The BJP has called for a bandh in Bhandara district of Maharashtra on Monday to express anguish over the death of ten infants in a fire at the district hospital here, a party MP said on Sunday.
Several trains have been cancelled, short-terminated and diverted in the wake of ongoing farmers' protest in Punjab. According to a statement by the Western Railway, four trains have been diverted and one train short terminated/short originated.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday is set to interact with chief ministers of all states via video conferencing to discuss the COVID-19 situation and coronavirus vaccine rollout. Taking to Twitter, the prime minister's office said, "At 4 PM on Monday 11th January, PM Narendra Modi will interact with Chief Ministers of all states via video conferencing. They will discuss the COVID-19 situation and the vaccination rollout."
With the COVID-19 vaccination drive in India set to roll out on January 16, the transportation of Covishield vaccine from the Serum Institute of India's facility in Pune in Maharashtra is likely to start from the evening of January 11 or on January 12, sources involved in planning the logistics said on Sunday. The vaccine-laden trucks will move out from the Manjari location of the SII with elaborate police security. The Central government on Saturday said India will launch its COVID-19 vaccination drive from January 16, with priority to be given to nearly three crore health care and frontline workers.
With four women pilots, Air India's longest direct route flight landed at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru from San Francisco on Monday. The all women cockpit crew consisted of Captain Zoya Aggarwal, Captain Papagari Thanmai, Captain Akansha Sonaware and Captain Shivani Manhas.
Thirty-nine-year-old Hirkanya Bhanarkar had given birth to a girl on January 6, after 14 years of marriage and giving birth to three stillborn foetuses. The ill-fated day, however, took away her child after a massive fire erupted at the Bhandara hospital in Maharashtra on Saturday. Talking to reporters outside Akoli Public Health Centre (PHC) in Bhandara district on Sunday night, her husband, Hiralal Bhanarkar said this should not happen to anyone. 
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