The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to withdraw cases filed against traders for allegedly violating COVID-related protocols.

An order has been issued in this regard on Thursday.

The order comes as a relief for those traders who were booked for minor offences during the lockdown.

The Maharashtra government has decided to resume local train services in Mumbai for the general public w.e.f. Friday, January 29, 2021.

Western Railway has decided to start all its suburban services by increasing existing 1201 special services to 1367.

Delhi-UP Ghazipur border on Thursday remained tensed, where the farmers are staging protests against the Centre's three farm laws for over two months. The Ghaziabad administration has given an ultimatum to the protesters to vacat-e the site by tonight but the farmer leaders have refused to leave the area and said they won't be intimidated.

Meanwhile, leaders of 16 Opposition parties on Thursday released a joint statement saying they would boycott the President's address to Parliament on January 29, ahead of the commencement of the Budget session.

Days after ruling on 'skin-to-skin contact', the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has said that holding a minor girl's hand and opening her pants zip cannot be termed as 'sexual assault' under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012. Such acts would amount to sexual harassment under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code, the court said.

Bank Holiday February 2021: The month of January is about to end. If you have postponed any work related to the bank for the next month i.e. February, then take a look at the calendar once because maybe on the day you are thinking of going to the bank, it will be closed. Therefore, it would be better to know in advance on which day the bank will be closed in February so that you can reschedule your work related to the bank if needed.

Gold price on Thursday fell to Rs 49,000 per 10 gm after remaining unchanged at Rs 49,330 for two straight days. Silver price also fell by Rs 300 to trend at Rs 66,200 per kg, according to the Good Returns website.

Gold jewellery price varies across India, the second-largest consumer of the metal, due to excise duty, state taxes, and making changes.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday will visit two hospitals to enquire about the health of policemen injured in the violence that broke out during the farmers' tractor parade in the national capital on Republic Day, officials said.

Nearly 400 policemen were injured during the tractor parade of the farmers who have been protesting against three central farm laws at Delhi's borders since November.

India's COVID-19 tally of cases crossed 1.07 crore with11,666 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day,while the national recovery rate climbed to 96.94 per cent,accordingto the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.

The total infections have mounted to 1,07,01,193. The death toll increased to 1,53,847 with 123 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.

Food delivery giant Swiggy (Bundl Technologies Private Limited) has reported its revenues for financial year 2019-20 at Rs 2,776 crore, a 115 per cent jump since the last financial year. The company further reported a net loss of Rs 3,768 crore during the same fiscal. This is 61 per cent increase from the last financial year, showed regulatory documents sourced from business intelligence platform Tofler. The Bengaluru-based company’s total expenses for the fiscal were reported at Rs 6,545 crore.

New US defence secretary Lloyd Austin and the Indian defence Minister Rajnath Singh spoke on Wednesday, in what is the first official and public contact between the Indian govt and the new Biden administration.

The talks that started around 7.30 pm IST on Wednesday, lasted for around 20 minutes. During the call, which was made from the US side, there was a reaffirmation of the Indo Pacific vision, backed by both Washington and Delhi.

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