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Live news updates: Cooked food on premium trains had already been restored in December 21

Live news updates:  The government has the "sovereign right" to tax profit made from cryptocurrency transactions, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday. A decision on the legality of cryptocurrencies will be taken later.

"I am not going to legalise it or ban it at this stage. Banning or not banning will come subsequently, when consultations give me input," she said in Rajya Sabha where she was speaking about her Budget proposals.

India reported 58,077 new cases of Covid-19 and deaths from the disease in the last 24 hours, said the health ministry on Friday. 

India yesterday revised guidelines for international arrivals, removing the category of 'at-risk' countries and recommending self-monitoring of 14 days for symptoms against the current seven days of home quarantine.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak on Friday at election rallies in Uttarakhand's Almora and Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj, a day after polling for assembly elections in five states began with the first phase of voting in Uttar Pradesh.

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We will not allow Goa to become a coal hub: Rahul Gandhi

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Days of divisive, issue-less politics over in western UP: Tikait

The days of "divisive and issue-less" politics are over in western Uttar Pradesh, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait said on Friday as he credited the farmers' agitation for bringing about the change.

The national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) also said protests are necessary to check unruly governments and strengthen democracy.

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Kejriwal will visit Punjab between February 12-18 ahead of Punjab Assembly polls

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Delhi reports 977 fresh Covid-19 infections

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India is committed to eliminating single-use plastic: PM Modi

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Aarogya Setu users can now create the 14-digit unique Ayushman Bharat Health Account

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IRCTC to resume cooked food in all trains from February 14

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) is all set to resume the services of cooked food in trains as Covid restrictions ease across India.

 

Of the total number of trains, cooked foods had already been resumed in 30% since December 2021, 80% in January 2022 and remaining 20% shall be restored by February 14 2022.

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AAP releases manifesto for Uttarakhand polls

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Building collapses in north Delhi, 2 women pulled out of debris

Two women were pulled out of the debris of a building which collapsed in north Delhi's Bawana area on Friday afternoon and efforts are on to rescue others who are underneath the rubble, police said.

The fire department officials received information about the incident at 2.48 pm, following which three to four fire tenders rushed to the spot.

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BJP govt believes in development but has bulldozers for mafia: Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said the BJP government believes in development but also has bulldozers for the mafia and that is why women in the state feel safe, the PTI reported.

Addressing an election meeting in Shahjahanpur's Kant, Adityanath targeted the opposition Samajwadi Party, saying while it was in power, it only built boundary walls for graveyards in the name of development.

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'Parivarwadi' people have realised that their boat has sunk: PM Modi

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A 'chowk' named after Lata Mangeshkar in Ayodhya: Modi

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Involvement of the SP leader in the incident shows the real face of the Samajwadi Party: Anurag Thakur

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Decomposed body of missing Dalit woman recovered near an ashram constructed during Samajwadi govt in Unnao

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This time we will get a solid majority: Rahul Gandhi in Goa