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 News Headlines- 1.The UK government on Wednesday reported 106,122 new virus cases in the last 24 hours, the first time the daily figure has topped 100,000, as the Omicron variant spreads rapidly.The UK is one of Europe's most affected by the virus with 147,573 deaths since the pandemic began and more than 11 million positive cases.-ndtv.com 2.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting on Thursday to review the prevailing Covid-19 situation in the country as cases of its new variant Omicron are rising.India has so far reported more than 200 cases of Omicron variant, with the national capital leading the tally. As of Wednesday, the city has reported 57 cases.-hindustantimes.com 3.Amid growing concerns over the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, said to be highly infectious and capable of undergoing frequent mutations, multiple states and Union territories across India have reimposed fresh restrictions in a bid to control the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbr...

 News Headlines- 1.As the number of Omicron cases is increasing across the world, many countries have decided to impose fresh COVID-19 curbs inside their borders. Omicron is spreading faster than anticipated, and is having a massive impact in a lot of European countries.Many countries in Europe have tightened their restrictions ahead of Christmas and New Year.-dnaindia.com 2.Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Tuesday that Russia was prepared to take military steps in response to "unfriendly" Western actions over the Ukraine conflict, in a sharp escalation of rhetoric.-ndtv.com 3.Man Built A 4-Wheeler That Impressed Anand Mahindra.-It"clearly doesn't meet with any of the regulations", but industrialist Anand Mahindra is still impressed with a four-wheeler that a man from Maharashtra managed to build using scrap metal. Despite having little education, Dattatraya Lohar built the vehicle to fulfill his son's wishes.-ndtv.com 4.The Election Laws (Amendment) ...

 News Headlines- 1.Britain’s deputy prime minister Dominic Raab on Monday said 12 people infected with the Omicron variant of coronavirus have given died in the United Kingdom, refusing to rule out further restrictions before Christmas. The rapid spread of the Omicron variant ahead of the festival has put the British government in a spot amid reports of a possible two-week circuit-breaker lockdown.-hindustantimes.com 2.The death toll from the strongest typhoon to batter the Philippines this year climbed to 375, with more than 50 others still missing and several central provinces struggling with downed communications and power outages and pleading for food and water, officials said Monday.-theindianexpress.com 3.There is consistent evidence that Omicron variant is spreading faster than the Delta variant, the World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.-livemint.com 4.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the long-awaited water ta...

 News Headlines- 1.After a decade-long hiatus, Russia is relaunching an ambitious bid for dominion over the world's budding space tourism industry, jostling with zealous billionaires, the United States, and rising China.Russia flaunted its comeback this month dispatching two cosmic adventurers -- Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant -- to the International Space Station (ISS) in its first launch of tourists in 12 years.-ndtv.com 2.The spread of the Omicron variant is raising concerns among the entire world as the new COVID-19 variant has spread to a lot of countries in a small period of time. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the variant has now been detected in 89 countries.-dnaindia.com 3.Assuring India's readiness to take diplomatic relations to the next level, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Sunday said that India-Central Asia relations must focus on 4Cs -- Commerce, Capacity enhancement, Connectivity and Contacts.-ndtv.com 4...

 News Headlines- 1.French Defence Minister Florence Parly on December 17 shared how ‘Make in India’ plays a key role in French Defence system. She said, “France truly understands the necessity of Indian content. We are fully committed to the 'Make in India' initiative. 'Make in India' has been a reality for French industry particularly for Defence equipment like submarines.”-dnaindia.com 2.The death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year has risen to 18 as the disaster agency warned Saturday of "severe damage" in the hardest-hit areas.More than 300,000 people fled their homes and beachfront resorts as Typhoon Rai ravaged the southern and central regions of the country, knocking out communications in many areas and toppling concrete power poles.-hindustantimes.com 3.A Russian diplomat on Friday said that the Taliban risk losing power in Afghanistan if they don’t form an inclusive government as promised during intra-Afghan peace talks i...

 News Headlines- 1.The United Kingdom (UK) is currently reeling under the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and reported one death due to the variant on Monday, the first-ever recorded around the globe so far.On Wednesday, the UK added 78,610 Covid-19 cases, the highest single-day spike since the beginning of the pandemic last year. The previous spike was on January 8 this year when 68,053 cases were seen.-hindustantimes.com 2.A strong typhoon is heading towards the Philippines and is expected to make landfall on Thursday afternoon. Typhoon Rai has the ferocity to become a super typhoon, according to weather experts.It has already been upgraded to a category 4 storm, the second-highest classification. The typhoon has wind speeds of 165 km per hour, with gusts of up to 205 km per hour, the Philippines' weather bureau said.-hindustantimes.com 3.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday address farmers and scientists across the country on natural and zero-budg...

