Category: NATIONAL NEWS

Researchers are still checking if the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is more lethal than others, including the Delta, and if current vaccines protect against the strain. Two COVID-19 cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in Karnataka – in men aged 46 and 66 – the Health Ministry said Thursday, calling for calm amid growing concern over a strain that has triggered global alarm. Here are the top 10 points in this big story: The 66-year-old man, who has received both vaccine doses, travelled from South Africa on…

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Omicron Strain: Passengers from risk countries also have to take Covid RT-PCR tests on the second, fourth and seventh day of arrival. Those flying to Mumbai must have a negative RT-PCR test taken within 72 hours of the flight, say new rules spurred by the Omicron variant. Maharashtra’s 7-day institutional quarantine for fliers from at-risk countries has been deferred by two days Here are the top five updates on this big story: The Mumbai airport has been asked to tell all domestic airlines not to board passengers for Mumbai without…

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The BJP is in touch with many Jat Sikh leaders like Manjinder Sirsa in Punjab, according to its leaders. The BJP made a key acquisition today ahead of the Punjab election, but at a cost to its former ally Akali Dal. Manjinder Sirsa, an Akali Dal leader close to the Badals, joined the ruling party. The BJP is in touch with many Jat Sikh leaders like Manjinder Sirsa in Punjab, according to its leaders. The party’s strategy for the approaching Punjab polls is to tap disgruntled leaders from the Congress…

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Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya tweeted, “A grand temple in Ayodhya and Kashi is under construction; preparations are on for Mathura”.Days before the anniversary of the Bari Masjid demolition on Monday and with crucial state elections starting in just over two months, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya has tweeted what appears to be a call for a temple in Mathura, the western UP town believed to be the birthplace of Lord Krishna and where a prominent mosque – the Shahi Idgah – is located…

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UP Assembly Election: Akhilesh Yadav accused the Uttar Pradesh government of lying even in advertisements and said the BJP must be thrown out in the upcoming state polls. In a sharp attack on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today asked a cheering crowd at an election rally if they wanted a “Yogi Sarkar or Yogya Sarkar (able government)”. The former Chief Minister’s jibe came as he launched the fifth part of the Samajwadi Vijay Yatra today ahead of the politically prized 2022 Uttar Pradesh elections where he appears…

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“A firm alternative course should be made as nobody is fighting against ongoing fascism,”Mamata Banerjee said. Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee – seen as making a beeline for the political space occupied by the Congress – today indicated that she is visualising a fresh opposition line-up for the next general elections. And this, she made clear, is being done because “nobody is fighting against the ongoing fascism”. “What is UPA? There is no UPA,” Ms Banerjee declared after her meeting with Nationalist Congress chief Sharad Pawar in Mumbai this afternoon. …

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Farmer leaders from Punjab also said that the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has called an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss the future course of action. Terming the repeal of the farm laws in Parliament a victory of the protesters, farmer leaders from Punjab urged the Centre to decide on their other demands, including legal guarantee of minimum support price for crops, in the session on Tuesday. They also said that the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has called an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss the future course of action.…

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to meet Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar and her Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be on a three-day visit to Mumbai from tomorrow, during which he is scheduled to meet Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar and her Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray. She is also expected to meet industrialists in Mumbai on December 1 and invite them to Bengal Global Business Summit, to be held in April next year. “Mamata Banerjee will be on three-day…

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Durga Sumithra, 40, and Muniraju, in his 50s, died on July 2 last year, as per documents from the ESI Hospital at Rajajinagar in Bengaluru. Nearly a year and a half after they lost their loved ones to Covid, two families in Bengaluru have received news that’s as painful as their loss — the bodies have been rotting for over a year in the hospital’s mortuary. Durga Sumithra, 40, and Muniraju, in his 50s, died on July 2 last year, as per documents from Employees’ State Insurance Corporation and Model…

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Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said the samples have been sent for genome sequencing for further examination, he said. A passenger back from South Africa has tested positive for a Covid strain “different than Delta”, Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said today and added that the state government is closely looking at the new ‘Omicron’ strain that has set off alarm bells across the country. The test samples, he said, have been sent for genome sequencing for further examination, he said. This comes after two South African nationals…

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