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India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh threw down the gauntlet to Congress on Monday, saying he was confident his newly-floated Punjab Lok Congress and its allies would form the next state government in 2022 with a little help from BJP through seat-sharing. https://ift.tt/3E5QuDb

India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India Anju Vidyanand Sahu’s family demanded action against the road-owning agency, which had put a temporary iron sheet on Santacruz-Chembur Link Road in Mumbai that resulted in a fatal crash and consequent death of the 18-year-old girl recently. Now, police have filed an FIR against the driver of a dumper. Manoj Wadhwa of Faridabad who lost his three-year-old son in February 2014 has been fighting a court case to hold the road-owning agency and contractor accountable for his son’s death. https://ift.tt/3cZh6tM

India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India The emergence of the Omicron strain could lead drug companies scrambling to the drawing board to tweak their Covid-19 vaccine plans. US firm Novavax and Russia’s Gamaleya Institute said on Monday that they had initiated work on developing new versions of their respective vaccines adapted to the mutant strain. Pfizer and Moderna too said they were racing to tweak their vaccines. https://ift.tt/3D9cjk2

India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India A meeting of 32 farm groups was held at Singhu border on Monday. BKU Ekta Dakaunda president Buta Singh Burjgill and BKU Kadian president Harmeet Singh Kadian said an emergency meeting of 42 representatives from Punjab and other states — who used to participate in talks with the Centre — will be held on December 1 to formally discuss the issue of protests at Delhi borders. They refused to comment on the longevity of their struggle but hinted at lifting it after December 1. https://ift.tt/2ZAfMdM

India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India n a hard hitting judgment, the Supreme Court on Monday said that mere change of regime cannot lead to mindless cancellation of public contracts entered into by the previous regime by parroting the specious grounds of public interest, loss to public exchequer and irregularities. https://ift.tt/3peCxN4

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India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India The share of government spending in total health expenditure increased significantly to 40.8% in 2017-18, up from 32.4% in previous year, and went up from 28.6% in 2013-14 during the UPA regime, the National Health Accounts estimates show. The findings show government spending on health as a share of total government expenditure increased to 5.1% from 3.7% between 2013-14 and 2017-18, indicating higher investments in the sector as compared to previous years. https://ift.tt/3E9CNDA

India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India As many people who lost their dear ones to Covid-19 have not filed an application for compensation, the Supreme Court on Monday said that online portals should be created by all states so that people can apply online and upload documents instead of going to the office of collector and district authorities. https://ift.tt/3xyDHqy

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India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India With the emergence of the Omicron variant, public health experts want laboratories to conduct RT-PCR tests in whole for all the three genes, particularly on international travellers, to help detect the absence of the ‘S’ gene. Maharashtra state task force member Dr Shashank Joshi on Monday told TOI that a complete RT-PCR report for Covid included that of the ‘N’ , ‘S’ , ‘E’ and ‘ORF’ genes. https://ift.tt/3xzdKav

India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India Expressing support for Africa, which has been rattled by the discovery of Covid-19 variant Omicron, the government on Monday announced it had cleared all orders placed so far by the UN-backed Covax programme for supplies of Covishield vaccines, including to African countries like Malawi, Ethiopia, Zambia, Mozambique, Guinea and Lesotho. The government expressed solidarity in a statement with countries, particularly in Africa, that have so far been affected by Omicron. https://ift.tt/3rl6dL6

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India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India Shifting focus of anti-air pollution drive to the states, the Supreme Court on Monday gave a 48-hour ultimatum to Delhi, Haryana, UP, Rajasthan and Punjab to execute directions of the Commission on Air Quality Management in the NCR. It said failure to do so will force the court to set up an implementation force. The direction came after SG Tushar Mehta said that the commission had in September directed the states to take measures in anticipation of rise in pollution. https://ift.tt/3d35fuE

India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India Isro has been actively considering creation of new infrastructure to cater India’s human spaceflight programme, including for its first mission Gaganyaan in Gujarat. No formal decision is made as of November 29. Isro chief K Sivan said, “Gaganyaan is much bigger involving many national agencies and labs. For optimal utilisation of resources and considering various technical aspects and human safety, it’s necessary to spread facilities across many places. It’s a creation of new infrastructure.” https://ift.tt/31fzLPH

India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India Amid mounting fear over the new SARS-COV2 variant Omicron, an expert committee on Covid immunisation is considering to recommend an “additional dose” to those who are immunocompromised or are elderly and at high risk of infection or death due to Covid-19 infection, an official source said. A final decision on the issue will be taken by NTAGI next week, which will be then considered by the health ministry for approval. https://ift.tt/3D4G1Xw

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India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India If their passage was contentious and unleashed a trail of tumultuous events, the burial of the three farm sector reform laws was not a quiet affair either. On the opening day of winter session of Parliament on Monday, the government secured approval of both Houses for the repeal amid protests by the opposition parties which insisted on a debate. https://ift.tt/3liF9sh

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India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India CJI N V Ramana, a diabetic for 30 years, said governments should provide “support and subsidy for diabetic care” as the cost of getting treated for this life-long disease is beyond the reach of common patients. Justice Ramana said scientists could find vaccine for Covid within months but there has been no breakthrough in curing diabetes for centuries and that it has to be managed by observing a strict restrictive regimen for control of sugar levels, diet and lifestyle. https://ift.tt/3E5zo8O

India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India Turning the spotlight on the importance of startups, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the country, in a way, is leading in the world in this domain and this could be a turning point in India’s growth story. The country now has more than 70 startups or unicorns that have crossed the $1-billion valuation. https://ift.tt/31450Nk

India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India In view of the possible threat that Omicron can pose to the country, the Centre has further beefed up preparations. The health ministry advised states and UTs to immediately focus on intensive containment, active surveillance, increased vaccination coverage as well as enforcement of Covid appropriate behaviour. https://ift.tt/3liym1H