Active cases remain below 3 lakh, fatality rate stands at 1.44%

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,02,28,753, pushing the national COVID-19 recovery rate to 96.66 per cent

A total of 2,24,301 beneficiaries have been vaccinated till January 17. On the launch day of the vaccination, 2,07,229 beneficiaries had received the jabs

Police are also probing if other officials helped Gawande to get the bribes as well as the number of flyers he cleared with fake document

Coronavirus vaccination drive: Two healthcare workers who also exhibited adverse events were discharged 30 minutes later and given intravenous treatment to counter a feeling of tightness in the chest

In a span of 24 hours, only 16,946 people were found to be infected with COVID-19 in India

Bird flu in poultry chickens have so far been found only in Haryana. The cases were found in layer farms where poultry farming is done for eggs. Otherwise, most of the bird deaths that have occurred were of wild birds or migratory birds

Madhya Pradesh has reported that one of its citizens tested positive for the new virus strain which was originally discovered in the UK

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 97,17,834 during the same period, pushing the national recovery rate to 95.77 per cent

A new wave of infections is said to have hit Kerala, with the state accounting for about 23 per cent of the 167,221 cases reported over the past week

The raid comes a day after the Maharashtra government announced a slew of restrictions on public movement from December 22 to January 5

The announcement comes days after the emergence of a new and highly transmissible coronavirus strain in the United Kingdom. Several nations, including India, have already announced a temporary ban on all flights from the country

The net payroll additions, however, have registered a slight dip in October compared to 14.19 lakh in September this year, according to a statement by the Labour Ministry

As many as 341 new fatalities were reported in the past 24 hours, pushing the overall death toll to 1,45,477.  India's COVID-19 case fatality rate is 1.45 per cent, which is one of the lowest in the world

Schools reopen update: A few states like Maharashtra and Delhi have, however, decided to keep schools closed given a spurt in Covid-19 cases

India Stock Highlights Today: Axis Bank, Reliance Industries, ONGC, M&M, ICICI Bank, Asian Paints, SBI, HUL, L&T, Titan, Infosys and TCS were among the top losers

Coronavirus in India: Active COVID-19 caseload continues to stay below 4 lakh for the seventh consecutive day

In a statement, the ministry said the drop has been possible due to recoveries exceeding daily new cases and the low number of fatalities per day

Attributing the GDP recovery to the manufacturing and services sectors, SBI in its report said the sector had minimised its losses by 91% from Q1, services sector by 43% and trade sub-segment by 80%

COVID-19 cases in India: The total number of coronavirus cases reached 96, 08,211, with over 36,000 cases reported in the last 24 hours