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Three people were shot dead and five were injured in fresh violence in Manipur's Thoubal district on Monday evening. The authorities quickly re-imposed curfew in the five valley districts of the state to prevent escalation of violence.

The Curfew has been imposed in Thoubal, Imphal East and Imphal West, Kakching and Bishnupur districts, PTI reported.

Chief Minister N Biren Singh condemned the violence in a video message and appealed to the people to maintain peace. He said the police were trying to arrest those behind the attack.

The ISRO launched its first X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite, also known as XPoSat, that would offer insights into celestial objects like black holes, onboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Monday.

Despite a lull in the number of COVID infections yesterday, India has reported a spike as of December 31, 2023. As per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India has logged over 800 new cases in the past 24 hours.

As per the data released by the Health Ministry on mohfw.gov.in, India has reported an increase of 841 COVID cases in the past 24 hours. Due to this spike, the active cases tally has crossed 4,000 on New Year’s Eve.

Modi guarantee' is the outcome of decades of "my hard work", an expression of sensitivity towards society, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. "When I talk about the ‘guarantee’, I bind myself to it," PM Modi said in an interview to a news outlet.

PM Modi said that the guarantee propels him to work harder for the people of the country. "For me, the guarantee is not mere words or election promises, it is the outcome of decades of my hard work. It is an expression of sensitivity towards society. When I talk about the ‘guarantee’, I bind myself to it. It doesn’t let me sleep, it propels me to work harder, it leads me to give my everything for the people of the country. So please don’t look for a dictionary meaning of guarantee," PM Modi said, according to India Today.

India saw a major diplomatic win earlier this week when a court in Qatar accepted the government’s appeal and commuted the death sentence for eight ex-Navy veterans in the Dahra Global Case. However, with the transfer pact yet to be ratified by the Qatari government, the veterans may still face a certain jail term.