- India reported 83,876 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, while the positivity rate dropped marginally to 7.25%. This is the first time since January 6 that India's daily Covid tally did not cross the 1-lakh mark.
- A tehsildar in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh district had to run for his life on Monday after a former BJP Yuva Morcha (BJYM) leader allegedly sprinkled petrol on him and threatened to set him on fire during an anti-encroachment drive, police said
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the Centre's ₹ 3 crore package helped over 3.5 lakh MSME units, saving about 1.5 crore jobs.
- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the leaders of the ruling Congress and Shiv Sena in Maharashtra on Monday vociferously protested against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comment that they had contributed to the spread of Covid.
- A special court is likely to pronounce its judgement on Tuesday in the case related to the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts that claimed 56 lives and for which nearly 80 accused were put on trial, a senior public prosecutor said on Monday.
- The Orissa High Court Monday stayed a Lok Sabha secretariat order that asked actress Varsha Priyadarshini to surrender her parliament identity card.
- the State Election Commission (SEC) has partially relaxed the restrictions imposed on campaigning for the ensuing Panchayat polls. The commission has allowed conduct of outdoor meetings with participation of maximum 300 persons for campaigning during the panchayat election in the state
- The Supreme Court Monday said the demolition work for the two 40-storied towers constructed by Supertech in Noida will begin in two weeks
- Schools for Class VIII and above students have reopened in the state Monday while schools for students up to Class VII will reopen from February 14.
- The 'hijab' (scarf) row in Karnataka intensified Monday with some students seeking to defy the government order mandating uniform style of clothes as Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai issued an appeal to maintain peace.
- Bringing in good news for the state, the Commissionerate of CT & G S T, O d i s h a , h a s b e e n selected to receive the prestigious TIOL National Taxation Award 2021 (Gold) as the best reformist state, and Gold Award in the GST/State VAT Category.
- The eastern bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) to conduct a probe into the illegal railway siding on Mesco Steel plant premises at Kalinganagar in this district and impose penalty on the firm for aggravating pollution in the area, a report said.
- The Supreme Court Monday slammed Tripura Police for sending notices to people for social media posts over alleged communal violence in the state despite its interim restraining order
- India is implementing the largest immunisation programme globally where annually more than 3 crore pregnant women and 2.6 crore children are covered through the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP), said Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya while launching the Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 4.0 virtually Mond
- The Mission will have three rounds and will be conducted in 416 districts which will include 75 districts identified for Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav across 33 States/UTs in the country. In the first round from Feb-April 2022, 11 states - Assam, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura and Chhattisgarh will conduct IMI 4.0.
- Assam will withdraw all COVID-related restrictions from February 15 as the pandemic situation has improved with the number of cases declining, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Monday
- Around 18,000 people from Myanmar are now staying in Mizoram and they will be provided with identity cards by the state administration.
- The Ministry of Education Monday appointed Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, Professor Politics and Public Administration at Savitribai Phule Pune University, as Jawaharlal Nehru University's (JNU) first female Vice-Chancellor (VC).
- The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved Serum Institute of India's proposal to manufacture a vaccine against omicron variant of coronavirus for examination, test and analysis, official sources said Monday
- The Regional Science Center (RSC), Bhubaneswar, decided Monday to welcome public from February 8 on all days from 9.30am to 6.00pm while following Covid-19 protocols.
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