Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan Friday visited Chennai's Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital to review the dry run for administering the Covid-19 vaccine. The second nationwide dry run on the Covid 19 vaccination is being held today in 736 districts across 33 states and Union Territories. The dry run will also familiarise the state, district, block, and hospital-level officers on all aspects of vaccine rollout. 
The Jammu and Kashmir government has banned the entry of poultry into the union territory following the outbreak of bird flu in neighbouring Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. The ban was announced on Thursday and comes into effect from Friday.
Amid cases of avian influenza in neighbouring several states in the country, at least four crows were found dead at a school in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district. The officials said it seems like the birds died due to cold.
The Centre will hold the eighth round of talks with the representatives of farmers' unions in New Delhi today to address the issues concerning them in the new farm laws. In the earlier meeting held in January 4, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar government wants farmer unions to discuss the three farm laws clause-wise, but they could not find any solution as farmer unions remained adamant on the repeal of these three laws.
India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,04,13,417 with 18,139 new infections being reported in a day, according to data updated by the Union health ministry on Friday. The death toll increased to 1,50,570 as 234 people succumbed to the disease in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.
Four persons were mown down by a high-speed train during its trial run between Haridwar and Laksar on Thursday.
The second nationwide dry run on the Covid 19 vaccination will be held today. The massive mock drill will be held in 736 districts across 33 states and Union Territories. 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...
