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- India reported 12,286 new COVID-19 cases and 91 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to Union Health Ministry.
- A total of 4,27,072 COVID-19 vaccine doses were given till 7 pm on the first day of phase two of the nationwide vaccination program, Health Ministry said.
- PM Narendra Modi said that he’s saddened by the demise of BJP’s Lok Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa Nandkumar Singh Chauhan.
- The Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) and the Lok Sabha TV (LSTV) have been merged into a single brand known as Sansad Television (Sansad TV), the government said.
- The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the arrest of a man accused of rape by his former live-in partner.
- Delhi High Court called a probe report submitted by the police “half-baked”, “a useless piece of paper” and “worse than what they do in an ordinary theft case”.
- South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on Monday issued 153 challans to shopkeepers and traders found littering in market areas and the defaulters will now have to pay ₹500.
- Delhi Transport Corporation approved bids for procurement of 300 air-conditioned electric low-floor buses, the induction of which will be done by February 2022.
- The Punjab government on Monday decided to amend Punjab Excise Act, 1914, to introduce death penalty for the guilty in cases where people die after consuming spurious liquor, apart from fine up to ₹20 lakh.
- An advocate in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam has been lodged in jail since February 9 for allegedly sending birthday greetings to a Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) through email on January 28.
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