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1000 Made in India drones make different formations as part of the Beating Retreat ceremony at Vijay Chowk, Delhi

Snapshot taken from ANI/Twitter
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1000 Made in India drones make different formations during Beating Retreat ceremony in Delhi

1000 Made in India drones make different formations as part of the Beating Retreat ceremony at Vijay Chowk, Delhi

Published: 29 Jan 2022, 8:53 AM IST

Venkaiah Naidu to hold virtual meeting with various party leaders on Budget session agenda

Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu will hold a virtual meeting with leaders of various parties & groups in the House on the agenda for Budget session beginning January 31

Published: 29 Jan 2022, 8:53 AM IST

Delhi reports 4483 new COVID cases, 28 deaths

COVID-19 | Delhi reports 4483 new cases, 28 deaths and 8807 recoveries. Positivity rate 7.41%; Active cases 24800

Published: 29 Jan 2022, 8:53 AM IST

Lata Mangeshkar's health condition improves, continues to be under observation in ICU

Mumbai | Veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar's health condition has marginally improved. Her ventilator support was removed two days ago. She will continue to be under observation in ICU: Dr Pratit Samdani, Breach Candy Hospital

Published: 29 Jan 2022, 8:53 AM IST

IAS officer from Maha's Thane district arrested in connection with alleged malpractices in results of TET

IAS officer from Maharashtra's Thane district arrested in connection with alleged malpractices in results of statewide Teachers' Eligibility Test (TET) held in 2020, PTI reported

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Karnataka to withdraw night curfew, Bengaluru schools, colleges to open

COVID19 | Karnataka to withdraw night curfew, Bengaluru schools, colleges to open, NDTV reported

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Delhi Gym Association members protest against Delhi govt demanding reopening of gyms

Delhi Gym Association members protest against Delhi govt demanding reopening of gyms that are closed in the national capital as part of COVID containment plan

"Everything has been opened but only gyms are closed; have expenses to pay but no source of income," says a protestor

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India shortlists chess probables for Asian Games; Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand to mentor

As chess makes a return to the Asian Games after 12 years, All India Chess Federation is hopeful of a rich haul of medals from their men's and women's teams when the quadrennial continental showpiece begins eight months from new, IANS reported.

The Asian Games are scheduled to commence in the Chinese city of Hangzhou from September 10 and chess will be part of the curriculum after missing two editions -- 2014 Incheon and 2018 Jakarta. The sport was part of the 2010 Guangzhou curriculum when India won the men's team and women's individual (rapid) bronze.

India's best performance in the sport came at the 2006 Doha Asian Games when they won two gold, with Koneru Humpy bagging the top position in women's rapid individual event.

Aiming to make a big difference from the Guangzhou Games, AICF has started the preparation in advance by selecting 10 probables in the men's and women's section. The team has been selected on the basis of their International Rating and Vidit Gujarathi, P Harikrishna, Nihal Sarin, SL Narayanan, K Sasikiran, B Adhiban, Karthikeyan Murali, Arjun Erigaisi, Abhijeet Gupta and Surya Shekhar Ganguly have made the cut in the men's team.

The women's team will be selected from among K Humpy, D Harika, Vaishali R, Tania Sachdev, Bhakti Kulkarni, Vantika Agrawal, Mary Ann Gomes, Soumya Swaminathan and Eesha Karavade.

The selection committee consisting of Abhijit Kunte, Dibeyandu Barua and Dinesh Sharma will decide the final list of five players in April.

Eyeing the four gold medals at stake in the Games, legendary Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand will be mentoring the team and the first session between him and players will kick start on February 3.

The chess event at the Games will start on September 11 and will be played in two formats. The Individual Event for men and women will be played in Rapid Time Control from September 11 to 14, while the four-board five-member Team Event will be played under Standard Time Control from September 16 to 24.

Published: 29 Jan 2022, 8:53 AM IST

Law against conversion is fine but people shouldn't be harassed by it, says Delhi CM

Religion is a private matter. Everybody has right to worship a God. A law should definitely be made against religious conversions but nobody should be wrongly harassed through this. Conversions done by scaring them is wrong: AAP national convener-Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in Jalandhar

Published: 29 Jan 2022, 8:53 AM IST

Kerala HC orders Dileep to handover his mobile phone in a Malayalam actress assault case

Malayalam actress assault case: Kerala High Court orders actor Dileep to handover his mobile phone before 10.15 am on Monday, 31st January.

Published: 29 Jan 2022, 8:53 AM IST

Fire in pantry car of Gandhidham-Puri Express being doused in Maharashtra

ANI reported that the fire, that broke out in the pantry car of 12993 Gandhidham-Puri Express, is being doused at Nandurbar station in Maharashtra. All the passengers are safe.

Congress party questions government on unemployment

Congress party questioned the government on unemployment. The official handle of the party tweeted, "The Modi govt must answer, are govt posts just another empty promise they made to win votes?" The party used the hashtag #YouthWantsJustice.

Navjot Singh Sidhu files nomination for Punjab elections

ANI reported that Punjab Congress chief and the party's candidate from Amritsar East, Navjot Singh Sidhu filed his nomination for the Punjab Elections.

Budget Session: Rajya Sabha releases Code of Conduct

ANI reported that ahead of the Budget Session, Rajya Sabha released a Code of Conduct for the members.

Schools, colleges to reopen in Pune from Feb 1

ANI quoted Maharashtra Deputy CM as saying that schools and colleges will reopen in Pune district from Feb 1. "For classes 1 to 8, the school timings will be half of the regular timings, but for classes 9 to 10, the school will run as per the regular schedule. Colleges will also function as per regular time."

Budget Session: No 'Zero Hour' on 31st Jan and 1st Feb

ANI reported that owing to the Address of the President to both Houses assembled together and the Presentation of Union Budget respectively, during the first two days of the 8th session of the 17th Lok Sabha, there will be no 'Zero Hour' on 31st January and 1st February 2022. Matters of Urgent Public Importance raised during 'Zero Hour' will be taken up from 2nd February 2022.

2,35,532 new Covid cases, 871 deaths and 3,35,939 recoveries in the last 24 hours

According to ANI, India reported 2,35,532 new Covid cases, 871 deaths and 3,35,939 recoveries in the last 24 hours. This takes the number of active cases to 20,04,333 (4.91%) and the daily positivity rate to 13.39%, while the total vaccination stands at 1,65,04,87,260.

6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Keramdec Islands region

ANI reported that an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter Scale hit the Kermadec Islands region (in South Pacific Ocean) at 8:16 am today, according to the USGS (United States Geological Survey).

Amit Shah to campaign in Muzaffarnagar today

NDTV reported that Amit Shah will be campaigning in Muzaffarnagar today, ahead of the Uttar Pradesh elections.

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Published: 29 Jan 2022, 8:53 AM IST