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Dec 20, 2021 09:44 PM IST
PM Modi to visit Mandi, HP, on Dec 27 to inaugurate projects worth ₹11 crore
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Mandi, in Himachal Pradesh, on December 27 to celebrate the completion of four years of the state government there, chief minister Jairam Thakur said.
“We will inaugurate projects worth ₹11 crores, including the Dhaula Sidh hydropower project and Renukaji multipurpose project,” news agency ANI quoted the CM as saying.
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Dec 20, 2021 09:36 PM IST
UK reports 91,743 new Covid-19 cases, 44 deaths
UK reported 91,743 new Covid-19 cases and 44 related deaths. The new infections went up from 82,886 cases on Sunday.
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Dec 20, 2021 08:59 PM IST
Resident doctors of AIIMS Delhi stage protest over delay in NEET-PG 2021 counselling
Resident doctors of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, staged a protest over the delay in NEET-PG 2021 counselling, as they intensified the ongoing stir to push forth their demands, reports ANI.
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Dec 20, 2021 08:08 PM IST
Delhi court discharges expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Senger in accident case of Unnao rape survivor
Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court discharges expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Senger in the 2019 accident case of Unnao rape survivor.
In 2019, Sengar was sentenced to jail for life in a separate case for raping the minor in 2017.
(File photo) pic.twitter.com/p3JacNH6Gy
— ANI (@ANI) December 20, 2021
The Rouse Avenue court in Delhi discharged expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Senger in the 2019 accident case of Unnao rape survivor, reports ANI.
In 2019, Sengar was sentenced to jail for life in a separate case for raping the minor in 2017.
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Dec 20, 2021 07:55 PM IST
‘Omicron cases in South Africa mostly mild’, says doctor who first detected variant
A top South African medical expert said that Omicron cases seem to be “mostly mild,” reports ANI.
“I have seen 100 patients myself. It’s quite transmissible. If I look at Delta, it seems less but it’s very transmissible. In South Africa we don’t see severe cases, it’s mostly mild cases,” South African Medical Association Chairperson Dr Angelique Coetzee, the first to detect Omicron, said.
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Dec 20, 2021 07:33 PM IST
Delhi assembly session on Jan 3, 4
Delhi Assembly Session to be held on January 3 and 4, 2022, reports ANI.
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Dec 20, 2021 07:14 PM IST
EPFO added 12.73 lakh net subscribers in Oct 2021
The provisional payroll data of Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation showed that 12.73 lakh net subscribers were added during October 2021, reports ANI. This was an increase of around 10.22% in net payroll additions as compared to 11.55 lakh during October 2020.
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Dec 20, 2021 07:06 PM IST
EU drug regulator recommends approval for Nuvaxovid Covid-19 vaccine by Novavax
The European Medicines Agency has recommended for granting a conditional marketing authoritsation for Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine Nuvaxovid for people above 18 years of age.
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Dec 20, 2021 06:56 PM IST
Curtorim MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco set to join TMC after quitting Congress
Curtorim MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenço, who had resigned from Congress today, is set to join the Trinamool Congress. He landed in Kolkata today and will meet the party’s general secretary Abhishek Banerjee tomorrow, reports ANI.
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Dec 20, 2021 06:38 PM IST
CCI approves acquisition of Air India shareholding by Tata Sons subsidiary Talace
The proposed combination envisages acquisition of 100% equity share capital of Air India Ltd (Air India) & Air India Express Ltd (AIXL), & 50% equity share capital of Air India SATS Airport Services Pvt Ltd (AISATS) by Talace Pvt Ltd (Talace): Competition Commission of India
— ANI (@ANI) December 20, 2021
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved the acquisition of shareholding in Air India by Tata Sons subsidiary Talace Private Ltd, reports ANI.
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Dec 20, 2021 06:00 PM IST
National Conference won’t be signatory to Delimitation Commission report on J&K in present form
The Jammu Kashmir National Conference party will not be a signatory to the Delimitation Commission report in its present form, reports PTI citing party spokesperson.
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Dec 20, 2021 05:40 PM IST
World Economic Forum calls off Davos Summit in January due to Omicron
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has postponed its annual meeting at Davos in January, until mid-2022 due to the Omicron Covid-19 variant, reports Reuters citing the organisers.
