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Five Central Asian leaders expected to be chief guests for India's Republic Day 2022: Report
India may invite Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan for the 26 January 2022 Republic Day parade as the chief guests of the special event. India's relations with the Central Asian countries are vital due to security cooperation among the nations, especially considering situations in Talian-ruled Afghanistan and China's growing dominance among other important trade and cultural links.
Not afraid of attack from Hindutvawadis: Rahul Gandhi
Addressing the huge gathering in Jaipur during the national rally organised to protest against price rise and inflation, Gandhi fiercely attacked the Central government's policies and said that he is a Hindu but not Hindutvawadi.
PM Modi to inaugurate Kashi Vishwanath Dham corridor on Monday
Appealing to people to join the programme, Modi on Sunday tweeted: "Tomorrow, 13th December is a landmark day. At a special programme in Kashi, the Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham project will be inaugurated. This will add to Kashi's spiritual vibrancy. I would urge you all to join tomorrow's programme."
India has won direct wars with Pak, will also win indirect one: Rajnath
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was speaking after inaugurating 'Swarnim Vijay Parv' celebration at India Gate on 50 years of India's 1971 war. Singh said, "After the defeat in 1971, Pakistan is continuously fighting a proxy war. Pakistan wants to disrupt peace in India by promoting terrorism and other anti-India activities. The Indian forces foiled their plans in 1971 and work to eliminate terrorism from its root is underway. We have won in a direct war and the victory will be ours in an indirect war as well," he added.
CDS Rawat's pre-recorded message pays tribute to 1971 heroes
In the pre-recorded message shared by Indian Army, he congratulated all the brave soldiers of the Indian Army on the occasion of 'Swarnim Vijay Parv' and said, "We are celebrating 50th anniversary of India Army's victory in 1971 war as the 'Vijay Parav'." "It is a matter of great pride that Vijay Parva is being held under the flame of Amar Jawan Jyoti which was made in the remembrance of our brave soldiers," he said.
India greets veteran leader Sharad Pawar on his 81st birthday
In a message, Modi said: "Birthday Sharad Pawarji. I pray for his good health and long life." Penning a letter, Koshyari said: "Heartiest greetings to Hon' Sharad Pawarji on his birthday. Wishing a long life and best of health to continue to serve the people." Thackeray sent a bouquet of flowers with his heartiest greetings and wishing for a long and healthy life.
Ahead of Assembly polls, AAP hits Punjab Cong where it hurts most
Barely decade old, the AAP has taken on the century-old Indian National Congress. The Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party is focussing on two subjects -- education and illegal sand mining -- in its fight against the Congress. It all started with Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's visit to a primary government school in Punjab's Chakalan village followed by another visit to Makrauna Kalan -- the village of Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi's maternal grandfather in his Chamkaur Sahib Assembly seat.
ICMR develops testing kit to detect Omicron in 2 hrs
"ICMR-RMRC, Dibrugarh, has designed and developed a hydrolysis probe-based real-time RT-PCR assay for detection of the new Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) SARS-CoV-2 that can detect the new variant within two hours. This is important because as of now a minimum of 36 hours is required for targeted sequencing and 4 to 5 days for whole-genome sequencing to detect the variant," said Dr Biswajyoti Borkakoty.
Varun Gandhi to bring private member bill seeking law on MSP
Varun Gandhi, Lok Sabha member from Pilibhit, on Sunday said that the time has come for a law on MSP. Sharing the details of his private member bill on Twitter, Gandhi said, "India's farmers and her governments have long debated the agricultural crisis, in and out of commissions. The time has come for an MSP law. I've created and submitted to parliament what I believe to be an actionable piece of legislation. I welcome any critique of it."
India reports 7,774 fresh Covid cases, 306 deaths in a day
With 306 new deaths, the total death toll has climbed to 4,75,434 so far. The recovery of 8,464 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recoveries to 3,41,22,795. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.36 per cent, the highest since March 2020. India's active caseload presently stands at 92,281, which is the lowest in 560 days. Active cases constitute 0.27 per cent of the country's total positive cases, which is the lowest since March 2020.
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