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Here are top 10 updates on JN.1 Covid variant in India, 1) The Delhi health department has ordered authorities to send an "adequate" number of Covid samples for RT-PCR test amid an uptick in coronavirus cases, said officials as quoted by PTI. 2) India on Thursday recorded 594 fresh COVID-19 infections, which took the number of active cases from 2,311 the previous day, to 2,669, according to Union Health Ministry data. 3) A meeting was convened by Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj to review the preparedness of health facilities to tackle ILI/SARI (influenza-like illness/severe acute respiratory infections) on Wednesday, officials said.

Covid-19 LIVE updates However, 16 states and union territories including West Bengal, Odisha, and Himachal Pradesh among others have not reported any Covid cases this time. JN.1 Covid variant: Delhi, Kerala, and other states review coronavirus situation According to the health ministry's data, Kerala accounts for 2,606 active cases of the total of 2,997 cases as of Friday 9 am data. Covid cases in Karnataka stand at 105 and in Maharashtra at 53.

Audio streaming platform Pocket FM's listener community is said to have surpassed 130 million globally, with over 75 billion minutes of content being streamed in 2023. As per Pocket FM's 'Rewind2023: How India Got Entertained This Year' report, the platform had more than 100,000 hours of content, with users spending over 115 minutes daily.

Noida resident has tested positive for Covid, in a first case of the infection in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar after several months, officials said. The patient is a 54-year-old male who lives in Noida but works at a multinational company in Gurugram, Gautam Buddh Nagar Chief Medical Officer Dr Sunil Sharma said on Thursday.

first-day earnings of ‘Dunki’, the much-awaited Shah Rukh Khan-starrer have been unexpectedly modest. According to a report by the Indian box-office tracking portalSacnilk.com, the Rajkumar Hirani directorial collected about Rs 30 crore on its opening day. Although many cities in North India showed a lukewarm response to the movie, ‘Dunki’ performed well in the city of Hyderabad. Additionally, the film was met with an enthusiastic response in regions such as Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, and West Bengal. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Box Office Worldwide shared the first-day collections of the movie (Rs 31-33 crore) and called it a “fantastic” figure for a social comedy-drama genre. “#Dunki is taking a solid opening of 31.5-33 cr on day 1, which is FANTASTIC for this social drama genre and given a mid-week release! There are reports of phenomenal audience response from cinemas, like all Hirani films this one is also going to trend strongly from here,” reads the post. ‘Dunki’s lukewarm first-day collections (in comparison to SRK’s previous releases ‘Pathaan’ and ‘Jawan’, led detractors to troll the superstar and Hirani on X. The words “SRK’s Disaster Donkey’ trended on the microblogging platform. “#Dunki is Raju Hirani's Weakest film, It's a Borefest of Epic Proportions, Shahrukh's acting and accent is Cartoonish, You will be scrolling your mobiles in the 2nd Half!” wrote one X user.

Catch all the LIVE updates on Covid and the sub-variant JN.1 hereWith JN.1 variant fueling another COVID surge in India, Dr Soumya Swaminathan, former WHO chief scientist, said that the new strain should not be dismissed as a ‘common cold’ and warned saying ‘let's not take things lightly’ this time. Read more hereCovid news LIVE updates: A Noida resident has tested positive for Covid, in a first case of the infection in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar after several months, officials said on Thursday.The patient is a 54-year-old male who lives in Noida but works at a multinational company in Gurugram, Gautam Buddh Nagar Chief Medical Officer Dr Sunil Sharma said."His test sample has been sent to Delhi for genome sequencing.

concerns about pollution, and its impact on them and urged the government to find a permanent solution to the problem. While some of the students raised concerns about their health like chest congestion, redness in eyes, and frequent coughs, the children of the slum areas highlighted how shutting down of the schools during a rise in pollution impacts their education for not being able to afford gadgets. Speaking to PTI, Shiv Haider, a student who lives in Bhalaswa's slum area, said that pollution has been affecting their health as well as studies severely, as his family has only one mobile phone for all.

