The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar on Tuesday moved a step closer towards fulfilling a key election promise made by the ruling Janata Dal United and its ally BJP, as it approved a proposal for providing free anti-coronavirus vaccine to all the people of the state. The decision was taken at the first meeting of the cabinet since the allocation of ministries last month.

The Tamil Nadu government has ordered Covid testing at all colleges and universities after 183 students from IIT-Madras tested positive. Close to 1,000 IIT students and mess workers have been tested. Authorities blame it on the hostel mess and the IIT administration now sends packed food to those staying in the hostels.

Telangana plans to vaccinate 80 lakh people against COVID-19 in targeted groups from mid-January, given in eight-10 days and second dose in another four weeks, Telangana’s Public Health Director G Srinivas Rao told NDTV. Telangana has cumulative 2,78,599 COVID-19 cases, of which 491 were reported in the last 24 hours.