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• Kerala HC angry with employees stealing money from Sabarimala temple
  
  The Kerala High Court on Thursday expressed its ire on the way cases of employees stealing money from the famed Sabarimala temple are increasing.
• Delhi's green cover increases to 23% in 2 yrs: ISFR
  
  The ISFR is a biennial publication of the Forest Survey of India, under the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change.
• Ex-Chancellor of Alliance varsity moves court against ED move
  
  Angur has claimed in his first plea challenging court order that Section 167 CrPC was applicable to only police and not to agency.
• 7 killed after car rams into road divider in Karnataka
  
  According to Superintendent of Police C.B. Rishyanth, who reached the accident spot, the car driver was drunk and had dozed off while driving near the Kananakatte Toll Gate on National Highway 13.
• Alwar gangrape: Survivor's organs damaged, doctors perform surgery
  
  The 14-year-old victim was gangraped on Tuesday night and thrown on a road.
• Kashmir gunfight: Condition of injured 3 soldiers, 2 civilians stable
  
  One Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist identified as Babar bhai of Pakistan, active since 2018 in the areas of Shopian-Kulgam was killed in the gunfight that erupted on Wednesday. One police personnel was also killed while three soldiers and two civilians were injured.
• 7 foreigners among 14 terrorists killed in Kashmir since Jan 1
  
  Police said based on specific input regarding the presence of a terrorist in the Pariwan area of Kulgam, a joint cordon and search operation was launched Wednesday evening by the police and Army (34RR).
• India Records 2.47 Lakh New Covid Cases in Last 24 Hours
  
  This brings the country’s cumulative caseload to 3,63,17,927. Of this, 5,488 cases were of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of coronavirus.
• S. Somanath to be new ISRO chief, fourth Keralite to hold post
  
  Somanath, who is currently Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in the Kerala state capital, will be fourth Keralite to occupy the topmost post in the Indian space sector.
• Bank official shot dead in Rae Bareli
  
  On Tuesday, at around 8.30 p.m., he returned in his car to Shyam Nagar where he was staying on rent.
• BJP pulls up Vijayan for seeking treatment in US
  
  The Kerala unit of the BJP on Wednesday took potshots at Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for his upcoming trip to the US for seeking medical treatment.
• Gangster who supplied arms for Rohini Court shootout held
  
  Sources said the encounter between the Special Cell of Delhi police and accused Rakesh took place on Tuesday night in the Narela area of the city.
• In a first, India allows US pork import
  
  US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced that the government of India has agreed to allow the import of American pork and pork products, removing a longstanding barrier in agricultural trade.
• After 2 weeks of rise, Maharashtra's Covid cases now drop by 10K
  
  Omicron has spread extensively across several districts in the state, and out of the 1,247 cases till date, 467 have recovered.
• Five students drown in Andhra rivulet
  
  They were all studying at the Eturu Zilla Parishad High School.
• Western Disturbance that brought rains over Delhi unique in many ways
  
  As IMD had predicted beforehand, it was the Western Disturbance that had brought in copious amounts of rainfall over not just Delhi-NCR but across northwest India.
• 2 terrorists killed in encounter at Kulgam in J&K
  
  As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where terrorists were hiding they came under a heavy volume of fire that triggered the encounter.
• India logs 1,79,723 new Covid cases, 12.5% higher
  
  The active caseload has jumped to 7,23,619, accounting for 1.66 per cent of the country's total positive cases.
• India reports 1,41,986 new Covid cases, 285 deaths
  
  The active caseload has jumped to 4,72,169, accounting for 1.34 per cent of the country's total positive cases.
• Holding elections in pandemic times a test for EC
  
  The EC announced poll schedule for five states -- UP, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa on Saturday.
• 72 more doctors of Patna's NMCH test Covid positive
  
  With the fresh infections detected on Monday night, a total of 168 doctors and PG medical students have tested positive for the virus in the last three days.
• Omicron cases rise to 1,892 in India, Maharashtra worst-hit
  
  With 127 Omicron infected people discharged in the last 24 hours, a total 766 people have recovered from the new strain so far.
• 84% of Delhi's Covid cases of Omicron variant: Jain
  
  Of total genome sequencing reports from Delhi's three labs - ILBS, LNJP and NCDC, 84 per cent have reported the Omicron variant, he said at a press conference.
• India logs 37,379 new Covid cases, active infections reach 1.71 lakh
  
  Also in the same period, the country registered 124 new Covid fatalities, which increased the nationwide death toll to 4,82,017.
• LeT terrorist gunned down in Srinagar encounter
  
  A dreaded LeT terrorist, Salim Parray, has been killed in an encounter between militants and security forces in Srinagar, officials said on Monday.

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