Breaking News: UK sees record daily Covid-19 cases for 3rd straight day

United Kingdom sees record number of new Covid-19 cases for the third consecutive day with 93,045 new infections.

Calcutta high court division bench dismisses BJP's plea seeking central forces for Kolkata Municipal Corporation polls, scheduled for December 19.

A fire has broken out on the 13th floor of Kapurbawdi Krishna building in Thane district, four fire tenders are present on the spot: Thane Fire Department

Kerala reports two fresh cases of Omicron variant, pushing the state's tally to 7.

Commission of Air Quality Management stays ban on construction works in Delhi-NCR, allows those related to healthcare.

Maharashtra reports eight new Omicron cases, as its tally reaches 40. Out of these, 6 found positive in Pune, 1 each Mumbai and Kalyan Dombivali.

Tajik foreign minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin arrives in New Delhi for an official visit, and to attend the 3rd meeting of the India-Central Asia Dialogue: Ministry of External Affairs

Prices of CNG and PNG to increase by ₹2/kg and ₹1.50/SCM in Mumbai from December 17 midnight.

I wholeheartedly condemn the statement made earlier today by Sri. KR Ramesh Kumar. It is inexplicable how anyone can ever utter such words, they are indefensible. Rape is a heinous crime. Full stop: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress general secretary

Competition Commission of India imposes ₹202 crore penalty on Amazon for providing ‘false information’ of 2019 Future deal.

Sputnik V induces robust neutralizing antibody response to Omicron, further strengthened by Sputnik Light booster, performing 3-7x better than other (including mRNA) vaccines. Sputnik Light’s efficacy vs Omicron expected ~80% after 2-3 months: RDIF

After seven rounds of talks, today I confirm that BJP and Punjab Lok Congress are going to fight the upcoming Punjab assembly elections together. Topics like seat share will be discussed later: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Union minister and BJP's Punjab in-charge

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with leading private equity/venture capital players. Talks to revolve around seeking suggestions to making India even more easier to doing business.

Commission for Air Quality Management allows reopening of schools in Delhi-NCR in phased manner.

India’s Omicron cases have gone beyond 100-mark with 101 infections in 11 states and UTs, says health ministry.

“India is administering Covid-19 vaccine doses at the highest rate in the world and the daily rate of doses administered here is 4.8 times the rate of doses administered in the USA and 12.5 times the rate of doses administered in the UK,” says Lav Agarwal, joint secretary, Union health ministry

Supreme Court direct Delhi High Court to decide expeditiously, preferably within three months, on a petition seeking registration of FIR and investigation against BJP leaders for alleged hate speech at the time of Delhi riots in 2020.

Florence Parly, the French minister for the armed forces, calls on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Currently, there is a ban on construction and demolition works in Delhi. Despite the ban, a construction project of NBCC was ongoing at Netaji Subhash Nagar. NBCC has been fined ₹1 crore for violating the ban and the construction site sealed: Gopal Rai, Delhi environment minister

PM Modi to lay foundation stone of Ganga Expressway in Shahjahanpur on December 18, will visit Prayagraj, Varanasi and Kanpur on December 21, 23 and 28 respectively.

Two more Omicron cases surface in Telangana, tally goes up to eight.

President Ram Nath Kovind departs for Delhi from Dhaka after attending Bangladesh's 50th Victory Day celebrations as guest of honour.

Senior Congress leader and leader of opposition (LoP) in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday condemned the ‘rape’ remark of party MLA Ramesh Kumar and said that Kumar should not have said this. 

Three patients of the Omicron variant in Gujarat's Jamnagar, have recovered from Covid-19 and were discharged from 

Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain said on Friday that the national capital has reported 10 new cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 and the tally has climbed to 20. Read more