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- In Covid-19 second wave, river was dumping ground for dead, admits Ganga mission chief
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Sudden restrictions on medical exports force companies to look abroad
🔴 The issue of policy certainty gains salience again with the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus being highly transmissible and the demand for medical items including syringes likely to remain high.
Citing security, Centre asks phone firms to keep call records for two years
Through a notification dated December 21, the DoT has said all call detail record, exchange detail record, and IP detail record of communications “exchanged” on a network must be archived for two years or until specified by the government for “scrutiny” for security reasons.
Child trafficking, toxic canal reports win in Hindi category
🔴 Anand Choudhary of Dainik Bhaskar is the winner in the Hindi (Print) category and Sushil Kumar Mohapatra of NDTV India the winner in the Hindi (Broadcast) category for their stories that dictated policy change, prompted action and changed lives.
In Covid-19 second wave, river was dumping ground for dead, admits Ganga mission chief
🔴 Titled Ganga: Reimagining, Rejuvenating, Reconnecting, the book has been authored by Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, the director general of National Mission for Clean Ganga and head of Namami Gange, and Puskal Upadhyay, an IDAS officer who has worked with the NMCG.
Delhi sought Shringla meeting with Suu Kyi, junta gave cold shoulder
Shringla, who was on a working visit to Myanmar the last two days, met leaders of Suu Kyi's party. It was India's first high-level official outreach to Myanmar's military regime since the coup in February this year.
Covid restrictions back: Night curfew imposed in MP, curbs in many states
🔴 The Centre has also issued guidelines to follow social distancing, use face masks and avoid crowded places.
High Court: No OBC quota in Odisha panchayat polls
🔴 The elections are scheduled to be held in February 2022. The tenure of elected representatives of all rural bodies across the State will end on March 10, 2022.
Dalit cook sacked after students stop eating meals
🔴 Officials said she was removed as she was appointed illegally. From December 13, around 66 students at Government Inter College, Sukhidhang, refused to eat their meals prepared by Sunita Devi.
Uttarakhand: Congress state chief says shares Harish Rawat’s worries, but ‘hopeful about meet with senior leaders’
Ganesh Godiyal Thursday said he is hopeful the Congress senior leadership will sort out Rawat's complaints in a day or two.
Nine months after poll loss, Assam Congress direction-less as Sarma moves in
🔴 Since May, party stalwarts like Sushmita Dev, Rupjyoti Kurmi and Susanta Borgohain have quit in quick succession.
Scrutiny needed, govt shouldn’t push Bills in hurried manner, Kerala MP writes to PM
According to the MP from Kollam in Kerala, the members were denied their democratic right to propose amendments when the Bills were passed on the same day.
Amid Omicron uptick, PM Modi calls for caution and stricter vigil
🔴 On Thursday, India detected 236 Omicron cases, of which 104 have recovered fully. At least seven states have reported Omicron cases in double digits; Delhi and Maharashtra accounted for 129 Omicron cases, more than half the total.
With eye on Omicron, Centre tells states going for polls to ramp up vaccination
On Thursday, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, during the review meeting with all states, also raised a red flag that pockets with low vaccination coverage may be more vulnerable to the new Omicron variant.
NIA chargesheets 5 ‘Lashkar operatives’ in Darbhanga railway station blast case
🔴 The NIA investigation has revealed that one of the accused had travelled to Pakistan and received training in espionage, handling of arms and ammunition and fabricating IEDs.
Social media for some is unrestrained playground of their wildest predilections: Kerala HC
🔴 The observations came while referring to the social media posts of a former judicial officer who made "disrespectful" and "vitriolic" comments about the orders passed by the high court in relation to the investigation against self-styled antiques dealer Monson Mavunkal.
India successfully tests new-generation ‘Pralay’ missile for second consecutive day
The missile, launched from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island, met all the mission objectives, the DRDO said.
Ayodhya land deals: Cong seeks top court probe, BSP says cancel sale
Senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said a “loot” is on near the Ram Temple.
Suspension of MPs: Rajya Sabha counters Mallikarjun Kharge claim
🔴 The Rajya Sabha Secretariat challenged Mallikarjun Kharge’s assertion that the House was repeatedly adjourned at the slightest disturbance.
Ayodhya land deals: Congress asks SC to probe ‘loot’, BSP says cancel sale
The investigation by The Indian Express of land records has found that at least 15 buyers of land parcels in Ayodhya included local MLAs, close relatives of bureaucrats who have or are serving in Ayodhya.
‘Need to put end to any violence’: Foreign Secretary Shringla tells Myanmar military leadership
🔴 The Foreign Secretary is on a two-day working visit to Myanmar from December 22 to 23.
Haridwar hate speeches target minorities, call for violence; DGP says illegal
🔴 The controversial Yati Narsinghanand, facing several FIRs in UP, called for a “war against Muslims” and urged “Hindus to take up weapons” to ensure a “Muslim didn't become the Prime Minister in 2029.”
Jharkhand:14-year-old killed by friends, hands and legs chopped off, body dumped in forest
Avinash also confessed to the crime, Kumar claimed, adding that the blood-stained knife and the mobile phone of the victim have been recovered.
Kerala: Alappuzha political killings may up the ante
There have been five murders in Kerala this year in clashes involving SDPI and Sangh Parivar activists, with the disturbing political strife stoking communal tension
‘Covid-19 boosters need of the hour’: Chidambaram, Rahul Gandhi mount pressure on govt
P Chidambaram alleged that the government was exposing millions of vaccinated Indians to the new strain of the infection in its “mistaken zeal to protect” the economic interests of Serum Institute of India, which manufactures the Covishield vaccine.
MP orders probe into graft charges in marriage scheme
The Yojna provides Rs 51,000 as financial assistance to newly married couples to help economically weaker families marry off their daughters.
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