An explosion took place in Nashville, Tennessee, in the United States on Christmas Day. Police said that they suspected the explosion was intentionally caused: Reuters.
High-speed mobile data services in Ganderbal and Udhampur districts to continue till 8th January while in rest of the districts the internet speed will be restricted to 2G only: Government of Jammu and Kashmir.
Karnataka reported 1,005 new COVID-19 cases, 1,102 discharges and 5 death today.Total cases: 9,14,488. Total discharges: 8,88,917. Death toll: 12,044. Active cases: 13,508.
Delhi reports 758 new COVID-19 cases, 1,370 recoveries and 30 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Delhi Health Department. Total cases: 6,21,439. Total recoveries: 6,03,758. Death toll: 10,414. Active cases: 7,267
Punjab reports 320 new COVID-19 cases, 412 discharges, and 9 deaths today, says Govt of Punjab. Total cases in the State rise to 1,64,821 including 1,54,845 discharges and 5,269 deaths. Active cases stand at 4,707.
Jammu and Kashmir reports 284 new COVID-19 cases, 409 recoveries, and 1 death. Total cases - 1,19,628. Active cases - 3,414. Total recoveries - 1,14,353. Total deaths - 1,861.
Tamil Nadu reported 1,027 new COVID-19 cases, 1,103 discharges, and 12 deaths in the last 24 hours: State Health Department, Govt of Tamil Nadu. Total positive cases: 8,12,142. Total discharges: 7,90,965. Death toll: 12,048. Active cases: 9,129.
Manipur reported 67 new COVID-19 cases, 74 recoveries and 3 deaths today, says State Health Department, Manipur. Total cases so far: 27,943. Total recoveries: 26,247. Active cases: 1,352. Total Deaths till date: 344. Recovery rate: 93.93%
Andhra Pradesh reports 355 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of cases to 8,80,430, as per State Health Department. Recovered cases: 8,69,478. Active cases: 3,861. Deaths: 7,091.
Raghav Chadha, Delhi Jal Board Vice Chairman files complaint against BJP leaders incl party Delhi Pres for "leading&participating in unlawful assembly of over 200 BJP workers...illegally entering Delhi Jal Board's Headquarters through criminal force by breaking chain of its gate"
WB CM Mamata Banerjee writes to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen;says,"Some nouveau invaders in Visva Bharati have started raising surprising&baseless allegations about your familial properties...I want to express my solidarity with you in your battles against bigotry of majoritarians"
Rajasthan: Journalist dies after being allegedly attacked for resisting molestation of female colleague in Jaipur. "He got into fight 5-7 days ago. A case is lodged u/S 307 IPC. We have got some clues to identify attackers based on CCTV. They'll be soon caught," say police.
Mumbai, December 25: In one of the biggest news of today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually address farmers across states on Friday and release the next batch of financial aid Rs 18,000 crore from the PM-Kisan scheme. This will be part of BJP's nationwide outreach to the farmers on December 25, the birthday of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
The Karnataka government on Thursday withdrew the night curfew imposed in the wake of new coronavirus strain found in the United Kingdoms, just hours after announcing it. The United Kingdom sealed a post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Thursday. "Deal is done," a Downing Street source told news agency Reuters.
More than 600,000 people in the United Kingdom have received the first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine since inoculations began in the country earlier this month, reported Reuters quoting British government.
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