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1. AI’s Longest Direct Route Flight Lands 

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TOI

With 4 female pilots, AI’s longest direct route flight touched down at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru as per TOI.  

2. UK Sees 2 Lakh Daily COVID Vaccinations 

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Reuters

UK is on target to have immunised its most vulnerable people against COVID by mid-February, with some 2 million people having got the first dose, said the health secretary as per a Reuters report. 

3. Bengal Imams Urge People Not To Vote For Owaisi’s Party 

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TOI

Bengal Imam Association head Mohammad Yahya has made a public appeal to voters in West Bengal not to vote for any party backed by Asaduddin Owaisi, chief of AIMIM, as per a TOI report.
 

4. 2 IAF Surgeons To Be Trained For Gaganyaan Space Crew Care 

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TOI

Two IAF flight surgeons shall soon head to Russia for advanced training in space medicine to be able to care for the four astronauts being trained for the Gaganyaan programme, India’s maiden manned mission to space, as per a TOI report. 

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