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 News Headlines. 1.World Health Organisation (WHO) chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan on Monday told TOI that all countries should scale up the surveillance, including genome sequencing, following the emergence of the new Omicron variant of Covid.-Times of India 2.Canada will allow entry to people who have been inoculated with Bharat Biotech's Covaxin vaccine against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) from Tuesday. The approval for the Hyderabad-based company’s vaccine was given on November 19.Starting November 30, vaccination will be required for travel within and out of Canada.-hindustantimes.com 3.Parag Agrawal, 37, an IIT-Bombay graduate, has replaced Jack Dorsey as the new Twitter chief executive officer, becoming the youngest CEO in top 500 companies. The Board of Directors unanimously appointed him as the new CEO.-ndtv.com 4.After Lok Sabha passed Farm Laws Repeal Bill 2021, Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait credited farmers who lost their lives during protest. ...

 News Headlines- 1.United Arab Emirates on Saturday said a new criminal code would come into force in January as part of what it called the most sweeping legal reform in the Gulf state's history.State news agency WAM reported the government is changing 40 laws this year.-indiatoday.in 2.A new, heavily mutated Covid-19 variant spread across the globe on Sunday, shutting borders and renewing curbs as the EU chief said governments faced a "race against time" to understand the strain.Dubbed Omicron, the strain, first discovered in southern Africa, represents a fresh challenge to global efforts to battle the pandemic, amid fears it is highly infectious.-Times of India 3.The omicron variant of the coronavirus, which is being considered to be highly infectious and capable of undergoing frequent mutations, has now made its way to Australia, health authorities of the country said on Sunday.-hindustantimes.com 4.Canada said Sunday it has detected its first cases of the new Omicron ...

 News headlines- 1.November 26 is observed as Constitution Day or ‘Samvidhan Diwas’ every year, which commemorates the adoption of the Constitution of India. On November 26, 1949, the Constitution was adopted and it came into effect on January 26, 1950.-hindustantimes.com 2.Parliament will observe Constitution Day on Friday and President Ram Nath Kovind will lead the celebrations from the Central hall from 11am onwards. President Kovind, vice president M Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla will address the event.-hindustantimes.com 3.UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid on Thursday announced a temporary suspension of flights from six countries after reports emerged that a new Covid variant with more than 30 mutations is spreading in South Africa.It comes as Variant B.1.1.529 is declared a Variant under Investigation (VuI) by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).-hindustantimes.com 4.The World Health Organization (WHO) is expected to convene an emergency meeting on Friday to d...

 News headlines.- 1.The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is keen on speedy restoration of normal air services with India as the lack of adequate flights is posing difficulties for travellers and has led to a spike in air fares, UAE ambassador Ahmed AlBanna said on Wednesday.-hindustantimes.com 2.Commenting on the study of the Lancet Infectious Diseases on the effectiveness of COVAXIN (BBV152) against symptomatic RT-PCR, the Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has said that the results compare well with 65.2 per cent efficacy against Delta variant obtained during controlled phase 3 clinical trials of COVAXIN conducted among the general population.-ndtv.com 3.External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will represent India at a meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Thursday.The meeting is expected to deliberate on a range of pressing regional issues, including the situation in Afghanistan.-thehindu.com 4.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay...

 News Headlines- 1.Washington: President Joe Biden has invited around 110 countries to a virtual summit on democracy in December, including major Western allies but also Iraq, India and Pakistan, according to a list posted on the State Department website on Tuesday.China, the United States' principal rival, is not invited, while Taiwan is -- a move that risks angering Beijing.-ndtv.com 2.US special envoy for Afghanistan Thomas West is set to visit Qatar next week to hold talks with the Taliban."I can confirm that next week Special Representative for Afghanistan Tom West will return to Doha for two weeks of meetings with Taliban leaders there," State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said in a press briefing on Tuesday (local time).-hindustantimes.com 3.Russia's defence minister on Tuesday accused US bombers of rehearsing a nuclear strike on Russia from two different directions earlier this month and complained that the planes had come within 20 km (12.4 miles) of the ...

 News headlines- 1.Gallantry Awards 2021:Ram Nath Kovind presented Gallantry Awards and Distinguished Service Decorations in Defence Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday.Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman was accorded the Vir Chakra by President Ram Nath Kovind for his role in pushing back Pakistan’s fighter jets in February 2019.The gallantry awards are announced twice a year.-indiatoday.in 2.Saudi Aramco said it will continue to look for investment opportunities in India, days after Reliance Industries Ltd scrapped a plan to sell a stake in its oil-to-chemicals unit to the Middle Eastern company. “India offers tremendous growth opportunities over the long term,” Aramco said in a statement on Sunday. It will “continue to evaluate new and existing business opportunities with our potential partners.”-The Times of India 3.Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday said his country will not seek dominance over Southeast Asia or bully its smaller neighbours, amid ongoing frict...

