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Latest live news updates: The Income Tax Department has detected undisclosed income of over Rs 450 crore after it raided some Kolkata-based entities engaged in various businesses such as running of hotels and wholesale trading of fruits, the CBDT said on Friday. A 6.2-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia s Sulawesi island killed at least 35 people and injured hundreds on Friday, with the country s meteorological agency warning of the risk of more aftershocks, potentially strong enough to produce a tsunami. India s exports rose marginally to USD 27.15 billion in December 2020, while imports surged 7.56 per cent to USD 42.59 billion, official data showed on Friday.
Latest News Today: India today reported 16,946 fresh coronavirus cases in India.
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the nationwide Covid vaccination drive on Saturday, a top official said today. Some 3 lakh people will receive shots on the first day, VK Paul, member of plan body NITI Aayog, told NDTV. PM Modi will be beginning the vaccination program. The details are being worked out, Mr Paul told NDTV on the launch of one of the world s largest vaccination programmes two days later.
The vaccination drive will begin with 3,000 sites on Saturday. Each centre will inoculate 100 people a day to begin with.
The first consignment of Covishield vaccines reached Delhi from Pune today, four days ahead of the launch of a nationwide drive against the coronavirus.
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS President Donald Trump speaks at the White House, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Latest News LIVE: President Donald Trump has called the social media clampdown catastrophic mistake after Twitter moved to permanently block his account. He further said that his speech before the US Capitol siege was totally appropriate and also daid that US House Democrats move to impeach him is absolutely ridiculous . Fresh bird deaths were reported in Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday amid cases of avian influenza in 10 states and union territories, with the Centre saying it has issued advisories regarding testing protocols and maintaining sufficient stock of PPE kits required for culling operations.