Omicron LIVE Updates: Congress demands cancellation of Vibrant Gujarat summit

India has logged 653 cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus across 21 states and UTs so far out of which 186 people have recovered or migrated, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. Maharashtra recorded the maximum number of 167 cases followed by Delhi at 165, Kerala 57, Telangana 55, Gujarat 49 and Rajasthan 46. Meanwhile, in view of the rising cases of Covid-19 and its Omicron variant, several states and UTs -- Maharashtra, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Haryana, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh -- have imposed night curfew and revised covid protocol. According to a Union Health Ministry office memorandum, multi-disciplinary central teams have been deployed in 10 states which are reporting either an increasing number of Omicron and COVID-19 cases or a slow vaccination pace. Meanwhile, in his Mann ki Baat address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday also said self-awareness and self-discipline are the country's strengths in fighting against the novel variant of the COVID.

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NEET PG counselling: Resident doctors to continue agitation despite health minister's appeal | 10 points

The protesting doctors have decided to continue their agitation over the delay in NEET PG counselling. "We are continuing the agitation till our demands are met," said Manish, President of Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA), in a tweet. 

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Covid cases spike across country as Delhi, Mumbai register record daily tally | Top points

Delhi and Maharashtra today added to the growing concerns of rising Covid-19 cases in India, as they registered 496 and 2,172 fresh coronavirus cases respectively. In the case of the national capital, today's fresh cases were almost 50 percent more than what it registered yesterday. Whereas, Maharashtra today crossed the 2000 mark, up by 50 percent from 1,426 infections recorded a day before.

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India logs 6,358 new COVID cases, 293 fatalities; Omicron tally at 653

India has logged 653 cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus across 21 states and UTs so far out of which 186 have recovered or migrated, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. Maharashtra recorded the maximum number of 167 cases followed by Delhi at 165, Kerala 57, Telangana 55, Gujarat 49 and Rajasthan 46.

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Ludhiana court blast: Key conspirator, planning to bring in more explosives from Pak, arrested in Germany

As India shared evidence to counter-terror agencies in Berlin, a top member of Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) has been arrested in Germany for allegedly being the main conspirator of the December 23 blast in the Ludhiana district court complex which killed one person and injured five others. The accused has been identified as Jaswinder Singh Multan. 

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Doctors' body calls for shutdown of healthcare institutions; police registers FIR as stir intensifies

Protest by a large number of resident doctors in Delhi over the delay in NEET-PG 2021 counselling on Monday took a dramatic turn, as medics and police personnel faced off in the streets, with both sides claiming several persons suffered an injury in the ensuing melee. The stir, led by the Federation of Resident Doctors' Association, has been going on for several days, and FORDA also said that several of its members were "detained" when they tried to hold a protest march from Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) to Supreme Court.

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