Coronavirus Live Updates: India reports 12,059 new cases, 78 deaths

People are being evacuated from the areas near Alkananda. As a precautionary measure, flow of Bhagirathi River has been stopped. To prevent the flow of water of Alaknanda, Srinagar Dam & Rishikesh Dam have been emptied. SDRF is on alert. I am leaving for the spot

- Uttarakhand CM

Rishiganga Power Project has been damaged due breach of a glacier in Tapovan area. People living on the bank of Alaknanda river are advised to move to safe places at the earliest

- Chamoli Police, Uttarakhand

A disaster has been reported from Chamoli district. The district administration, police and disaster management departments have been directed to deal with the situation. Do not pay attention to any kind of rumours. Govt is taking all necessary steps

- Uttarakhand CM TS Rawat

Uttarakhand: Chamoli district magistrate has instructed officials to evacuate people living in villages on the bank of Dhauliganga river.

PM Modi in Assam

India is now 3rd Topmost Country with Highest Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine administered. More than 57.75 lakh beneficiaries vaccinated against COVID-19: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Heavy security deployment continues at Tikri border

UP issues guidelines for reopening schools for classes 1-8

India's sovereign rating should not come under pressure due to surge in fiscal deficit which was mainly on account of higher expenditure to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic

- Economic Affairs Secretary Tarun Bajaj

India reports 12,059 new cases, 11,805 discharges, and 78 deaths

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Assam and West Bengal today and inaugurate various development projects there.

Despite the chilly winter, a water sports coaching camp, aimed at preparing players for a national rowing championship scheduled to be held on February 20 this year, is in full swing in Srinagar.

J'khand logs 41 new COVID-19 cases, tally rises to 1,18,979

Delhi's air quality improves to 'moderate' category, with overall air quality index standing at 159, according to System of Air Quality & Weather Forecasting & Research (SAFAR)

Extending assistance to the youth appearing in competitive exams, the Uttar Pradesh government will set up coaching centres that will offer free classes to aspiring students in the state from February 16, an official spokesman said here.

COVID-19 vaccines being sent to Afghanistan by a Mumbai-Delhi-Kabul Air India flight

Brazil registered 978 new COVID-19 deaths, bringing the death toll to 231,012, the Ministry of Health said on Saturday.

President Joe Biden has quickly launched a campaign to support LGBTIQ people abroad, putting their rights higher on the US foreign policy agenda than ever before.

President Joe Biden gave a pep talk to a California woman who was laid off because of the coronavirus pandemic, during a conversation the White House said is part of an effort to help him engage more consistently with regular Americans.

South Korea reported 372 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Saturday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 80,896.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit Rajasthan on February 12 and February 13 to express solidarity with farmers' who are protesting against the new agricultural laws of the Centre. Rajasthan Congress in-charge Ajay Maken took to Twitter on Saturday to inform about Gandhi's visit.

Thousands of Arab citizens of Israel demonstrated Saturday to protest a rising crime wave and what is seen as poor police protection in Israel's Arab community. The protest in the Arab town of Tamra in northern Israel came in the wake of the death of a 22-year-old passerby who was killed in a shootout between police and criminals after he walked out of his home.

Iran's foreign minister urged Washington to act fast to return to the nuclear accord, pointing out that legislation passed by parliament forces the government to harden its nuclear stance if U.S. sanctions are not eased by Feb. 21. Mohammad Javad Zarif also referred to elections in Iran in June. If a hardline president is elected, this could further jeopardize the deal.

Former US president Donald Trump has doggedly denied he lost the November election, and faces a second impeachment trial next week on charges he incited a mob to attack the Capitol and overturn his defeat.

The Biden administration is withdrawing the U.S. from agreements with three Central American countries that restricted the ability of people to seek asylum at the southwest border, part of a broad effort to undo the the immigration policies of President Donald Trump

Fire broke out early in the morning at the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company office in Khajuri, Thane

Delhi: Fire broke out in Sanjay Colony, in Okhla Phase II area

Members of the Quad framework- the US, India, Japan and Australia - are working to arrange the first meeting of their leaders amid China's growing clout in the region, reported the Japan Times. The move comes as the US President Joe Biden's new administration appears eager to build on renewed attention to the grouping of the four major Indo-Pacific democracies, with national security adviser Jake Sullivan calling it "a foundation upon which to build substantial American policy in the Indo-Pacific", reported the daily quoting a source.

U.S. Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas, who last week became the first Latino and immigrant to hold the post, on Saturday reaffirmed his resolve to fight domestic terrorism, one of the greatest threats to the United States.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday (local time) announced that President Joe Biden's administration has begun the process to terminate migration agreements from former President Donald Trump's administration with El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

New York Fed's Daleep Singh to join Biden administration as Deputy NSA

About 15 Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects worth over USD 2.4 billion ran into trouble last year, according to a London-based think tank report.

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