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Dec 20, 2021 05:16 PM IST
Bharat Biotech submits phase 3 trial application for booster dose of intranasal vaccine
Bharat Biotech has submitted phase 3 clinical trial application to DCGI for its booster dose of their intranasal Covid vaccine that can be given to Covaxin and Covishield vaccinated people: Source pic.twitter.com/Sao0TMvMcj
— ANI (@ANI) December 20, 2021
Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech submitted the phase 3 clinical trial application to the the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for the booster doses of their intranasal Covid-19 vaccine that can be given to people who have been vaccinated with Covaxin and Covishield, reports ANI.
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Dec 20, 2021 05:04 PM IST
Gujarat extends night curfew in 8 cities till Dec 31
The Gujarat government has extended the existing night curfew between 1am and 5am in the eight major cities till December 31, reports ANI.
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Dec 20, 2021 04:40 PM IST
‘UP’s road infrastructure will be like America’: Nitin Gadkari
Union minister Nitin Gadkari asked the people of UP to elect BJP government so that there would be development works to make the state’s road infrastructure to “be like America”, reports ANI.
“Support Yogi (Adityanath) ji, elect our government, I will bring in (road) development of another ₹5 lakh crores in the state. When such works will happen, UP’s road infrastructure will be like America. I assure you to fulfill my promise,” he said. in Mirzapur
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Dec 20, 2021 04:06 PM IST
Moderna says Covid-19 booster dose appears protective against Omicron
Moderna Inc said that a booster dose of their Covid-19 vaccine appeared to be protective against the fast-spreading Omicron variant, based on laboratory testing.
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Dec 20, 2021 03:39 PM IST
India to produce 45 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses per month in next 2 months: Mandaviya
Today all states/UTs have adequate quantity of vaccines, 17 cr doses available with them. Our manufacturing capacity increased. Today India has capacity to manufacture 31 cr doses of vaccine/month. In next 2 months, it’ll further rise to 45 cr doses/month: Union Health Min in RS pic.twitter.com/isO2z7nP8N
— ANI (@ANI) December 20, 2021
In the next two month, India will increase its Covid-19 vaccine production from 31 crore doses per month to 45 crore doses per month, Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said in the Rajya Sabha.
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Dec 20, 2021 03:00 PM IST
‘No Omicron cases in Bihar so far, we are prepared’: CM Nitish Kumar
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar said no Omicron cases have been detected in the state so far and it is prepared for handling the new variant, reports ANI.
“So far no Omicron cases in our state. There is alertness in the state. We are prepared, arrangements have been made. Though there are no cases, you never know. Most number of per day tests are happening in the state- over 5 lakh tests being done,” he said.
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Dec 20, 2021 01:46 PM IST
‘Suspended MPs should realise their mistakes’: Piyush Goyal
The 12 suspended Rajya Sabha MPs should realise their mistake and talk to the Chair. The Opposition leaders did not come for the meeting called by the Government today, says Union minister leader Piyush Goyal.
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Dec 20, 2021 01:19 PM IST
All new positive Covid-19 cases in Delhi will sent for genome sequencing now: CM Kejriwal
Given the rise in cases for some days, now all positive cases in Delhi will be sent for genome sequencing for Omicron, says Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal as cases rises. “We also urge the Centre to allow booster doses,” he also said.
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Dec 20, 2021 01:02 PM IST
Delhi reports four more cases of Omicron; city tally reaches 28
Four new Omicron cases reported in Delhi today taking the total number of cases of the variant here to 28. The four people, found to be infected with the variant, are admitted to Max hospital, Saket.
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Dec 20, 2021 12:31 PM IST
Sensex crashes 1,400 points on Omicron concerns; investors lose ₹7 lakh crore
The Indian equities markets tumbled on Monday with the benchmark Sensex crashing 1400 points leading to nearly Rs.7 lakh crore loss to the investors’ wealth within a couple of hours of trading.
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Dec 20, 2021 11:21 AM IST
Delhi reports two more cases of Omicron, city tally rises to 24
Two new Omicron cases reported in Delhi, case tally rises to 24, says Delhi Health Department. Out of these 24 patients, 12 have been discharged and 12 are under treatment, adds the health department.
