Breaking News February 8 | Highlights

The Punjab government extended on Monday the time limit for the healthcare workers to get their first shot of coronavirus vaccine from February 12 to 19.

RSS leader Darshan Lal Jain, who dedicated his life in social service, died on Monday at the age of 93.

Delhi Cooperative Housing Finance Corporation Limited has slashed interest rates on housing loans from 7.45 per cent to 6. 75 per cent.

As many as 2,723 panchayats in Andhra Pradesh are set to go for polls in the first phase on Tuesday. Elections will also be held to elect 20,157 ward
members, a press release from the Panchayat Raj department said on Monday.

Polling will begin from 6.30 AM and go on till 3.30 PM while counting of votes will begin at 4 PM. The polls will go on till February 21 in four phases.

Meeting of the Union Cabinet scheduled to be held on February 10 at 2:15 pm, via video conferencing

Lok Sabha adjourned till 5 pm amid ruckus by Opposition in the House.

India reported 11,831 new COVID19 cases, 11,904 discharges, and 84 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry.

• Total cases: 1,08,38,194
• Total discharges: 1,05,34,505     
• Death toll: 1,55,080       
• Active cases: 1,48,609
• Total Vaccination: 58,12,362

TMC MPs staged a walkout, as Prime Minister Modi began his reply in Rajya Sabha to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address. 

The government tells Twitter to remove 1178 Pakistani-Khalistani accounts spreading misinformation and provocative content around farmers' protests. Twitter yet to completely comply with orders. 

A total of 20,19,00,614 samples tested for COVID-19 up to February 7. Of these, 5,32,236 samples were tested yesterday, as per Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). 

ITBP rescued 12 people from a tunnel yesterday, these 30 are trapped in a different tunnel. The rescue operation is underway in different areas. More teams will be sent there if it is required, we are focussing on rescuing people from the tunnel first, ITBP Spokesperson Vivek Pandey said.

Uttarakhand's Chamoli Police issued a statement, "The operation to rescue the people trapped in a tunnel is underway. Efforts are on to clear the tunnel with the help of JCB machine. A total of 15 people have been rescued and 14 bodies have been recovered from different places so far."

An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 on the Richter scale, occurred in Jammu and Kashmir at 4:56 am today, as per National Center for Seismology.

1 new COVID-19 case reported in Mizoram in the last 24 hours, as per the state government.  

• Total cases: 4,383
• Active cases: 25
• Discharges: 4,350
• Deaths: 9

8 bodies have been recovered from the rescue operation in Tapovan's Dhauliganga, in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. ITBP, Indian Army, SDRF, and NDRF forces are engaged in the retrieval.