India reports 8,635 new COVID cases, 94 fatalities; active cases at 1,63,353

With 8,635 fresh cases, India's COVID-19 tally has gone up to 1,07,66,245, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 1,04,48,406, pushing the national recovery rate to 97.05 per cent, the health ministry said on Tuesday. The death toll due to the viral disease in the country has climbed to 1,54,486 with 94 more fatalities, the ministry's data updated at 8 am showed. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 1,04,48,406 pushing the national COVID-19 recovery rate to 97.05 per cent, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.43 per cent.

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27 Bills passed earlier to be presented in Lok Sabha today

On the second day of the Budget Session of Parliament, 27 Bills passed during the fourth session of seventeenth Lok Sabha will be tabled in the Lower House on Tuesday along with various Standing Committee reports that include steps taken by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs during Covid-19 pandemic.

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Bulandshahr: 2 PAC soldiers killed after truck ran over them

At least two Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) soldiers killed after a truck collided with another truck, lost control and ran over them in the Sikandrabad area of Bulandshahr early on Tuesday morning. 

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Amid farmers' protest, Sanjay Raut to reach Ghazipur border at 1 pm today

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut is set to visit the Ghazipur border today. Taking to Twitter, Raut announced his visit to the Ghazipur border today at 1 pm, in support of the protesting farmers. Thousands of farmers have been protesting at the Delhi borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, demanding a rollback of the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020; and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.

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Farmers' protest: Haryana govt extends suspension of mobile internet services in 7 districts

In the wake of the ongoing farmers' protest and to avoid any disturbance to the peace and public order, the Haryana government on Monday ordered the suspension of mobile internet services in seven districts of the state. Internet services in 17 districts of Haryana were earlier too suspended in the wake of protests by farmers. Now, the state government has extended the suspension till 5 pm today. According to the order, mobile internet services, SMS services and all dongle services in seven districts - Kaithal, Panipat, Jind, Rohtak, Charkhi Dadri, Sonipat and Jhajjar will remain suspended till 5 pm today. 

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Rashtrapati Bhawan to reopen for public from February 6

Rashtrapati Bhavan will reopen from February 6 for the general public, over 10 months since it was closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, an official statement said on Monday.

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Iron rods hooked, makeshift wall created at Singhu border to restrict movement of protesters

Workers under the watch of police personnel on Monday hooked iron rods between two rows of cement barriers on a flank of the main highway at the Singhu border to further restrict the movement of protesters agitating against the new farm laws at the site. Another portion of the highway at the Delhi-Haryana border is practically blocked now as a makeshift cement wall has come up there. A worker, drilling rods in cross-formation between two rows of solid barriers in the afternoon, said, "The other flank was done yesterday. Cement is to be poured in the space between the barriers on this flank to make a makeshift wall".

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