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Dec 20, 2021 11:08 AM IST
ED sends summon notice to bollywood actor Aishwarya Rai
Enforcement Directorate summons Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in a case being investigated by the agency, reports news agency quoting sources.
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Dec 20, 2021 10:44 AM IST
Parliament: Rahul Gandhi moves adjournment motion to discuss Ladakh statehood
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Monday moved an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha to discuss the issue of statehood and inclusion of Ladakh in Schedule VI of the Constitution. Read More
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Dec 20, 2021 10:32 AM IST
Opposition parties to not attend meeting called by the Centre to end logjam in Rajya Sabha
The opposition parties will not attend meeting called by the Centre to end logjam in Rajya Sabha. In an internal meeting of opposition parties this morning, leaders concluded the invitation for talks to five parties is a ploy to divide the opposition.
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Dec 20, 2021 10:15 AM IST
Drone sighted in Gurdaspur near international border
A drone was sighted in Gurdaspur sector near the International Border, reports news agency ANI. BSF personnel fired 5 rounds after the patrolling team heard a humming sound but it managed to return to Pakistan territory. The incident was reported at 1230am on Monday, ANI reported citing a senior BSF officer.
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Dec 20, 2021 10:08 AM IST
India sees 6,563 new Covid-19 cases; daily tally down 7.31% from yesterday
With 6,563 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s total tally of Covid-19 cases rose to 3,47,46,838, while the active cases declined to 82,267, the lowest in 572 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.
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Dec 20, 2021 06:48 AM IST
Death toll in Philippines typhoon hits 208
Death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year surges to 208, national police say, making it one of the deadliest storms to hit the country in recent years
At least 239 people injured and 52 missing.
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Dec 20, 2021 06:25 AM IST
Omicron spread: ‘We are sitting ducks for next wave of Covid-19’, says expert
The Omicron variant has been spreading fast, especially in the United States, which was already ravaged by the second wave of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). It is confronting another dark winter, with hospitalisations increasing 45 per cent over the last month and cases rising 40 per cent, according to a tally by news agency Reuters. Read More
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Construction, demolition waste management: Delhi makes strides but gaps remain
- Delhi’s construction and demolition waste processing sector has been featured among ‘best practices’ that can be replicated in other metropolitan cities.
Published on Dec 20, 2021 08:47 PM IST
Why real-time source apportionment data could help Delhi combat air pollution
- In its MoU, which was signed with IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, TERI and IISER Delhi, the government specified the need to identify real-time sources of pollution
Published on Dec 20, 2021 08:33 PM IST
Bengal govt to celebrate Christmas in all districts; BJP sees a link to Goa polls
The opposition BJP sees a connection between Mamata Banerjee’s renewed outreach to the Christian community and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) plans to contest the Goa assembly elections early next year.
Updated on Dec 20, 2021 08:43 PM IST
Banks recover ₹13,100 cr from assets sale of defaulters like: FM
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that ₹13,109.17 crore has been recovered from the asset sales of Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi as of July 2021 as per the information provided by the Enforcement Directorate.
Published on Dec 20, 2021 08:29 PM IST
Gay couple ties the knot in Hyderabad, say no permission needed for ‘happiness’
The gay men are believed to be first gay couple of Telangana. Though the marriage could not be registered, the ceremony was sheer celebration of being together along with family and friends, he added.
Published on Dec 20, 2021 08:09 PM IST
Delhi’s rural villages face an urbanisation challenge
- Residents of these villages say that the inordinate delay in planning and execution of these policies for rural areas has led to unregulated development
Updated on Dec 20, 2021 07:56 PM IST
Jaya Bachchan loses her cool in Rajya Sabha, curses treasury benches
Jaya Bachchan’s remarks came when she was asked by the Chair to participate in the discussion on the ‘Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
Published on Dec 20, 2021 07:50 PM IST
NC rejects Delimitation Commission draft report, lashes out at Union minister
- The National Conference also lashed out at Union minister of state in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh for claiming its leaders were “satisfied” by the parameters followed by the Delimitation Commission calling it “malicious”.
Published on Dec 20, 2021 07:30 PM IST
Written by Shankhyaneel Sarkar | Edited by Meenakshi Ray, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
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