link with IED recovered from Ghazipur flower market in Jan

  The Special Cell of Delhi Police has recovered a bike, which was stolen in 2020, parked in the parking lot of Dilshad Garden metro station, which, they suspect, was used to take the IED recovered at Ghazipur flower market last month, reported ANI.

• Feb 19, 2022 10:46 AM IST

  Hijab row: 10 girls booked for violating Section 144, staging protest in Karnataka’s Tumkur

  Police have registered an FIR against at least 10 girls for violating prohibitory orders issued under Section 144 of CrPC by staging a protest against the hijab rule outside Girls Empress Govt PU College in Tumkur, Karnataka, on February 17, under Sections 143, 145, 188 and 149 of IPC.

• Feb 19, 2022 10:16 AM IST

  Fire at Bihar’s Madhubani railway station doused; no casualties

  The fire in the empty carriages of Swatantra Senani Superfast Express train at Madhubani railway station was doused at 9:50am, news agency ANI reported quoting East Central Railway CPRO. There were no casualties in the incident, the railways said.

• Feb 19, 2022 10:12 AM IST

  Fire breaks out at Bihar’s Madhubani railway station

• Feb 19, 2022 08:51 AM IST

  India reports decline in daily infections with 22,270 new cases, 325 deaths in last 24 hours

  India registered a further decline in daily infections with 22,270 new cases and 325 deaths in last 24 hours. Active cases stood at 2,53,739, accounting for 0.59 per cent of the total infections.

• Feb 19, 2022 07:43 AM IST

  Jharkhand govt rolls back Bhojpuri, Magahi as regional languages

  Jharkhand government rolled back Bhojpuri and Magahi as regional languages from Bokaro and Dhanbad districts; issues new notification of district-wise regional languages pic.twitter.com/SvkcJcSnLt

  — ANI (@ANI) February 19, 2022

• Feb 19, 2022 06:28 AM IST

  President Kovind to visit Odisha today

  President Ram Nath Kovind will visit Odisha and Andhra Pradesh from February 19 to February 22. He is expected to be in Puri, Odisha today.

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