https://ift.tt/3IwGWmR to contesting UP polls, but that doesn’t mean I’m CM face: Priyanka Gandhi

Congress national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Friday that she might make her electoral debut by contesting in the UP assembly elections, but she shouldn’t be seen as the party’s candidate for the CM’s post. She said that contesting the UP elections has been under consideration and internal discussions are on. “When there is a consensus, we will let you know,” said Priyanka, the Congress’s in-charge for UP since 2019.

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https://ift.tt/33FrVQH reinfection possible, keep using masks, say health experts

Top health experts have not ruled out the possibility of Omicron reinfection, which brings back the focus on Covid-appropriate behaviour and vaccination to check its spread and fatalities. A Maharashtra Covid-19 task force member said, “Reinfection is something that we cannot ignore in Covid, irrespective of the variant. Even if people have recently recovered from Omicron, they cannot take the risk of improper masking or no masking, because reinfection with the variant has not been ruled out.”

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https://ift.tt/3GOxElC study possibility of vaccinating 12-14 age group

Deliberations are on to expand the Covid vaccination programme to cover youngsters of 12-14 years of age though the decision will be governed by scientific evidence, health officials said on Thursday as coverage of first dose of jabs climbed over 53% among adolescents of 15-17 years. Meanwhile, the uptake of precaution dose or boosters continued to be moderate as many health and frontline workers got infected during the latest surge.

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https://ift.tt/3Ku05r1 may push change in IAS-IPS rules, citing shortage of personnel

Amid a raging controversy, the Centre may go ahead with tweaking rules for central deputation of IAS, IPS and forest service officers, arguing the amendments are required due to an acute shortage of personnel to man key posts and also to deal with flagship schemes, national security and disaster management.

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https://ift.tt/3GPAGG7 cases cross 3.5 lakh in a day, overall toll up by 700 as old deaths added to count

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https://ift.tt/3rDRUzU Court to hear plea against refusal to renew FCRA registration to 6,000 NGOs

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea for quashing of the Centre's decisions by which it has refused to renew or cancelled FCRA registration for close to 6000 NGOs and listed the case for hearing on January 24. The court agreed to the plea for early hearing on a petition filed by US-based NGO Global Peace Initiative which was founded by an Indian and has branches across the world and works closely with many NGOs, including the Missionaries of Charity.

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https://ift.tt/3fIFL7l Court extends women’s right to parents’ property prior to ’56

The Supreme Court on Thursday conferred daughters with equal right to father’s property even prior to codification of Hindu personal laws and enactment of the Hindu Succession Act in 1956 and said that the law of inheritance would apply to partition of properties even if the father had died intestate before 1956.

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