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New Delhi, Jan 24 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 9:10 PM: NATION DEL56 PAR-SESSION-TIMING Budget Session Part I: Different timings for Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha in view of Covid New Delhi: Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will meet at separate times of a day for five hours each to ensure Covid distancing norms during the Budget Session beginning January 31.
DEL53 VACCINE-HEALTH MINISTRY Over 162 crore Covid vaccine doses administered in India so far: Govt New Delhi: The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 162.77 crore on Monday, the Union Health Ministry said.
DEL46 PM-2NDLD BAL PURASKAR PM interacts with Rashtriya Bal Puraskar recipients; calls on youngsters to support "Vocal for Local" New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged youngsters to support the "Vocal for Local" campaign just as they had taken forward the cleanliness campaign in the country and asserted that the youth are at the centre of all policies being framed by his government.
DEL47 BAL PURUSKAR-PROFILE From dancing on broken glasses to negotiating with terrorist, 29 children conferred Bal Puruskar New Delhi: From dancing on broken glasses to negotiating with terrorists, from fighting an alligator to developing innovative measures to help COVID-19 patients, 29 children from across the country were conferred with the Pradhan Mantri Bal Puraskar on Monday for their contribution.
DEL57 BIZ-ELECTRONICS-MOBILE-OS Govt mulling policy to facilitate creation of indigenous mobile operating system- MoS IT New Delhi: The government is planning to come up with a policy that will facilitate an ecosystem for the industry to create an indigenous operating system as an alternative to Google"s Android and Apple"s iOS, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Monday.
DEL50 DEF-ARMY-DRONES Army signs contract with ideaForge to procure additional SWITCH1.0 drones New Delhi: The Indian Army has again signed a contract with ideaForge to procure an undisclosed number of a high-altitude variant of SWITCH1.0 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to strengthen its surveillance along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), military officials said.