Considering rising number of COVID-19 infections in the city, Kanpur district administration on Tuesday imposed fresh curbs thereby ordering gyms and swimming pools to shut down till further orders. Restaurants and eating joints will also be allowed to operate at 50 per cent capacity.
In a bid to control the spread of COVID-19 and its Omicron variant, the Uttarakhand government on Wednesday extended the night curfew by an hour.
Omicron variant of coronavirus is mutating but the disease severity is mild, a study conducted by Delhi's Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital has showed. In the research, it was discovered that 35 mutations included 3 non-significant mutations in the spike protein.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate the two-day 25th National Youth Festival to be hosted by Puducherry today. The festival will begin on the occasion of National Youth Day on January 12 to celebrate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekanand. Youth Affairs secretary Usha Sharma said that the festival aims to shape the minds of India's youth and transform them into a united force for nation-building.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday directed the authorities to remain fully prepared and equipped to cope with the situation in wake of the rising in cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. He reviewed the COVID-19 situation in the state, with senior government officials and district collectors. Expressing concern over rising in COVID infection, Patnaik said, "Cases are increasing in Odisha as well as other parts of the country, next few weeks are crucial, hence everybody should remain alert and follow the COVID appropriate behaviour." "Even though the hospitalization rate has remained low in the third wave of the pandemic, the authorities should remain fully prepared and equipped to cope up the situation in wake of rising in cases with Omicron variant." Meanwhile, Maharashtra recorded the maximum number of 1,247 cases followed by Rajasthan at 645, Delhi 546, Karnataka 479 and Kerala 350 on Tuesday. 
The Supreme Court is set to pronounce its order on Wednesday on the constitution of a Committee headed by a retired top court judge to probe into the security lapse during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Punjab visit on January 5. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana will pass the order.
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