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Javadekar also announced that cinema halls will now be allowed to operate at 100% occupancy from February 1.

P C Nambiar, director, Group EXIM at Serum Institute of India said the same vaccine which could be given to babies would be further developed as a medicine for children testing positive for the virus.

The users can manage all the PF account operations, including withdrawal of EPF amount, update KYC details, online transfer between EPF accounts, check EPF balance, etc. using the UAN online, making the process hassle-free and seamless.

Air pistol exponent Saurabh Chaudhary was among the gold medal winners. The other gold winners were Divyansh Singh Panwar, Kynan Chenai and Rajeshwari Kumari.

The health secretary pointed out that COVID-19 vaccine is available in sufficient quantity and technical glitches on CoWIN have now been resolved.

With a sanctioned strength of 34, the apex court is functioning with 30 judges at present.

PGCIL has been declared as the successful bidder under tariff-based competitive bidding to establish two transmission systems, the company said in a BSE filing.

India plans to introduce a law to ban private cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and put in place a framework for an official digital currency to be issued by the central bank, according to a legislative agenda listed by the government.

The issues for the passage of the bill was raised by party representative Pinaki Misra at the allparty meeting convened by the government for the smooth conduct of the budget session that began on Friday.

The Special Cell, which visited the spot in the morning, is probing the blast that occurred on Friday evening in the heart of the national capital and collecting evidence as part of the investigation, officials said.

Police had asked nine farmer leaders to join the investigation in the case on Friday, but no one turned up.

He announced his decision in the presence of senior BJP leader and former Maharashtra chief minister, Devendra Fadnavis.

TTZ is about 10,400 sq km, spread over the districts of Agra, Firozabad, Mathura, Hathras and Etah in Uttar Pradesh and Bharatpur district of Rajasthan.

The action was necessitated as some financial links allegedly between Sorcar and the now-defunct ponzi company Tower Group were unearthed, CBI cources said.

Naresh Tikait on Thursday evening refused to end the protest ongoing at Ghazipur border. Even after speaking with the administration, Tikait refused to change his decision.

Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty was up 118.65 points or 0.86 per cent at 13,936.20. On the Sensex chart, IndusInd Bank, Mahindra and Mahindra, L&T, ONGC, Bajaj Finance, HDFC Bank and Bajaj Auto were prominent gainers.