1. West Bengal announces Telugu as official language of state
West Bengal education Minister Partha Chatterjee said that Telugu community people of the state were demanding this for a long time and the decision to make Telugu an official language of the state has been decided mainly considering the demand of the large number of Telugu community from Kharagpur."
2. Uttarakhand district judge suspended; five judges transferred
It was held that District Judge, Dehradun Prashant Joshi used a private vehicle, belonging to his acquaintance, for discharge of official duties. Meanwhile, five judges were transferred in the state on Tuesday.
3. 5 people with recent travel history to UK quarantined in Karnataka
Following the emergence of a new strain of the coronavirus in the UK, people with recent travel history to the United Kingdom have been quarantined and their covid-19 tests are awaited. Earlier, a person had tested COVID-19 positive after arriving from the UK in Karnataka.
4. BJP MP Saumitra Khan sends divorce notice to wife, a day after she joined TMC
BJP MP Saumitra Khan sent a divorce notice to his wife Sujata Mondal Khan on Tuesday after she joined TMC. Khan's lawyer Sameer Kumar sent the notice on the former's behalf.
5. Shami unlikely to play first Test against England, six-week rest cum rehab awaits
The fast bowler suffered the fracture on his bowling hand during the series-opening Day/Night Test against Australia in Adelaide last week.
6. Healy expects Paine to lead Australia for three more years
Paine, who has played 32 Tests and averages 33.40, scored an unbeaten 73 in the first innings besides grabbing those catches to be awarded the Man of the Match in Adelaide, which Australia won by eight wickets.
7. Bhutan PM announces 7-day nationwide lockdown amid new Covid-19 cases
Bhutan will go on lockdown for seven days starting from Tuesday amid rising case of Covid-19 cases, announced Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering.
8. Mutation in coronavirus not likely to affect vaccine development: CSIR DG
Amid concerns about a new coronavirus variant found in the United Kingdom (UK), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Director-General Dr Shekhar Mande on Tuesday said that the mutation in the coronavirus will not affect vaccine development as vaccine invokes the overall immunity of the body.
9. Outrage at grim South Africa child murder figures
South Africa is facing an unexplained case of child murders and many of the cases are going cold as investigators reach dead ends.
10. Britain hit with travel bans over new virus strain
Travel ban imposed on the UK by dozens of countries due to a new and seemingly more contagious strain of the coronavirus discovered in England has raised fears of food shortages in Britain if the restrictions drag on. After the travel restrictions were announced, hundreds of vehicles, mainly trucks became stranded outside the English Channel port of Dover.
