Omicron variant LIVE Updates: Kerala students to get COVID-19 vaccine doses in schools from Jan 19

No special Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) will be henceforth applicable to passengers coming from the United Arab Emirates, including Dubai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Sunday. As per the earlier SOPs, seven-day home quarantine and an RT-PCR test on arrival were made mandatory for such passengers. These directions will be enforced from midnight of January 17, it added. On December 29, the civic body had said that the passengers arriving in Mumbai from the UAE will have to undergo an RT-PCR test, depending on which a decision would be taken for seven-day home quarantine. Meanwhile, a total of 275 doctors and paramedics of various hospitals in Kashmir have tested positive for COVID-19 since January 1 this year, officials said on Sunday. Professor and Head of Department, Community Medicine, GMC Srinagar, Dr Salim Khan said 145 doctors, 130 MBBS students and 130 paramedics have tested positive for COVID-19 in GMC Srinagar and associated hospitals since January 1.

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7 expensive cars, Rs 14 crore cash seized from BSF officer behind Rs 125 crore 'fraud'

The Gurugram Police on Sunday raided the premises of BSF officer Praveen Yadav, who was posted in the National Security Guard headquarters (NSG) at Manesar in Gurgaon district. During the raid, the police recovered Rs 14 crore cash, jewellery worth 1 crore, and 7 expensive vehicles like Mercedes and BMW. Yadav is a BSF Deputy Commandant who called himself an IPS officer and duped people of Rs 125 crore. The Gurgaon police have also arrested the officer's wife, Mamta Yadav, sister Ritu, and an accomplice.

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Andhra Family treats future son-in-law with 365 different types of food

A future son-in-law in Andhra Pradesh got a grand treatment from his in-laws as they served him with 365 varieties of food were arranged considering 365 days of a year. An Andhra family from Narsapuram in West Godavari district treated their future son-in-law with the grand delicacy on the occasion of the Makar Sankranti festival. "To show our love for our future son-in-law, 365 varieties of food were arranged considering 365 days of a year", said a family member. 

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Four members of Nagpur family die in collision between SUV and truck in MP

Four members of a family from Nagpur in Maharashtra were killed and three others seriously injured in a collision between their SUV and a speeding truck near Pandhurna in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, police said.

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Omicron just a 'deviant', two pandemics might be going on side by side: Top virologist

Omicron is a "deviant" from the COVID-19 pandemic progression script and so it must be postulated that two pandemics are going on side by side, one by the Delta and close relatives and the other by the latest variant of concern said noted virologist Dr. T Jacob John.

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Maharashtra reports 41,327 fresh COVID-19 cases, 29 fatalities

Maharashtra on Sunday recorded 41,327 fresh coronavirus positive cases, 1,135 less than the day before, and 29 deaths, the state health department said.

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Pakistan: Mumbai 1993 serial blasts accused Salim Gazi dies of heart problems

Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Shakeel's close aide Salim Gazi passed away on Saturday in Karachi, Pakistan. According to Mumbai Police and other sources, Gazi died of heart problems. He was suffering from diabetes, hypertension and other ailments. 

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