Kailash Gahlot Thursday said the city government is likely to launch its WhatsApp-based bus ticketing system in a couple of months, adding that the trial run for the project is slated to commence in a fortnight. "We plan to start a trial run around January 15 and after that we will take one or two months to completely launch it," news agency PTI quoted the Delhi Transport minister as saying. Also Read | Terrorists fire at Indian Army vehicle in J&K's Poonch, 3 soldiers killed "We have already tied up with WhatsApp for this initiative.

chief ministers of a prime ministerial candidate that no one is really RaGa about. Part of I.N.D.I.A., West Bengal and Delhi CMs Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal have suggested Mallikarjun Kharge as the oppositional startup's candidate for the top job. The Congress president and leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha doesn't quite tick the boxes we have come to tick when thinking pradhan mantri.

Indian air traffic control is in the midst of a major change. Due to a significant increase in surveillance capabilities by Airport Authority of India (AAI), from 1 January, air traffic controllers will be able to halve the lateral separation between two aircraft leading to more efficient use of airspace from 10 nautical miles (18.5 km)to 5 nautical miles.

Delhi government will roll out its WhatsApp-based bus ticketing system in a couple of months, with the trial run for the project slated to commence in a fortnight, Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said. Also in the pipeline is the single-journey ticket system that will enable users to book autos, metro tickets, and bus tickets, he said. «We have already tied up with WhatsApp for this initiative.

Covid samples for RT-PCR test amid an uptick in coronavirus cases, officials said on Thursday. The department has also ordered them to conduct the genome sequencing of Covid-positive RT-PCR samples, they said.

AICC's 'Donate for Desh' crowdfunding campaign in the national capital, it said in a statement. Former Union minister and All India Congress Committee (AICC) Treasurer Ajay Maken donated Rs 1.38 lakh to officially launch the campaign in Delhi.

₹30 crore on its first day for all languages, according to Sacnilk, the website tracking movie earnings daily. The movie has made a good start and is likely to pick momentum with the beginning of the holiday season. However, the movie failed to recreate the impact of SRK's Pathaan and Jawan, released earlier in 2023.

Real estate consultant JLL India on Thursday said sales in the first nine months of 2023 reached 1,96,227 units as against 1,61,575 units in the year-ago period. Only apartments are covered in the report while row houses, villas, and plotted developments are excluded. Mumbai includes Mumbai city, Mumbai suburbs, Thane and Navi Mumbai.

iimcat.ac.in. The CAT 2023 exams were held on 26 November in different centres located in 155 cities across the nation. Earlier, the tentative date for CAT 2023 results was the second week of January 2024.

PE investments in Indian real estate declined by 44 per cent to USD 3.0 billion in 2023, the report added. Mumbai, NCR, and Bengaluru emerged as critical destinations for office investments. Mumbai led the PE investment trend at USD 1,685 million, followed by the National Capital Region (Delhi NCR) at USD 835 million.

sexual harassment accused Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. He won most of the posts in the delayed polls as outgoing chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh gained indirect control over the sports body. Also Read: Wrestlers' Protest: ‘Will force govt to change POCSO Act’: WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh garnered 40 votes against the seven that his rival Anita Sheoran got in the WFI elections held on Thursday.

breach in the Lok Sabha raised concerns about the security screening at Parliament. Meanwhile, NDTV reported that the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification on Wednesday, saying that the CISF will replace Delhi Police as the agency in charge, and will take over all responsibilities, including frisking entrants.

BluSmart has raised $24 million, or around Rs 200 crore, in fresh capital from some of its existing investors, founders and leadership team, the company said in a statement on Thursday. This makes it the second successive funding round for the Gurugram-based startup. The funding was in the form of a rights issue, and has not seen participation from new investors. The round also saw BluSmart’s founders increasing their stake in the company.

General Atlantic is set to acquire about 70% stake in Ujala Cygnus Healthcare Services, the Delhi based multi-specialty hospital chain owned by media group Amar Ujala, said multiple people aware of the development. The deal will value the chain at about Rs1600 crore. GA will acquire about 51% stake held by existing investors — Eight Roads Ventures India, Evolvence India Fund and Somerset Indus Healthcare Fund.