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A health worker gets ready to administer a Covishield vaccine dose. File

Govt for scientific decision on booster dose, jabs for children Special Correspondent

Health Minister says it could not be hurried or politicised.

5 contacts of India’s first Omicron cases test positive

Health Ministry warns of COVID-19 clusters in India

In Karnataka, double vaccination must for parents school and college going children

Two travellers from Singapore, U.K. test positive in T.N.

National

The newly appointed Navy Chief Admiral R. Hari Kumar during a ceremony in New Delhi. File

National

Prepared for any escalation: Navy chief

Dinakar Peri It’s a potent and well-balanced force, says Admiral Hari Kumar

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla conducts proceedings in the House, during the Winter Session of Parliament in New Delhi

National

Lok Sabha records 204% productivity

Special Correspondent House sits in extended session over COVID discussion

International

A nurse prepares syringes at an Italian Red Cross anti COVID-19 vaccination hub, in Rome, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021.

International

Vaccination key to battling Omicron: WHO

Reuters It urges countries to fully vaccinate vulnerable groups, says border control measures only ‘buy time’

Police officers stand guard at the site where a Sri Lankan citizen was lynched by Muslim mob outside a factory in Sialkot, Pakistan, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021.

International

Mob in Pakistan's Punjab province lynches Sri Lankan citizen over alleged ‘blasphemy’

PTI Priyantha Kumara allegedly tore a poster of the hardline Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan in which Quranic verses were inscribed, and threw it in the dustbin

Special Correspondent Members of several organisations staged a day-long sit-in outside the office of Gurugram Divisional Commissioner on Wednesday demanding strict action against those trying to disturb the communal harmony in the city on the pretext of opposing Friday prayer (Jumma Namaz) in the open.The organisations include the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), Janwadi Mahila Samiti, Loktantrik Manch, All-India Lawyers’ Union, Democratic Youth Federation of India, Gurgaon Nagrik Ekta Manch, and Sarv

Children studying at a private tuition centre, in New Delhi. File

Data

Data | Students turn to private coaching during the pandemic

The Hindu Data Team In all the States except Kerala, the proportion of children opting for private coaching increased in 2021 compared to 2018

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Visakhapatnam

Farmers lament curbs put in place

Special Correspondent Braving curbs and enduring hurdles, farmers from Amaravati resumed their long march to Tirupati at Turimela village in SPSR Nellore district on Friday. Many curbs were in place, lamented farmers before pitching their tent at Sydapuram village for night halt after covering a distance of 10 km. It was unfortunate that the government, which boasted of empowering women by adopting Disha Bill, put hurdles to their march by removing even the mobile toilets which were part of the convoy, they lamented.

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Students attend the induction programme at Bharathidasan University in Tiruchi.

Tiruchirapalli

Bharathidasan University conducts induction programme for freshers

Special Correspondent As mandated by the University Grants Commission and the National Assessment and Accreditation Council, Bharathidasan University conducted Students Induction Programme (SIP) for freshers in various departments over a three-day duration.The purpose of the SIP, Vice-Chancellor M. Selvam said, was to familiarise students with the facilities in the university. The programme, he felt, would make the freshers comfortable with the university environment. During the three-day programme that culminated on

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