9.45 am : India registers 14,545 new cases, taking the overall count to 1,06,25,428. The country’s toll rises by 163 to 1,53,032. India’s a...
9.45 am: India registers 14,545 new cases, taking the overall count to 1,06,25,428. The country’s toll rises by 163 to 1,53,032. India’s active cases stand at 1,88,688, while the number of recoveries reach 1,02,83,708.
9.40 pm: China has offered 5,00,000 doses of a coronavirus vaccine to its ally Pakistan, reports the Hindustan Times. The announcement was made by Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. “I want to give the nation the good news that China has promised to immediately provide 5,00,000 doses of vaccine to Pakistan by January 31,” Qureshi said. “They [China] have said you can send your airplane and immediately airlift this drug.”
9.35 am: United States President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that makes coronavirus test followed by quarantine mandatory for all travellers coming from overseas, reports PTI. In addition to wearing masks, everyone flying to the United States from another country will need to test before they get on that plane, before they depart, and quarantine when they arrive in America, Biden said.
9.30 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today hold a virtual meeting with the beneficiaries of the coronavirus vaccine along with the vaccinators of his constituency Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, the Hindustan Times reports. The vaccination drive has started at six centres in the city.
9.28 am: India on...
