New Delhi: The COVID-19 vaccination drive for children aged between 15 to 18 years kick-started on Monday. Also, the SIT probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence has filed a 500-page chargesheet against 14 accused, including Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra. Below are the day’s biggest headlines.
Lakhimpur Kheri violence case: SIT files 5,000-page chargesheet, Union minister’s son Ashish Mishra named
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the Lakhimpur Kheri incident in which eight people, including four farmers were killed, has filed a chargesheet against 14 accused, including Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra. The chargesheet was filed in the court of chief judicial magistrate (CJM) Chinta Ram on Monday. Read More
COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 15-18 years begins – all you need to know
Amid growing concerns over a possible third wave of COVID-19, the vaccination drive for children between 15 to 18 years of age against COVID-19 kick-started on Monday at various hospitals and inoculation centres across the country. Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin is the only COVID-19 vaccine that will be administered to children in the age group of 15-18 years, according to guidelines issued by the Union Health Ministry. “For all those aged 15 years or more, option for vaccination would only be available for Covaxin as this is the only vaccine with Emergency Use Listing (EUL) for the age-group 15-17,” the ministry had said in its guidelines. Read More
Assembly Elections 2022: ‘Accelerate’ COVID-19 vaccination, Election Commission tells poll-bound states
Amid speculations over dates of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab, the Election Commission of India (ECI), on Monday urged poll-bound states to accelerate vaccination within their jurisdiction. The poll-body also hinted that the dates for Assembly polls in these five states may be announced this month. The ECI recently visited poll-bound states to assess the situation in light of the Omicron situation in the country. Last week, an all-party delegation met the ECI and urged that the Assembly polls should not be postponed. Read More
Sensex adds over 900 points, Nifty reclaims 17,600
Domestic equity markets ushered in 2022 with a bang as benchmark indices added over 1.5% on the first trading day of the year. The new year rally was powered by banking and financial stocks but gains were seen across all sectors barring pharma and healthcare. Market participants seem to have shrugged off concerns over many states imposing new restrictions amid rising COVID-19 cases.  Read More
Virat Kohli misses out on 2nd Test match vs South Africa; KL Rahul leads India in series decider at Johannesburg
Indian skipper Virat Kohli was ruled out of the second Test against South Africa in Johannesburg due to an upper back spasm. Stand-in skipper KL Rahul, who is leading India in a Test match for the first time in his career confirmed the news at the toss and was hopeful that Kohli will be fit for the third Test in Cape Town. Hanuman Vihari replaced Kohli in the playing XI while Jasprit Bumrah was elevated to the vice-captaincy role. Shreyas Iyer missed out on selection due to a stomach bug. Read More
Supply-side issues will continue to haunt manufacturers during January-March quarter
The recent restrictions imposed due to the increase of Covid-19 cases in China and Hong Kong have worsened the supply chain conditions which continue to be under pressure, according to top managers of several electronic and automobile companies. These executives said early indications from vendors and logistics companies suggest more bottlenecks in the supply of key components during the January-March quarter. Read More
Arjun Kapoor reveals why he finds getting trolled for age gap with girlfriend Malaika Arora ‘just a lot of noise’
Ajrun Kapoor and Malaika Arora have been together for a while now. The duo has often found itself being trolled for their age gap. Arjun Kapoor, in an interview with Masala, revealed that he finds all the trolling fake and they hardly pay attention to it all. Sharing his life mantra, he said, “What I do in my personal life is my prerogative. As long as my work is being recognized, the rest is all just a lot of noise. Plus, you can’t be so bothered about whose age is what so we should just live, let live and move on.” Read More
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