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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 Permanent Mission to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on November 30. Speaking at a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) debate on Arria-formula meeting on accountability in Syria, Mathur said.-dnaindia.com

4.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a leadership Forum on Financial Technology (FinTech) on Friday. This is the first edition of the summit and will be inaugurated via virtual conference.According to an official statement by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), the summit is set to see participation from more than 70 nations, while Indonesia, South Africa and the United Kingdom are partner countries.-hindustantimes.com

5.The Andhra Pradesh administration is searching for 30 of the 60 foreign returnees for conducting RT-PCR tests to rule out Omicron, the new variant of novel coronavirus. Around 60 international passengers, including nine from Africa, who landed at various airports came to Visakhapatnam in the last 10 days.-timesofindia.com

6.A 66-year-old South African national, who arrived in Bengaluru via Dubai last month, and a 46-year-old doctor at a private hospital in the city, with no travel history, are the first two cases of Omicron to be detected in India.-theindianexpress.com

7.The ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) seems to be on a mission to dilute the Forest (Conservation) Act (FCA) 1980, which was brought in to stop de-reservation of forests in the country. The environment ministry has done a complete U-turn and designated eco-tourism as a forestry activity, instead of the earlier non-forestry tag, facilitating unhindered ‘eco-tourism’ activities in all forests.-timesofindia.com

8.Cyclone Jawad:Issuing extensive warning in the view of Cyclone Jawad, India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday morning said, depression over Bay of Bengal intensified into deep depression and likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm during next 12 hours. The cyclone is expected to cause heavy to very heavy rainfall in Odisha, parts of Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, the weather agency said on Thursday.-livemint.com

9.As the fear of the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 intensifies in the country, the Maharashtra government has decided to pull up its socks and tighten some of the already imposed guidelines on domestic and international travel.-dnaindia.com

10.Radisson Hotel Group and Cosmos Hotel Group (part of the AFK Sistema company) have signed an agreement under which part of Cosmos Hotel Group’s hotels will benefit from the international hotel chain, Radisson Hotel Group while maintaining their own brand and identity. Under the agreement, seven existing hotels currently in the Cosmos Hotel Group’s portfolio will join the Radisson Individuals brand.-bwhotelier.com

11.The sixth edition of the Kerala Literature Festival (KLF 2022) will be held at the beaches of Calicut (Kozhikode) from January 20th to January 23rd, 2022. Organized by the DC Kizhakemuri Foundation, the event is supported by the Government of Kerala and Kerala Tourism Board. Renowned poet, critic, and writer Prof K Satchidanandan is the festive director of KLF 2022.-hotelierindia.com

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