Tamil Nadu Government on Monday permitted to increase the seating capacity of cinemas, theatres, multiplexes from existing 50% to 100% following COVID-19 protocols. The state government of Tamil Nadu had granted permission to cinema theatres and multiplexes to reopen with 50 per cent seating capacity from November 10. 
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lauded the efforts of the Indian scientists and doctors involved in developing the vaccine for Covid-19. He said that India is soon going to start the largest vaccination programme in the world.
India has approved two vaccines against coronavirus for emergency use. The vaccines are -- AstraZeneca-Oxford (Covishield) and Bharat Biotech (Covaxin). Covishield and Covaxin have to be administered in two doses and can be stored at 2-8 degree Celsius. The Drugs Controller General of India has also granted permission to Cadila healthcare for phase 3 clinical trial in India.
India saw the highest number of births in the world on new year's day at nearly 60,000, much more than any other country. The number of births, however, is 7,390 less than 2020. According to estimates of UNICEF, India is followed by China with half as many births – 35,615 – on January 1 this year.
Most parts of Haryana and Punjab recorded above-normal minimum temperatures on Monday, an official of the Meteorological Department in Chandigarh said. Chandigarh, the joint capital of the two states, recorded a low of 12.5 degrees Celsius, seven notches above normal, the official said.
Aparna Yadav, the daughter-in-law of Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, has questioned her own family member and former Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav over his comments on coronavirus vaccine. Aparna Bisht Yadav is wife of Prateek Yadav, the younger son of Mulayam Singh Yadav. Akhilesh Yadav is his elder son and heads the Samajwadi Party.
Hundreds of people have been left stranded after a landslide at Malling Nullah near Naco in Kinnaur district blocked the Kinnaur-Kaza national highway on Monday, a district official said. 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...
