Three terrorists were killed in an encounter that broke out on Thursday evening (January 6) in Jammu and Kashmir's Zolwa Kralpora Chadoora area of Budgam district, said the Kashmir Zone Police on Friday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the second campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) in West Bengal's Kolkata today at around 1:00 PM through video conferencing.
An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale hit near Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) informed on Friday (January 7).
The Omicron variant of COVID-19 appears to be a less severe disease than the Delta strain, but it does not mean it should be categorized as "mild", World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. During a press briefing, the head of global health body said that at present, 109 countries would miss out on fully vaccinating 70 per cent of their populations by the start of July 2022. "Last week, the highest number of COVID-19 cases were reported so far in the pandemic, while Omicron does appear to be less severe compared to Delta, especially in those vaccinated, it does not mean it should be categorized as "mild", Tedros Adhanom said. He added that the Omicron variant is hospitalizing people and it is killing people, just like previous ones. Meanwhile, Maharashtra continues to record the maximum Omicron cases followed by Delhi, Rajasthan, Kerala and Karnataka. Also, several states have imposed restrictions and night curfew, to curb the spread of the infection.
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