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A health worker collects a swab sample at a railway station in Mumbai on January 4, 2022.

Surge in number of cases indicative of third COVID wave in India: Expert PTI

Dr. Arora, however, asserted that there is no need to press the panic button.

Rising sales of COVID home test kits worry officials

Poll panel discusses Assembly elections in five States amid spike in COVID cases

Covid-19: Maharashtra reports a whopping 18,466 new cases

COVID-19 | Over 40 lakh in 15-18 age group vaccinated as drive opens up for teenagers

National

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi questioned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over reports that China is constructing a bridge in eastern Ladakh. File

National

Rahul Gandhi questions PM’s silence on Chinese bridge at Pangong Tso

The Hindu Bureau Govt. busy in elections when ‘enemy’ is at India’s gate, says Congress

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A man eats breakfast distributed by the nuns of Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Saint Teresa, outside its headquarter beside a portrait of her in Kolkata, India, on December 28, 2021.

National

Denial of FCRA license to Missionaries of Charity challenged

The Hindu Bureau “The move will have a chilling effect on all other NGOs”

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International

In a rare joint statement setting aside rising West-East tensions, the U.S., China, Russia, Britain and France reaffirmed their goal of creating a world free of atomic weapons and avoiding a nuclear conflict. File

International

China to ‘modernise’ its nuclear arsenal

AFP It defends its atomic weapons policy, urges U.S., Russia to reduce their stockpiles

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The new figure comes a day after top U.S. pandemic advisor Anthony Fauci said the country was experiencing “almost a vertical increase” in COVID-19 cases, adding the peak may be only weeks away.

International

U.S. sets global record with over 1 million COVID cases in a day

AFP There were 1,080,211 new cases in the United States

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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