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No paracetamol or pain killers are recommended after being vaccinated with Covaxin, ANI quotes vaccine-maker Bharat Biotech.

Delhi reports 10,665 fresh cases and 8 deaths in the last 24 hours. The active cases are over 23,300 while positivity rate rises to 11.88%.

Precautionary COVID-19 vaccine dose will be the same vaccine as has been given previously. Those who've received Covaxin will receive Covaxin, those who've received primary two doses of Covishield will receive Covishield, said Dr. VK Paul, Member-Health, NITI Aayog

At least 16 people died and many others sustained injuries in a collision of a bus and tanker in the Amrapara area of Pakur today morning, says Pakur Police.

Heavy snowfall took place at Gangotri Dham in Uttarkashi on Wednesday. Snow clearance is underway at several places in the region.

The principal opposition party in Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK on Wednesday boycotted Governor R.N.Ravia's address to the Assembly. The AIADMK members walked out of the House soon after Ravi began his address. Speaking to reporters, Leader of the Opposition and AIADMK Joint Coordinator K.Palaniswami said the party walked out protesting against the DMK government. Palaniswami charged that the law and order has worsened in the state during the last eight months since the DMK party came to power.

PM Narendra Modi cancels his scheduled visit to Punjab's Ferozepur to address a rally "due to some reasons", Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announces from the stage.

The Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of the Delhi Police Special Cell busted a fake online exam solving module and arrested 6 people, said a police official on Wednesday. According to DCP (IFSO), KPS Malhotra, Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) score of 780 out of 800 were got through this syndicate. One of the arrested accused Raj Teotia is carrying a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh on his arrest and was wanted by CBI. Russian hackers were also used by the syndicate to get access to various examination portals, the police said. The raids were conducted in Mumbai, Delhi, Gurgaon and Jaipur where 15 laptops and 9 mobile phones were seized.

The Centre on Wednesday issued revised guidelines for home isolation of mild and asymptomatic patients amid the surge in Covid-19 cases nationwide. As per the new guidelines, the patient under home isolation will stand discharged and end isolation after at least 7 days have passed from testing positive and no fever for 3 successive days and they shall continue wearing masks. There is no need for re-testing after the home isolation period is over. Asymptomatic contacts of infected individuals need not undergo Covid test and monitor health in home quarantine as per the new guidelines. "Patient should at all times use triple layer medical mask. They should discard mask after 8 hours of use or earlier if the mask becomes wet or is visibly soiled. In the event of Caregiver entering the room, both Caregiver and patient may preferably consider using N-95 mask", said the new guidelines. The mask should be discarded after cutting them to pieces and putting in a paper bag for a minimum of 72 hours.

With each passing day, the Covid-19 situation in West Bengal is going out of control of the state administration. In the last 24 hours, 9,073 people were infected, which is nearly double the number of the people that got infected two days earlier. According to the data available with the state Health department, on Monday 6,078 people got infected with Covid-19, but on Tuesday it made a quantum leap and touched 9,073, taking the total number of Covid-infected patients to 16,64,308 in the state. The rapid increase in the spread of the disease has forced the state to go for a partial lockdown. On Monday, the infection rate in the state was 439 but on Sunday it rose to 6,153 -- a 12-time surge. On Tuesday the rate touched 9,073.

Tamil Nadu government wants the Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation regime to be extended by two more years, Governor R.N.Ravi said. Addressing the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Wednesday, Ravi said the GST compensation regime is coming to an end on June 6. "After the introduction of GST, the state was not able to realise the high growth of tax collections that it had witnessed during the VAT (value added tax) regime. The Covid pandemic has further exacerbated this problem," he said.

After doctors and medical staff, Covid infections are spreading among political leaders of Bihar. On Wednesday, four ministers including two deputy chief ministers -- Tar Kishore Prasad and Renu Devi tested positive for the coronavirus. Besides, Excise Minister Sunil Kumar and Building Construction Minister Ashok Chaudhary also tested positive. Tar Kishore Prasad was in Barh to inaugurate a government program along with JD-U national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh. The latter tested Corona positive on Tuesday and he himself said that he underwent RT-PCR test earlier and the report came on Tuesday. Similarly, Tar Kishore Prasad also underwent RT-PCR test and his report came positive on Wednesday. After the development, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar postponed Samaj Sudhar Abhiyan (Social Reforms Campaign) on Wednesday. He has also directed all cabinet ministers to undergo RT-PCR test.

