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COVID-19

India reports 1.16 lakh new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours The Hindu Bureau

495 more Omicron infections; Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh among nine States asked to ramp up testing

Woman infected with Omicron variant dies in Odisha

WHO yet to authorise use of Covaxin among adolescents

Centre tells States to revive control rooms at district level

125 passengers on Rome-Amritsar flight test positive

National

The Intermediate Jet Trainer designed and developed by HAL. Photo: Twitter/@HALHQBLR

National

Intermediate Jet Trainer has cleared a major milestone, says HAL chief

Dinakar Peri Aircraft needs another two years of testing after which it will be ready for induction, says HAL chief

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Security personnel stand guard as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cavalcade got stuck on a flyover, in Punjab’s Ferozepur, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022.

National

Punjab Police aware of PM’s possible road journey: Centre

Devesh K. Pandey State police, government ignored Blue Book protocols on security despite pre-planning, say officials

International

The oil tank farms at Trincomalee in Sri Lanka. File

International

India inks deal with Sri Lanka to develop Trincomalee oil tank farm

Meera Srinivasan The move, which finally firms up India’s role in the controversial project discussed since the time of the Indo-Lanka Accord of 1987, follows Cabinet clearance earlier this week

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Russian peacekeepers exit a Russian military plane in an airport in Kazakhstan, on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022.

International

Dozens of protesters, 12 police dead in Kazakhstan protests

AP The demonstrations began over a near-doubling of prices for a type of vehicle fuel, but seemed to reflect wider discontent in the country

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Vignesh Radhakrishnan Sumant Sen Jasmin Nihalani Data show that while States such as Gujarat and Karnataka are just days away from achieving their targets, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab are still months away

States

Campaign for KMC election ends, polling on Sunday

Shiv Sahay Singh The campaign for elections to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) concluded on Friday with leaders giving last-minute push for their parties and contesting candidates. The polling is scheduled for December 19 across 4,939 booths in the city.Elections to the 144 wards of the KMC will be held without deployment of central armed police forces after a Division Bench of Chief Justice Prakash Srivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj on Friday rejected BJP’s plea for the same. The court said, “So