 News Headlines- 1.GENEVA: The new coronavirus variant Omicron is spreading at an unprecedented rate, the WHO said Tuesday, urging countries to act swiftly to rein in transmission and protect their health systems. Since the new, heavily-mutated variant was first detected in southern Africa last month, it has been reported in 77 countries, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters.-The Times of India 2.Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will discuss Iran as well as bilateral issues during his landmark meeting with the de facto ruler of the United Arab Emirates on Monday, an Israeli envoy said, following outreach by the Gulf state to Tehran.-dnaindia.com 3.Mainland China reported its first case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 on Monday in the city of Tianjin, close to the capital of Beijing, health authorities said. The infection was discovered in a traveller who arrived in the city from overseas on December 9 and showed no symptoms but tested COVID-19 positive on Th...

 News headlines- 1.  7.3-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, as monitors warned of the possibility of hazardous tsunami waves.The USGS said the quake struck around 100 kilometres north of the town of Maumere at a depth of 18.5 kilometres (11 miles) in the Flores Sea at 0320 GMT.-ndtv.com 2.India and the UK on Monday explored the possibility of cooperation in the outer space domain.The two sides exchanged views over it under the framework of India-UK Space Consultations.“The two sides exchanged information on respective national space priorities, prospects for bilateral collaboration, and deliberations in international forums in the outer space domain,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.-theindianexpress.com 3.India on Monday voted against a UN Security Council draft resolution that linked climate change with global security challenges as it argued that the move attempts to undermine the hard-won consensus reached a...

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 News Headlines- 1.Harnaaz Sandhu is the new Miss Universe 2021.-The 21-year-old from Punjab, representing India at the 70th Miss Universe 2021, held in Eilat, Israel, brought home the crown, 21 years after Lara Dutta won the title in 2000.-Times of India 2.When Harnaaz were asked,"What advice would you give to young women watching on how to deal with the pressures they face today" To this, Harnaaz said, "The biggest pressure the youth of today is facing, is to believe in themselves. To know that you are unique makes you beautiful. Stop comparing yourselves with others and let's talk about more important things that are happening worldwide. Come out, speak for yourself, because you are the leader of your life. You are the voice of your own. I believed in myself and that is why I am standing here today." 3.Dozens dead as tornadoes, storms strike US states.-A monstrous tornado, carving a track that could rival the longest on record, ripped through the middle of th...

 News Headlines- 1.New Zealand unveiled a plan on Thursday to eventually ban all sales of cigarettes in the country, a decades-long effort unique in the world to prevent young people from taking up smoking.The proposed legislation, which is expected to become law next year.-nytimes.com 2.GENEVA: The World Health Organization's (WHO) vaccine advisory panel recommends that people who are immunocompromised or received an inactivated vaccine should receive a booster dose of a Covid-19 shot, it said on Thursday.-The Times of India 3.The Global Visa Center World (GVCW) has announced that Indian citizens and residents of India can now enter Greece following the Covid-19 testing protocol as a precautionary measure against the pandemic.Indian citizens and residents can also submit their visa applications as per the standard procedures outlined on the website:https://in-gr.gvcworld.eu/en.-livemint.com 4.THREE WEEKS after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repeal of the three farm law...

 News Headlines- 1.The nation’s most senior military officer, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 other people on board an Indian Air Force helicopter were killed in a crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu shortly after noon Wednesday.-theindianexpress.com 2.General Bipin Rawat, India’s first Chief of Defence Staff who died in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu, was a strong proponent of India-US defence ties and helped deepen the strategic partnership between the two countries, a senior US official has said.-hindustantimes.com 3.Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' ex-wife MacKenzie Scott has topped the list of the world's 100 most powerful women by Forbes. Scott replaced the outgoing German chancellor Angela Merkel.The main reason behind Scott finishing on top is because of her massive philanthropy work. Scott has given away $8.6 billion of her fortune in charity, including $2.7 billion in this year alone. In December 2020, Scott donated over $4.1 billi...

