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New Delhi, Jan 23 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5 pm: NATION DEL24 VIRUS-COVID FATIGUE Healthcare professionals" battle with Covid fatigue continues as pandemic enters 3rd year New Delhi: Covid fatigue among healthcare professionals is real, says 39-year-old Dr Samir Khurana, recalling how the pandemic and its severe waves in the last two years have left him and many from his fraternity "mentally and physically exhausted".
DEL21 DEF-BEATING RETREAT-HYMN Govt dropped "Abide With Me" from Beating Retreat as Indian tunes more appropriate: Sources New Delhi: The Centre decided to drop one of Mahatma Gandhi"s favourite hymns "Abide With Me" from this year"s Beating Retreat ceremony as playing more Indian tunes would be appropriate in view of the "Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav", which celebrates the 75th year of India"s Independence, government sources said on Sunday.
DEL17 LADAKH-SCHOOL-AFFILIATION "3 idiots" fame school yet to get CBSE affiliation after over two decades since its inception New Delhi: More than two decades after it was founded, Druk Padma Karpo School in Ladakh, popularly known as "Rancho"s school", may get the much-awaited CBSE affiliation this year as it got the clearance from the Jammu and Kashmir board after a long delay.
DEL16 DL-KEJRIWAL ARREST JAIN ED planning to arrest Satyendar Jain: Kejriwal New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said he has been informed by sources that the Enforcement Department (ED) may arrest his cabinet minister Satyendar Jain just before assembly elections in Punjab. DEL15 VIRUS-OMICRON-PEAK India"s R-value further reduces, COVID-19 peak likely in next 14 days: IIT analysis New Delhi: India"s R-value which indicates the rate of spread of coronavirus has further reduced to 1.57 in the week from January 14-21 and the national peak of the third wave of the infection is expected to come in the next fortnight, according to a preliminary analysis by IIT Madras.
DEL13 INSACOG-OMICRON Omicron in community transmission stage in India, dominant in multiple metros: INSACOG New Delhi: The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is in the community transmission stage in India and has become dominant in multiple metros where new cases have been rising exponentially, the INSACOG has said in its latest bulletin.
DEL12 PM-MANN KI BAAT TIMING Mann Ki Baat at 11.30 am next Sunday New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi"s "Mann Ki Baat" address this month will be broadcast from 11.30 am instead of usual 11 am after observing the remembrances to Mahatma Gandhi, the PMO said on Sunday.