Morning Digest | India records 165% increase in COVID-19 infections as compared to a week ago; Eminent Rocket Scientist Somnath appointed Chairman of ISRO, and more

India recorded 2,41,003 new COVID-19 cases on January 12, the highest single-day increase in the ongoing wave. Infections increased by more than 165% compared to the cases a week earlier.

Eminent rocket scientist S Somnath has been appointed as the Chairman and Space Secretary of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).

As the under-construction Ram temple in Ayodhya is set to occupy a central place in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) campaign for the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, speculation is rife that Yogi Adityanath is the chief minister. likely to contest from that seat.

Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to seal a final agreement to end the dispute in six areas of the Assam-Meghalaya border ahead of Meghalaya’s 50th state formation day celebrations on January 21.

Ratings by the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) for news channels will resume after the organization revised its procedures and protocols.

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Wednesday accused the Congress of conspiring Blockade of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s convoy in Punjab on 5 january

A day after leaving the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh, rebel Other Backward Classes (OBC) leader Swami Prasad Maurya was issued an arrest warrant by a local court in Sultanpur for a 2004 speech in which he allegedly But the Dalits were asked. And OBCs do not worship some Hindu deities.

The World Health Organization said in its latest pandemic report that the number of new coronavirus infections increased by about 55% in the past week, although the number of deaths remained stable.

Two new franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL) have been asked to submit their pre-auction signatures by January 22.

All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge in Goa Dinesh Gundu Rao said on Wednesday that it is difficult to understand the strategy and objective of the Trinamool Congress in Goa, saying that the alliance between the Congress and Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool in the coastal region is not expected. There are speculations. The state was ‘baseless’.

Jasprit Bumrah rediscovered his mojo, Keegan Pietersen played an innings of sublime beauty and the South African pacers came back strongly on the second day at Newlands.

The Cyber ​​Crime Police of Hyderabad City Police on Wednesday registered a case against actor Siddharth for allegedly making derogatory remarks against badminton champion Saina Nehwal.

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