covet news from across the nation. Now India's positivity rate has crossed 20% which is highest since mid May 2021. 217 districts have positivity rate are above India's average of 20.8%. The top most major districts that have are the highest positivity rates are ther of Ananth, a poor Um, at 49% Farid Abad, 46% North Goa, 46% wrote up 44% Pune, 43%. Mohali 41% and South Goa, 39%. Now India has registered highest active cake of IT cases in 241 days. The new number of new cases are three lakh 6000 and 60 for down by 8.23%. Deaths are reported in the last 24 hours of 439. That's also down by 16.38% while the tests have gone down by 21.36%. Over 14 lock tests have been done. Vaccinations are also down by 17.3% over 58 lock Our vaccination have been done are today positivity rate is at 2.75% which is up from 16.7%. But here's some good news, something that you have been expecting for a while. In Delhi, there has been a major drop. In Delhi cases. 5, 5760 new cases have been reported, 37% drop in the last 24 hours are. In fact, the positivity rate has also gone down. It is at 11.79% from 13.3%. 30 deaths have also been reported in the last 24 hours. That's also gone down by 11.7%. Now let's have a look at the situation in Mumbai. There are new cases reported from the city of Mumbai, down by 27% in a day. Positivity rate also has dropped to five point for 1% cases, down 91% from are the third wave speak in Maharashtra, cases are on declined daily cases are down from 28,286 from 40,805 yesterday. 21,569 new cases have been registered in Bengaluru, which is down from over 26,000 cases yesterday, however, the city is still reporting. A high number of 19 cases crowds it one of Bengaluru markets this at a time when one in four tests are positive, lot of gatherings is happening again, and so many peoples are properly not following social distance and not properly wearing the masks. They're not very must and vaccination. Also the icy day today in news like so many new positive cases are arriving and that case are more. On Sunday, the city reported around 26,299 CO. With cases 10 times that of Mumbai. Weekly cases are also up by 43%. But the state's Cove, IT officials say almost nine of every 10 cases is asymptomatic. All these reported cases are not symptomatic CE, and they are vast majority up to 80 to 90% are hey symptomatic are very mild symptomatic infections. But these infections are now getting reported as cases that has become very scary. Hospitalisation rates have been under 6% since three weeks across Karnataka. Out of three lakh 22,990 active cases, around 4000 currently are in the hospital. A key reason for curbs being almost done away with, except for night curfews and 50% limits in malls, theatres and so on. While the capital city contributes major chunk of the cases, several districts, including Vijay Fora and Chick Model, ever saw an increase in the test positivity rate of over 5% increase has been attributed to the Shank Rantie festival, says the technical advisory Committee. According to Cove IT taskforce, Bengaluru will see a peak by this month end. But what's really positive this time as compared to the second wave is that there is no lack of hospital beds or shortage of oxygen. This is also due to where the hospitalisation is just anywhere between 5 to 6%. In Bengaluru with camera person Govind Mercy Sri Gia for NDTV. Now Man has been arrested for climbing on the Idol platform at a temple in Punjab Spot Yana. The incident, which comes days before elections in the state, has been condemned by several leaders Oh for political parties including Chief Minister Karan Jeet Singh Ciani. Last month, two men accused of desecrating seek religious sentiments in Punjab's Amritsar and cop Atallah were killed by mobs. Several leaders tweeted to condemn today's incident. The chief minister of Punjab tweeted saying. Some vested interests are continuously trying to destabilise the social harmony of Punjab in view of the upcoming elections, but I will not let them succeed in their malicious motives, Suk Piercing Badal said. Strongly condemned sacrilege at Kalamata Mandy in pay Shalala be feared and warned against the fear and warned against conspiracy by forces from outside Punjab to spread communal hatred among Hindus and six are shrines. Worst fears are coming true. Let's all stay united against them to preserve peace and communal harmony. Eight. Yana is the big city of Punjab. On one hand there is pride of Punjab and on the other is the old Raj. Khurana, former chief minister, is considered to be this stronghold of Captain AMR. Inder Singh was a farmer chief minister. In fact, our correspondent Shalit Sharma went there and tried to know what is in the heart