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PM's security breach in Punjab: SC announces name of judge to head probe panel IANS
New Delhi, January 12 (IANS): The Supreme Court on January 12 announced the name of the retired top court judge who would head the committee to investigate Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security breach in Punjab.
Australia sees India logs nearly two lakh fresh Covid cases, 442 deaths in 24 hours daily Covid deaths
With the addition of the new deaths, the death toll has climbed to 4,84,655. The active caseload has jumped to 9,55,329 which constitutes 2.65 per cent of the country's total positive cases. The Omicron infection tally has reached 4,868 across the nation.
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New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS): Within months after he opted to step down as India's T20I skipper and was sacked from leadership role in ODIs, Virat Kohli has now relinquished the captaincy of the Test side as well. The shocking announcement came a day after India's 1-2 Test series defeat to South Africa in Cape Town. Kohli, who first captained India at the Adelaide Test in 2014 against Australia, was appointed to the full-time role after M.S. Dhoni announced his retirement from the format following the drawn third Test against Australia in Melbourne in December 2014.
On January 10, after a detailed hearing in the matter, a bench, headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and comprising Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli, said the court will set up a committee headed by a retired top court judge to probe the PM's security breach and asked both the Centre and Punjab government to not move ahead with their respective inquiries into the matter.
New Delhi, January 12 (IANS): India reported 1,94,720 fresh Covid cases on January 12, a rise of around 26,000 from the previous day. In the same time, a total of 442 deaths were also reported, said the Union Ministry of health and family welfare on January 12.
Kohli steps down as Test captain: 'He quit, or was asked to...?' Millions of fans stunned
However, out of the total Omicron positives, 1,850 have been discharged from the hospitals. So far a total of 28 states have reported the Omicron infection, said the Union health ministry on January 12. The recovery of 60,405 patients in 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally to 3,46,30,536. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 96.01 per cent. Also in the same period, a total of 17,61,900 tests were conducted across the country. India has so far conducted over 69.52 crore cumulative tests. Continued on Page 3
hit 15-month high
Canberra, January 12 (IANS): Australia has recorded its highest number of daily Covid-19 deaths in more than 15 months. There were 42 deaths reported across the country on January 12 -- 21 each in the country's two biggest states, New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria. This is the highest number of Covid deaths reported in a day since September 4, 2020 when Victoria recorded 59 fatalities, and second-most since the start of the pandemic, Xinhua news agency reported citing Daily Mail Australia. Continued on Page 3
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"It's been seven years of hard work, toil and relentless perseverance everyday to take the team in the right direction.
I've done the job with absolute honesty and left nothing out there. Everything has to come to a halt at some stage and for me as Test Captain of India, it's now. There have been many ups and also some downs along the journey, but never has there been a lack of effort or lack of belief," Kohli posted on social media on Saturday. Continued on Page 3
Djokovic loses appeal; Australian Federal Court upholds cancellation of Serb's visa
Melbourne, Jan 16 (IANS): World No.1 tennis player Novak Djokovic's last hope of defending his Australian Open singles title went up in smoke on Sunday after the Serbian lost his Federal Court appeal to have his visa cancellation overturned. The winner of nine Australian Open men's singles titles initially had his visa annulled on January 14 by Immigration Minister Alex Hawke, who had used his discretionary powers to cancel the visa given to Djokovic. The 20-time Grand Slam
champion is not vaccinated for COVID-19 and is an opponent of people being forced to take the jab. Continued on Page 3
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