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Dec 16, 2021 08:21 AM IST
12 fresh Omicron cases take national tally to 73
A total of 12 new cases of the Omicron variant of Sars-Cov-2 were reported across India on Wednesday – four each in Maharashtra and Kerala, two in Telangana, and one each in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal – as the national tally of the heavily mutated variant continued to swell.
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Dec 16, 2021 07:27 AM IST
2 terrorists killed in Kulgam encounter by security forces
Two terrorists killed during operation in Redwani area of Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir. The operation was launched by Police and Army last night. The searches are still underway, said police.
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Dec 16, 2021 06:42 AM IST
Delhi’s Air Quality Index remains in ‘very poor’ category
Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) is presently at 337 (overall) in the ‘very poor’ category, as per System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR)-India.
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Dec 16, 2021 05:57 AM IST
PM Modi to address farmers today on natural farming
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address farmers, scientists across the country during the valedictory session of the ongoing National Summit on Agro and Food Processing on Monday. The three-day summit is being held in Gujarat and it was organised to bring in a focus on natural farming and make farmers aware of its benefits.
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50th Victory Day of Bangladesh: President Kovind to join celebrations today
- Notably, President Kovind is the only foreign head of state invited to join the celebrations which also coincides with birth centenary celebrations of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and 50 years of Dhaka-New Delhi ties.
Published on Dec 16, 2021 07:42 AM IST
Delhi Police allows traffic movement at Singhu border
The roads have already been cleared for commuters at the Tikri border and traffic is plying on the stretch, police said.
Published on Dec 16, 2021 07:19 AM IST
Public sector banks to go on strike from today: Know what services will be hit
The two-day strike has been called by United Forum of Bank Unions. A meeting of bank unions with the government to find a solution to their demands remained inconclusive on Wednesday. The bank unions claim that nine lakh employees will take part in the nationwide strike.
Published on Dec 16, 2021 06:58 AM IST
French defence minister Florence Parly to arrive in India today
It will be Parly’s fourth visit to India since 2017. She had visited India in September last year primarily to attend a ceremony in Ambala that was held to induct the first batch of five Rafale jets into the Indian Air Force.
Published on Dec 16, 2021 06:32 AM IST
‘Khela Hobe’ in 2024; BJP will be defeated across India: Mamata Banerjee
Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress registered a thumping victory against the Bharatiya Janata Party in the West Bengal assembly elections in April this year. Since then, Banerjee has been uniting the opposition parties against the BJP for 2024 General Elections.
Published on Dec 16, 2021 06:04 AM IST
LIVE: PM Modi to address farmers today on natural farming
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Updated on Dec 16, 2021 08:21 AM IST
SC asks states to publicise Covid ex gratia scheme
- The bench was taking stock of claims received by states and UTs and distribution of the ex-gratia amount of ₹50,000 each to applicants who lost a family member to Covid-19.
Published on Dec 16, 2021 02:18 AM IST
To strengthen its base in Andhra, BJP to host massive rally in Vijayawada on Dec 28
A senior BJP leader familiar with the development said the four-hour-long meeting which went past midnight, decided that the party will go all out against the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh, expose its failures, mishandling of the state finances, alleged anarchy by the ruling YSR Congress and blatant attacks on political rivals.
Published on Dec 16, 2021 01:29 AM IST
Odisha seeks special dispensation from Centre to catch up with frontline states
Odisha chief minister Patnaik said the state has made substantial improvement in the last two decades both in macroeconomic indicators and socio-economic indicators, adding that it needs a special dispensation from the Centre to catch up with the frontline states.
Published on Dec 16, 2021 01:23 AM IST
Kerala’s ambitious unisex uniform plan in schools runs into rough weather
Protestors, however, insisted that the move was anti-democratic and an encroachment on women’s right to wear anything they wished.
Published on Dec 16, 2021 01:14 AM IST
Top intelligence officer Sunil Bansal named Odisha DGP, takes over from Jan 1
1987 batch IPS officer Sunil Kumar Bansal, who will take over as Odisha DGP on January 1 on a two-year term, will wear the khaki for the first time in decades. He joined the Intelligence Bureau in 1994 on central deputation.
Published on Dec 16, 2021 01:07 AM IST
Madras high court asks CBI to probe Koreans’ escape from Tamil Nadu police custody
Choe Jae Won (42) and Choi Yong Suk (47), the general manager and managing director, respectively, of Chowel India Private Limited and residents of Kancheepuram district were arrested in June 2019 on charges of GST fraud to the tune of ₹40 crore under Section 69 of CGST Act, 2017.
Updated on Dec 16, 2021 01:01 AM IST
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