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The government is yet to approve vaccines for children as well as booster doses even as global concerns emerge of the Omicron variant being far more capable of evading protective antibodies.

India prioritising second dose until year-end: officials Jacob Koshy

With two weeks left for year-end, country is still far from its target of vaccinating all adults by that time

Manipur Govt notifies ₹50,000 aid to kin of those who succumbed to COVID-19

8-year-old girl among eight new Omicron infections reported from Maharashtra

Drone used for transportation of COVID-19 vaccines in Maharashtra’s remote village as part of trial

Data | What does initial data about the Omicron variant show?

Sandeep Phukan Leaders close to the former chief argue that he stepped down to ensure ‘accountability’ for the 2019 Lok Sabha poll debacle but has not ruled out the possibility of a return as the party chief.

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National

Marriage age Bill faces Opposition resistance

Sobhana K. Nair The Congress is questioning the motivation of the government to bring such a bill but so far not clear on its Parliamentary position

International

Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | Summit for Democracy

Suhasini Haidar This week on Worldview: US President Biden Summit for Democracy — can global conferences promote democratic standards or is this a case of foreign policy overreach?

A shopper walks on Oxford Street, Europe’s busiest shopping street, in London on December 18, 2021. Soaring infections in Britain driven in part by the Omicron variant of the coronavirus are rattling Europe.

International

Europeans reimpose restrictions as omicron sweeps continent

AP Now scientists are warning that the government needs to go further to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed.

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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

The price of tomatoes have been increasing in retail markets across the Tamil Nadu, at Gandhi Market in Tiruchi on Thursday.

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Data | The crux of the tomato price hike

Vignesh Radhakrishnan Jasmin Nihalani Rise in prices of tomatoes was induced by a drastic fall in supply and when demand surged, traders and retailers increased their mark-ups