MoS (Home) Nityanand Rai today distributed last 10 Ayushman CAPF cards to personnel of each CAPFs at an event in Delhi. Under the scheme, beneficiaries may avail medical treatment at CAPF or govt-owned facilities free of cost. The scheme was launched by HM Amit Shah last year. 

Oil marketing companies have kept the prices of diesel and petrol unchanged across the major Indian cities since November 3, 2021, when the Centre and some states reduced duties on the fuels. Accordingly, diesel and petrol prices in Delhi stood at Rs 86.67 per litre and Rs 95.41 per litre on Wednesday, respectively. In Mumbai, the rates were unchanged at Rs 94.14 and Rs 109.98. Prices also remained static in Kolkata at Rs 89.79 and Rs 104.67.  In Chennai too, they stood at Rs 91.43 and Rs 101.40.

J&K: Poor visibility causes delays in flight operation to and from Srinagar airport, its director says. Continuous snowfall and poor visibility resulted in 42 cancellations yesterday (January 4) across all airlines: Srinagar airport.

An FIR has been lodged against Congress district chief Mirza Ashfaque Saqlaini and other unidentified persons following a "stampede-like situation" during a marathon organised by the party in Bareilly. The event held on Tuesday, was held as part of the Congress party's "Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon" Assembly election campaign. Videos of the incident also went viral on social media.

The Kasganj Police in Uttar Pradesh has arrested a youth for allegedly trapping a Hindu minor girl by posing as a Hindu boy and later forcing her to convert to Islam. According to the reports, a 15-year-old girl studying in Class 10 was kidnapped by a Muslim man in Amanpur locality of Kasganj, after which the girl's family members lodged a complaint against him at the police station. The Muslim man posed as Hindu named Raju to trick the girl and abducted her while she was on her way to the school. Later, a video appeared on social media that showed a girl in a black burqa confessing her love for 'Raju'. The minor girl in the video said that she was in a relationship with 'Raju' for the past 7 years and that they trusted each other. "He (Raju as in the video) loves me more than my parents love me. We want to get married. I have no problem getting married to him", she said.

Light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of entire Delhi and NCR (Bahadurgarh, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Noida, Dadri, Greater Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad, Manesar) during next 2 hours (issued at 8:00 am): IMD. 

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, in a late-night decision on Tuesday, has closed all schools up to Class 10 from January 6 to January 14 as the number of active Covid cases in the state crossed the 3,000-mark. With effect from Thursday, night curfew timings have also been extended by two hours. The night curfew will be now form 10 p.m. to 6 a.m, instead of the earlier 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. According to the government spokesman, any district where the number of active cases crosses 1,000, an additional set of restrictions would also be imposed. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took this decision in a late-night meeting held with Team 9-group of top officials.

The Karnataka government has declared restrictions and announced new guidelines till January 19 in the wake of unprecedented surge of Covid-19 cases in the state on Tuesday. The night curfew has been extended till January 19 and weekend curfew is also being imposed as preventive measure to check the third wave of Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking to reporters after marathon meeting held to discuss the prevailing situation in the state held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Minister for Health K. Sudhakar has stated that classes from 1 to 9 standards have been suspended. Pubs, bars, restaurants, theatres will operate with 50 per cent of their capacity during week days. At any given point of time, the devotees number is restricted to 50 in all religious places and prayer halls, he stated.

Delhi: Air Quality Index (AQI) is presently at 369 (overall) in the 'very poor' category, as per System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR)-India.

An encounter has started between terrorists and security forces at Chandgam area in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, officials said on Wednesday. "Encounter has started at Chandgam area of Pulwama. Police and security forces are on the job," a police officer said. The firefight between terrorists and security forces took place after a joint team of the police and the security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about presence of terrorists. As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where terrorists were hiding they came under a heavy volume of fire that triggered the encounter.

Andhra Pradesh: More than 7 people were injured and several boats were set to fire during a clash between two groups of fishermen at Peda Jalaripeta in Visakhapatnam. The clash broke out over the use of ring nets. We have imposed Section 144 at Vasavanipalem and alaripeta areas: CP Manish Kumar Sinha.

In the wake of the latest guidelines issued by DDMA, Delhi Metro will be running with 100% seating capacity. However, no standing passengers will be allowed till further notice: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.

PM Modi to visit Ferozepur, Punjab today. PM will lay foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more than Rs 42,750 crore. These projects include Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway, PGI Satellite Centre at Ferozepur and two new medical colleges at Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur: PMO