of pay. Shalala. Take a look Punjab's former chief minister Amaar Inder Singh seat sharing announcement with BJP today was accompanied by a shocker. He alleged that he got a request from the Pakistan prime minister to reinstate his arch rival Navjot Sidhu as a minister. Pakistan say the prime minister has sent the request. Kay, if you can take some doing to your cabinet, if I would be grateful, is an old friend of mine or are calm Nicaragua. Siddhu refused to comment, calling a binder sing a spent force. AMR Inder Singh has a battle on his hands. Even on his home turf of pay. Shalala which his family once ruled as maharajahs. His new party, the Punjab Look Congress is contesting 37 seats, whereas the BJP gets 65 its highest ever in Punjab. Captains of with a okay or a Mackay Montri government of any of our party are the large idea Calzado par de yah! Yah! Be comic Arianna Pathology loader Captain have held Ebony Chardonnay book. Um, get their ability camera. You meet a r BC about today, Mac see party of money are gonna be coming home. The Octomom from 2002 to 2022 either Captain am Linda or his wife Puneet Kaur have held the assembly seat of pay Shalala urban. But this time Captain AMR Inder Singh has formed his new party, Punjab Lok Congress. The Aam Aadmi party has fielded Ajit Pal Singh Kohli, the former mayor of Partial A who has switched from the Akali Dal while harp all Jan Asia is the candidate for the sheer Omani Akali Dal harp. All Janie Asia is president of the She Romani Akali Dal, Partial A and a close confidante of Bikram Jeet Singh. Majid Eah, The Congress is yet to announce its challenger to AM Binder Sing in 2017, Captain AMR Inder Singh won the partial a seat by a huge margin of 52,000 and became the chief minister. But a lot has changed since then, with our Shari Mehra and Sharad Sharma on the same Athol for NDTV. With elections in Uttar Pradesh less than three weeks away, starting from western part of the state where they on anti farm law movement was strongest, there appears are to be the BJP's camp there. In fact, the BJP's camp air campaign appears increasingly shrill, with deeply polarising statements being made almost each day. A fresh controversy is over the Samajwadi Party candidate list, which the BJP is asking why Akhilesh Yadav's party is not releasing any more in public. A polarising comments by Yogi Aditya Nath in West UPS Ghaziabad, a phase one seat on Sunday. Such comments are not a first for the BJP in the campaign. But as elections in India's most popular state draw closer, starting with West, up where the BJP says massive opposition over farm laws, the party's comments on minorities appear to be getting. Spiller, Kia, Johnny Bahrain on Cape Ask Police Watchin easy. Much of this election is virtual because of covet and an analysis of Adit Yonas Twitter timeline for just the past week found as many as six references to Dunga or rights, and a reference each to Abba Jin, Mafia and Calyon, or Migration. His deputy, Keshav Maria, referred to riots thrice on his Twitter feed in the past seven days and made a reference each to Mafia and migration. Interestingly, in the week prior to the last one, there is no mention of these issues or topics on Yogi Aditya Nath, Twitter timeline or on the Twitter feed of his deputy, Mr Keshav Maria. China's a joke are a PR Pakistan. Di Mayne Bandera marched agrega watch in Vegas, our car e Maimon, another front by the BJP against Akhilesh Yadav party over candidate lists This tweet by Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Morea asking why the Samajwadi Party is not releasing candidate lists publicly anymore and what the party's afraid of. Sources in the Samajwadi Party that released one list of 29 candidates publicly on January 13 and the fresh list with names of 1 59 candidates today after the BJP's attacks said there were initially wary of the BJP using the lists on social media to polarise the elections, especially over Muslim candidates. In Western up there are 13 for the first phase is 58 seats a party. Mr Gary Connick Oppa, BJP The battle for Uttar Pradesh getting more contentious with non confident Verma and Mohammed Adnan This is a look the the back in Delhi. Let's have a look at what's happening. Act the Republic Day Parade for the fast time National legals of authority tableaux depicting Lok add alert will participate, he asked. The float by the Law Ministry will be called a Booty Passman, which will which will talk about an inclusive legal system allays a show would be held for the first time at the meeting retreat ceremony. Rehearsals are being done for the ceremony to be held at Vijay Chalk on January 29. 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