9.30 am: Pfizer wants India to order its Covid vaccine before it pursues approval for the same, reports Reuters. 9.44 am: India registe...
9.30 am: Pfizer wants India to order its Covid vaccine before it pursues approval for the same, reports Reuters.
9.44 am: India registers 9,102 new coronavirus cases, pushing the country’s tally to 1,06,76, 838, according to Union Health Ministry data. The toll rises by 117 to 1,53, 587. There are 1,77,266 actives cases in the country.
9.35 am: Spectators at the Republic Day parade adhere to physical distancing norms.
#RepublicDay: Spectators at Delhi's Rajpath seated following strict social distancing protocols due to COVID19 pic.twitter.com/et8LZmdFQE
— ANI (@ANI) January 26, 2021
9.32 am: In a veiled reference to Pakistan, India on Monday said that globally recognised state sponsors of terrorism used the Covid-19 pandemic to increase recruitment and infiltration activities to spread terror, reports PTI.
Here are the top updates from Monday
- President Ram Nath Kovind, in his address to the country on the eve of Republic Day, urged people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus as per guidelines. He said that the government was working with complete dedication to make the massive inoculation programme a success.
- A report by non-profit group Oxfam on Monday revealed that the wealth of India’s 100 billionaires including Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani, soared during the coronavirus pandemic, while millions of others in the country lost their livelihoods.
- The Centre directed the states and Union Territories to take action against...
