Maharashtra Health Department will conduct a dry run for the COVID-19 vaccine in four districts -- Pune, Nagpur, Jalna, and Nandurbar districts on January 2, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope announced on Friday. He also informed that each district will have three vaccination centers with 25 people for vaccination at each center. 
As India rings in New Year with 'muted' celebrations due to coronavirus pandemic, many rules that affect our day life are also changing. From cheque payment to GST filing, there are new rules that come into effect from January 1. Let's take a look what changes from today: 
A day before a pan-India dry run of Covid vaccination by Center, the subject expert committee of the national drugs regulator Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) will meet again on Friday to take a decision on the emergency-use authorization (EUA) application of Serum Institute of India’s Oxford-AstraZeneca and Bharat Biotech’s Covid vaccine candidates.
At least 1,336 challans were issued by the Traffic Police in Delhi on New Year's eve across the national capital.
Let me begin the New Year by extending my best wishes to all of you. The year that has gone by, was one that frightened each and every one of us. We could not visit our near and dear ones, could not hug them, could not shake hands with them nor could we invite acquaintances to our homes. I spent nine months either at my home or in India TV studio. I avoided meeting people and communicated with all, either through phone or video calls. For the last 280 days I had been going to India TV Broadcast Centre, but did not meet anybody physically, face to face.
Due to low visibility caused by dense fog, more than 20 cars rammed into each other on Friday morning on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat. Several people are reported to be injured in the road mishap. The wounded have been taken to the district hospital in Baghpat. 
On the first day of the New Year, Indian Railways has decided to extend the run of festival special trains. The Northern Railways in a tweet said that the authorities decided to extend the services in view the passenger volume. Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
