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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 country in travellers who returned from South Africa, health officials said on Monday.Russia restricted entry for all foreigners travelling from countries in southern Africa and required all Russian nationals returning from South Africa or neighbouring countries as of Thursday to quarantine for 14 days because of the new variant.-hindustantimes.com
5.India has emerged as the fourth most powerful country in Asia. It has been ranked fourth among the 26 countries and territories in Indo-Pacific for comprehensive power as per the Lowy Institute Asia Power Index 2021.And it could have ranked better had it not been for the pandemic. “The country performs best in the future resources measure, where it finishes behind only the United States and China.-timesnownews.com
6.Even as the COVID-19 Omicron variant is fast spreading across the globe, the chances of reinfections in the Omicron variant are thrice more common than the Delta variant.Speaking to a leading news channel, World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan on Monday said, "Reinfections 90 days after infection are three times more common in Omicron compared to delta.-dnaindia.com
7.Amid the rising fear of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, the Maharashtra government has now revealed that it is keeping a close eye on the current coronavirus situation and any decision on reimposing restrictions in the state will be taken only after seeking the Centre's guidance and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's views.-dnaindia.com
8.The Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal corporation in Maharashtra will soon issue guidelines to restrict large gatherings after six persons tested positive for the Omicron variant of coronavirus in the city, said officials. We will soon issue guidelines to restrict large gatherings in the city. We appeal to citizens to strictly follow Covid-19 appropriate behaviour," said Rajesh Patil, the commissioner of the city civic body.-livemint.com
9.Two Mumbaikars have tested positive for Omicron, taking the tally of the new Covid variant in Maharashtra to 10, according to the state health update on Monday.BMC officials said the first patient in the city is a 37-year-old male, a resident of the western suburbs who returned home from South Africa on November 25.-timesofindia.com
10.According to senior officials, the ITDC Board will deliberate on the business plan submitted by the consultant, Deloitte soon, post the monetisation of hotel assets. The PSU under the ministry of tourism, Government of India had appointed international consultants, Deloitte, last year to formulate a business plan for a public sector corporation.-ethospitalityworld.com
11.India has become the number one market for Maldives in the last 24 months. The Indian outbound traveller has topped all nationalities in the latest inbound figures shared. According to recent data by the Tourism Ministry of the Maldives, the island nation recorded over 905,000 tourist arrivals in 2021 (till October). Out of this, India alone accounted for 23 percent of inbound tourists followed by Russia and Germany.-Hospitality world
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