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“Remove the caller tune of Amitabh Bachchan of corona from the mobile in the interest of justice,” the plea sought.

 Punjab School Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Wednesday had informed that schools in the state for classes V to XII will reopen from January 7 with Covid-19 protocols in place. The schools will remain open from 10 am to 3 pm.  

India's Covid-19 caseload rose to 1,03,95,278 with 20,346 new infections being reported in a day, while the number of recoveries surpassed one crore, according to data updated by the Union health ministry on Thursday.  

"We want to warn that if the government doesn't not accept our demands, farmers' protest will get intensified further," Abhimanyu Kohar, a senior member of Samkyukt Kisan Morcha, told PTI.

Ahead of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, a second dry run will take place on January 8 across all districts of the country.

The tractor rally is being organised by Sanyuta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella of 40 farmer unions. It will start from Ghaziabad and go to Palwal in Haryana and then return on the same route.

The Union Health Ministry has deployed multi-disciplinary teams to Avian Influenza affected Alappuzha and Kottayam districts in Kerala, and Panchkula district in Haryana. The two multi-disciplinary teams comprise experts from National Center for Disease Control, National Institute of Virology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, Dr RML Hospital, New Delhi and Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi.

“This "overwhelming" mandate in favour of the BJP against some Opposition parties' politics of "lies and hypocrisy" shows people's trust in the leadership of Modi and Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa,” Rajeev Chandrasekhar said.

Two days after BJP leader made a controversial remark asking people to choose between Bible and Gita, actor and politician Nandamuri Balakrishna pitched for cutting hands of culprits desecrating Hindu gods.

 Farmers' protests near Delhi borders are set to intensify as the deadlock over new agri laws continues and the Supreme Court today expressed disappointment, saying "there's no improvement in situation at all."