 News Headlines- 1.Austria went into a nationwide lockdown early Monday to combat soaring coronavirus infections, a step being closely watched by other European governments struggling with national outbreaks that are straining health care systems.The measures are expected to last for a maximum of 20 days but will be reevaluated after 10. They require people to stay home apart from basic reasons.-hindustantimes.com 2.A bipartisan group of 75 US lawmakers have urged US Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai to work towards a framework deal during her talks in New Delhi to quickly reinstate India’s benefits under an American preferential trade programme that allows tariff-free entry for imports from selective countries.-hindustantimes.com 3.From Monday, travellers from India fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), can apply for a Vaccinated Travel Pass (VTP) for flights to Singapore, a day after aviation regulators from the two countries reached an agreement to...

 News Headlines- 1.Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on November 17 said that there is so much to do with India in the field of technology, adding that both the countries are already cooperating on cyber security, critical and emerging technologies, critical minerals, digital economy.-dnaindia.com 2.Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia said that Moscow will deliver humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, including food and medicine, in the near future, reported Sputnik.-hindustantimes.com 3.With Europe witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases in countries like Germany, Norway, Austria with the Netherlands announcing a three-week partial lockdown, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that the deaths in Europe due to coronavirus have increased by 5 per cent in the last week.-dnaindia.com 4.All democratic nations must work together to ensure cryptocurrency "does not end up in wrong hands, which can spoil our youth," Prime Minist...

 News Headlines- 1.US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed at a virtual meeting to look into the possibility of arms control talks, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday.Biden and Xi agreed to “look to begin to carry forward discussion on strategic stability,” Sullivan said in a reference to US concerns about China’s nuclear and missile buildup.-theindianexpress.com 2.The climate conference in Scotland, known as COP26, concluded last week with an assortment of promises and agreements from participating nations on confronting climate change. How they will ultimately turn out is anyone’s guess. But among the participants — both at the conference and on the streets in protest — were young people.-theindianexpress.com 3.India began allowing fully vaccinated foreign tourists to enter the country on regular commercial flights, in the latest easing of coronavirus restrictions as infections fall and vaccinations rise.Tourists entering India must be ...

 News headlines- 1.US President Joe Biden opened the virtual summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping from the White House early on Tuesday morning (IST). This is the first meeting between the two leaders since Biden has assumed office. Although both have spoken twice over the phone so far.-dnaindia.com 2.Almost a decade after it stopped its India services, American Airlines — the world’s largest airline by passengers carried — flew non-stop from New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport to New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Friday, in a clear indication of growing demand momentum between India and the US in a post-Covid world.-theindianexpress.com 3.Last month, the Union home ministry had said it would begin granting fresh tourist visas to foreigners coming to India through chartered flight with effect from October 15. It had also said that foreign tourists coming to India from flights other than chartered aircraft would be able to do so with effect from Nove...

News Headlines- 1.External affairs minister Dr S Jaishankar has said that India, UAE, US and Israel or also termed as West Asian Quad will be meeting in the coming next week. In response to a question at the India Pavilion at the Dubai Expo, EAM said, "You know, we had the initial meeting a month ago...that was hybrid meeting...we had to have follow up session on that.-dnaindia.com 2.After being halted for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, international travel has finally resumed in India and several other countries across the globe, facilitating people who were stranded in other countries during the pandemic, and giving a much-needed boost to tourism.-dnaindia.com 3.On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a comprehensive meeting. Government sources said that the meeting was held to determine the way forward for cryptocurrency and related issues in which it was decided that unregulated crypto cannot be allowed for money laundering and terror financing.-dnaindia.com 4....

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 News Headlines- 1.US President Joe Biden on Sunday expressed his disappointment that Russia and China "basically didn't show up in terms of any commitments to deal with climate change" at the G20 summit."There's a reason why people should be disappointed in that, I found it disappointing myself.-ndtv.com 2.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi locked horns over Taiwan on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit on Sunday, trading warnings against moves that could further escalate tensions across the Taiwan Strait.-hindustantimes.com 3.The global mean sea level rose by a factor of two within a period of 10 years, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Sunday.On the eve of the World Leaders Summit at the Glasgow climate change conference (COP26), WMO’s provisional State of Climate in 2021 report said the mean global sea level rise was 2.1mm per year between 1993 and 2002 and 4.4mm per year between 2013 and 2021.-hindus...