Actor-turned-politician Rajinikanth, who was set to make an important announcement regarding the launch of his political party on December 31 has backed out. Rajinikanth has released a statement in which he made mention of his recent health setback and says he is sorry and no one feels as bad as he does at this moment.

Rajinikanth also made a mention about the new wave of COVID-19 and how he is at high risk owing to his kidney transplant and being under immunosuppressants.

At least six travellers, who returned from abroad, the new mutated coronavirus that was found in the UK has been found. On the instructions of the Union Health Ministry, all these passengers have been admitted to different hospitals for treatment.

According to the Union Health Ministry, from November 25 to December 23, about 33 thousand passengers from different cities in Britain reached India. All these passengers were tracked and their RT-PCR test was conducted. 114 of them were confirmed to be coronavirus positive.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Monday inaugurated India's first Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) in a bid to prevent about 67,800 child mortality under 5 years of age in India from pneumococcal diseases every year.

The vaccine is developed by the Serum Institute of India (SII) in collaboration with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Heading into the Melbourne Test, the main question on everyone’s mind was how India would bounce back from the debacle of being bowled out for 36 in Adelaide? Ajinkya Rahane, in his calm and composed manner, answered it in a decisive way. With his pro-active captaincy and a series-defining hundred, Ajinkya Rahane once again egged his bowling unit who was missing the services of Umesh Yadav due to a calf strain. Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Ravichandran Ashwin ran through the Australian batting yet again. The tail did frustrate India but not so much as to worry India who bided their time. In the end, the target of 70 was too little to trouble an Indian side rejuvenated. On day 4, India won the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground by eight wickets to level the four-Test series 1-1.

SL Dharmegowda, the Deputy Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Council has allegedly committed suicide. His body was found on a railway track near Kadur in Chikkamagaluru on Monday.

A suicide note has also been recovered.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said he had no desire to become the Chief Minister and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could make its own Chief Minister.

During the JD(U)'s national executive meeting, Kumar said that he is not attached to the position. I had no desire to become the Chief Minister. I had said that the public had given its mandate and anyone can be made the Chief Minister, BJP could make its own Chief Minister, said Kumar.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, who had tested positive for COVID-19 recently, was shifted to the Government Doon Medical College here after developing fever, an official said on Monday.

As he had developed mild fever, he was taken for a check-up on Sunday evening to the GDMC where doctors decided to admit him, the official at the Chief Minister's Office said.

The rupee appreciated by 4 paise to 73.51 against the US dollar in opening trade on Monday as sustained foreign fund inflows and strong domestic equities strengthened investor sentiment.

Traders said the weakness of the American currency in the overseas market also supported the domestic unit.

Gold price today climbed to Rs 51,610 from Rs 51,600 per 10 gm, while silver price was trending at Rs 67,600 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.

Shares of Tata Motors rose 4 per cent to Rs 183.50 on the BSE on Monday after the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union negotiators finalized their historic post-Brexit trade agreement.

The European Union so far has been a ‘single market,’ for the Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) but this is set to change after the UK’s exit from the European Union.

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