 News Headlines- 1.Australia will join the United States in a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday, as other allies weighed similar moves to protest China’s human rights record.The United States on Monday said its government officials will boycott the Beijing Olympics because of China’s human rights “atrocities”.-theindianexpress.com 2.Named 'The World’s Most Powerful Woman' by Forbes magazine for the past 10 years in a row,Angela Merkel was assured of a place in the history books as soon as she became Germany’s first female chancellor on November 22, 2005.Over the next 16 years, she was credited with raising Germany’s profile and influence, working to hold a fractious European Union together.-theindianexpress.com 3.For the first time in 15 years, India has surpassed Brazil in food kexports to the League of Arab States. According to the data by the Arab-Brazil Chamber of Commerce, Brazil accounted for 8.15% o...

 News Headlines- 1.Old friends India and Russia broke new ground in their relationship as they held their first 2+2 dialogue and President Vladimir Putin also came calling for a five-hour visit — only his second trip abroad since the pandemic gripped the world — for a summit meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.India and Russia signed 28 agreements Monday. -theprint.in 2.Russia and India signed a flurry of trade and arms deals during President Vladimir Putin's visit to New Delhi for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, including one that will see India produce more than 600,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles.-CNN News 3.The UK’s health minister on Monday told Parliament that the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 is now in transmission within the community across regions of England, as he confirmed a total of 336 cases of the mutation first detected in South Africa.-hindustantimes.com 4.Russia has confirmed the first two cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant in the c...

 News Headlines- 1.India observes December 6 as Mahaparinirvan Divas every year to mark the death anniversary of Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, >Babasaheb Ambedkar dedicated most of his life to empowering and voicing concerns for the downtrodden. He also played a crucial role in promoting gender equality.-hindustantimes.com 2.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, LoP Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, politicians and leaders in remembering Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar, fondly known as Babasaheb Ambedkar, on his death anniversary which is also called Mahaparinirvan Diwas.-latestly.com 3.Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to arrive in India today to hold the 21st annual India-Russia summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.This will be the first in-person meeting between Prime Minister Modi and President Putin after their meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Brasilia in November 2019.-ndtv.com 4.The U...

 News Headlines- 1.The European Union’s public health agency said on Thursday that the Omicron variant could be responsible for more than half of all Covid-19 infections in Europe within a few months.The estimate could lend weight to preliminary information about the very high transmissibility of the Omicron variant, above that of the Delta variant, which before Omicron was considered the most contagious of the main coronavirus strains.-theindianexpress.com 2.China and the United States are tussling over President Joe Biden’s upcoming democracy summit, which the ruling Communist Party sees as a challenge to its authoritarian ways.The party maintains China has its own form of democracy and plans to issue a report titled “China: Democracy that Works” on Saturday.-usnews.com 3.India firmly believes that long-term security and stability of the region can only be achieved by preserving the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria, said Pratik Mathur, Counsellor in India’s Permanen...

 News Headlines- 1.BRUSSELS: The European Commission unveiled on Wednesday a plan to invest €300 billion ($340 billion) globally by 2027 in infrastructure, digital and climate projects as a better alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The scheme, called Global Gateway, is to strengthen Europe’s supply chains, boost EU trade and help fight climate change, focusing on digitalisation, health, climate and energy.-timesofindia.com 2.The Taliban renewed its call for the United States to release billions of dollars in frozen funds after two days of talks in Doha as aid-dependent Afghanistan grapples with economic crisis.The Afghans also called for an end to blacklists and sanctions in meetings led by Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and Tom West, the US special representative for Afghanistan.-timesofindia.com 3.The Omicron Covid-19 variant, which was discovered in southern Africa last month, has now spread to as many as 23 countries, the director-general of World Heal...

 News Headlines- 1.The World Health Organisation on Sunday urged countries around the world not to impose flight bans on southern African nations due to concerns over the new omicron variant.WHO's regional director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, called on countries to follow science and international health regulations in order to avoid using travel restrictions.-indiatoday.in 2.The US Defense Department will be upgrading and expanding military facilities in Guam and Australia, underscoring its focus on China as the country's leading defense rival, officials said.The details of the "global posture review," commissioned by President Joe Biden's administration early this year, would remain classified, the officials added, so as not to reveal plans to rivals.-hindustantimes.com 3.A delegation from the United States expressed deep concerns over alleged human rights abuses in Afghanistan during its meeting with Taliban representatives at Doha in Qatar.The team, led by s...