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New Delhi Jan 25 PTI Following are the top stories at 120 pm NATION DEL16 RDAY-POLICE-MEDALS 939 police medals including 189 for gallantry awarded on Republic Day eve New Delhi A total of 939 service medals including 189 for gallantry was announced by the Union government on Tuesday for personnel of various central and state police forces on the eve of Republic Day DEL5 VIRUS-LD CASES India logs 255874 fresh COVID-19 cases New Delhi After being over three lakh for five consecutive days the single day rise in COVID-19 infections was recorded at 255874 taking Indias total tally of cases to 39799202 according to Union health ministry data updated on Tuesday ELX2 POLLS-UP-AYOHDYA-MUSLIMS Muslims in Ayodhya pine for development employment Ayodhya As election fever grips the temple town Muslims in this renamed district are focusing on development and employment matters and feel the Ram temple issue is dead and political parties should move on and concentrate on people-centric issues DEL14 DL-DAY-KEJRIWAL Dont want peoples livelihood to be affected Covid curbs to be eased as soon as possible Kejriwal New Delhi Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that his government does not want livelihood of people to be affected and Covid restrictions will be eased as soon as possible BOM2 MH-CAR-LD ACCIDENT Seven MBBS students including Maha MLAs son killed as car falls off bridge Wardha Seven MBBS students including the son of an MLA were killed in Wardha district of Maharashtra in the wee hours of Tuesday when the car they were travelling in fell off a bridge police said BOM3 MH-HINDUTVA-RAUT Shiv Sena first party in country which had fought poll on Hindutva plank Sanjay Raut Mumbai Firing a fresh salvo at the BJP which had accused the Shiv Sena of paying only lip service to the cause of Hindutva party MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday claimed that the Sena was the first party in the country to contest an election on the Hindutva plank LEGAL LGD2 SC-FREEBIES SC issues notices to Centre election panel on PIL against poll freebies New Delhi The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from the Centre and the Election Commission on a PIL seeking a direction to seize the election symbol or de-register a political party that promises or distributes irrational freebies from public funds before elections BUSINESS DEL15 BIZ-PANAGARIYA-ECONOMY Indian economy has recovered handsomely from pandemic-induced disruptions Panagariya New Delhi The Indian economy has recovered handsomely from the pandemic-induced disruptions former Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya said on Tuesday while expressing hope that the recovery will be sustained and the growth rate of 7 to 8 per cent will be restored DCM9 BIZ-JOBS-TOURISM-REPORT Job postings in Travel Tourism sector sees 4 pc rise in Dec Report Mumbai The travel and tourism industry one of the hardest hit by the pandemic in the country is on the path of recovery and registered a 4 per cent year-on-year growth in job postings during December 2021 according to a report FOREIGN FGN9 UN-INDIA-TERRORISM UN yet to agree on common definition of terrorism craft coherent policy India United Nations UN member states have failed themselves by continuing to procrastinate on concluding a comprehensive convention against international terrorism India has said voicing concern that the global body has neither agreed on a common definition of terrorism nor crafted a well-coordinated policy to tackle the global scourge and dismantle its enabling networks FGN13 US-USIBC-LD TODD Todd Skinner of TransUnion credit reporting agency appointed to USIBC global board Washington American consumer credit reporting agency TransUnions international business president Todd Skinner has been appointed to the global board of business advocacy group US-India Business Council according to a statement PTI ANB ANB
New Delhi Jan 25 PTI Following are the top stories at 120 pm NATION DEL16 RDAY-POLICE-MEDALS 939 police medals including 189 for gallantry awarded on Republic Day eve New Delhi A total of 939 service medals including 189 for gallantry was announced by the Union government on Tuesday for personnel of various central and state police forces on the eve of Republic Day DEL5 VIRUS-LD CASES India logs 255874 fresh COVID-19 cases New Delhi After being over three lakh for five consecutive days the single day rise in COVID-19 infections was recorded at 255874 taking Indias total tally of cases to 39799202 according to Union health ministry data updated on Tuesday ELX2 POLLS-UP-AYOHDYA-MUSLIMS Muslims in Ayodhya pine for development employment Ayodhya As election fever grips the temple town Muslims in this renamed district are focusing on development and employment matters and feel the Ram temple issue is dead and political parties should move on and concentrate on people-centric issues DEL14 DL-DAY-KEJRIWAL Dont want peoples livelihood to be affected Covid curbs to be eased as soon as possible Kejriwal New Delhi Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that his government does not want livelihood of people to be affected and Covid restrictions will be eased as soon as possible BOM2 MH-CAR-LD ACCIDENT Seven MBBS students including Maha MLAs son killed as car falls off bridge Wardha Seven MBBS students including the son of an MLA were killed in Wardha district of Maharashtra in the wee hours of Tuesday when the car they were travelling in fell off a bridge police said BOM3 MH-HINDUTVA-RAUT Shiv Sena first party in country which had fought poll on Hindutva plank Sanjay Raut Mumbai Firing a fresh salvo at the BJP which had accused the Shiv Sena of paying only lip service to the cause of Hindutva party MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday claimed that the Sena was the first party in the country to contest an election on the Hindutva plank LEGAL LGD2 SC-FREEBIES SC issues notices to Centre election panel on PIL against poll freebies New Delhi The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from the Centre and the Election Commission on a PIL seeking a direction to seize the election symbol or de-register a political party that promises or distributes irrational freebies from public funds before elections BUSINESS DEL15 BIZ-PANAGARIYA-ECONOMY Indian economy has recovered handsomely from pandemic-induced disruptions Panagariya New Delhi The Indian economy has recovered handsomely from the pandemic-induced disruptions former Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya said on Tuesday while expressing hope that the recovery will be sustained and the growth rate of 7 to 8 per cent will be restored DCM9 BIZ-JOBS-TOURISM-REPORT Job postings in Travel Tourism sector sees 4 pc rise in Dec Report Mumbai The travel and tourism industry one of the hardest hit by the pandemic in the country is on the path of recovery and registered a 4 per cent year-on-year growth in job postings during December 2021 according to a report FOREIGN FGN9 UN-INDIA-TERRORISM UN yet to agree on common definition of terrorism craft coherent policy India United Nations UN member states have failed themselves by continuing to procrastinate on concluding a comprehensive convention against international terrorism India has said voicing concern that the global body has neither agreed on a common definition of terrorism nor crafted a well-coordinated policy to tackle the global scourge and dismantle its enabling networks FGN13 US-USIBC-LD TODD Todd Skinner of TransUnion credit reporting agency appointed to USIBC global board Washington American consumer credit reporting agency TransUnions international business president Todd Skinner has been appointed to the global board of business advocacy group US-India Business Council according to a statement PTI ANB ANB