On Wednesday, India recorded 8,439 new Covid cases, a daily increase of 23% over the previous day. The active caseload dropped to 93,733, the lowest level in 555 days. A total of 195 deaths were recorded during the day, bringing the total number of deaths to 4,73,952.
Active cases in India account for less than 1% of total cases, and are now at 0.27 percent, the lowest level since March 2020.
So far, the Nationwide Vaccination Drive has resulted in the administration of 129.54 crore vaccine doses.
India's overall recovery rate is now at 98.36%, the highest since March 2020, after 9,525 recoveries were recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 3,40,89,137.
Meanwhile, a WHO official stated that the Omicron form does not appear to produce any more severe disease than prior Covid variants, and that it is "very likely."
Thursday, December 9, 2021
The Canadian government has announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics.
Canada announced on Wednesday that it will join the United States and other nations in a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing in February. "We are profoundly disturbed, as are many (of our) partners around the world, by the Chinese government's persistent human rights transgressions," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said during a news conference. "As a result, we are announcing today that no diplomatic representation will be sent to the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games this winter."
He stated that Canadian athletes will compete in the Games.
The decision comes after the US announced a diplomatic boycott of China on Monday, citing "genocide" of the Uyghur minority in the Xinjiang region and other human rights violations.
He stated that Canadian athletes will compete in the Games.
The decision comes after the US announced a diplomatic boycott of China on Monday, citing "genocide" of the Uyghur minority in the Xinjiang region and other human rights violations.
Government accepts demands, farm stir may end soon
: On Tuesday, sources said the centre had indicated it is willing to offer a written assurance on a number of the farmers' demands, including a committee on MSP.
Farmers who have been protesting farm laws and demanding a legal guarantee for MSP for the past 15 months are on the verge of ending their agitation after receiving a second draught proposal from the government that contains assurances on MSP and the removal of police cases. "We have approved the center's revised draught in response to our demands regarding farmers' protests against three farm regulations. We'll meet again tomorrow as soon as we have a formal letter from the centre. The demonstrations are still going on "On Wednesday, farmer leader Gurnam Singh Charuni remarked.
At 12 p.m. on Thursday, the conference will make a final decision on lessening the level of protests, which might include thousands of farmers camped out outside Delhi returning home.
Farmers who have been protesting farm laws and demanding a legal guarantee for MSP for the past 15 months are on the verge of ending their agitation after receiving a second draught proposal from the government that contains assurances on MSP and the removal of police cases. "We have approved the center's revised draught in response to our demands regarding farmers' protests against three farm regulations. We'll meet again tomorrow as soon as we have a formal letter from the centre. The demonstrations are still going on "On Wednesday, farmer leader Gurnam Singh Charuni remarked.
At 12 p.m. on Thursday, the conference will make a final decision on lessening the level of protests, which might include thousands of farmers camped out outside Delhi returning home.
Omicron may have a higher risk of reinfection
The World Health Organization said early data indicates that Omicron, the latest variant of the SARS-CoV-2 first found in South Africa, may easily infect people who have either been infected earlier or vaccinated. But the disease will be milder than what the Delta variant led to, WHO said.
The new variant was found in the last week of November and since then it has now spread to around 57 countries. No death has been linked to this variant and patients are recovering without hospitalisation, without requiring oxygen support.
The new variant was found in the last week of November and since then it has now spread to around 57 countries. No death has been linked to this variant and patients are recovering without hospitalisation, without requiring oxygen support.
General Bipin Rawat, India’s first CDS, Dies In Chopper Crash
Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat died on 8/12/2021 after an Air Force helicopter carrying him and 13 others crashed shortly after take-off in Coonoor Tamil Nadu.
General Rawat's wife Madhulika Rawat was killed.
The Russian-made Mi-17 V5 chopper crashed shortly after taking off from the Air Force base in Sulur, Coimbatore, for Wellington in the Nilgiri Hills.
The chopper was already on its way down and would have landed in about 10 minutes. According to news agency AFP, it fell down around 10 kilometres from the nearest road, forcing emergency responders to hike to the accident site.
Around 12.20 p.m., reports of the crash surfaced.
The Russian-made Mi-17 V5 chopper crashed shortly after taking off from the Air Force base in Sulur, Coimbatore, for Wellington in the Nilgiri Hills.
The chopper was already on its way down and would have landed in about 10 minutes. According to news agency AFP, it fell down around 10 kilometres from the nearest road, forcing emergency responders to hike to the accident site.
Around 12.20 p.m., reports of the crash surfaced.
Friday, September 12, 2014
Agni-1 successfully test-fired
India on 12-Sep-2014 successfully test-fired it’s indigenously built nuclear
capable Agni-I missile, which has a strike range of 700 km, from a test
range off Odisha coast as part of a user trial by the Army.
The surface-to-surface, single-stage missile, powered by solid propellants, was test-fired from a mobile launcher at about 11.11 hrs from launch pad-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Wheeler Island, about 100 km from Balasore, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) spokesman Ravi Kumar Gupta said on Thursday.
Describing the trial as fully successful, Gupta said the ballistic missile was launched by the Strategic Forces Command (SFC) of the army as part of a training exercise.
"The entire exercise was conducted in a perfect manner and the trial was totally successful," he said
The surface-to-surface, single-stage missile, powered by solid propellants, was test-fired from a mobile launcher at about 11.11 hrs from launch pad-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Wheeler Island, about 100 km from Balasore, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) spokesman Ravi Kumar Gupta said on Thursday.
Describing the trial as fully successful, Gupta said the ballistic missile was launched by the Strategic Forces Command (SFC) of the army as part of a training exercise.
"The entire exercise was conducted in a perfect manner and the trial was totally successful," he said
EC reprimands Adityanath for hate speech
Two days
ahead of bypolls in UP, the Election Commission on Thursday reprimanded
controversial BJP MP Yogi Adityanath for "provoking feelings of enmity"
during a recent speech in Noida and asked the state poll officials to
ensure filing of an FIR against him.
The EC's rebuke for the Hindutva hardliner for allegedly invoking "religion" and making "appeal on this ground to secure votes" for his party came a day after he was booked for defying a ban on election meeting in Lucknow.
The poll body in its order also cautioned the BJP leader to be careful in his future public utterances.
Asking the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Uttar Pradesh to ensure that an FIR is lodged against him for violation of the Model Code of Conduct in his speech last week, if it has not been filed till now, the EC demanded a compliance report by 5 PM tomorrow.
Bypolls will take place on Saturday in Noida and other assembly constituencies of UP and Adityanath is BJP's lead campaigner.
The Commission also expressed its displeasure with the MP for not addressing his reply to the EC in this regard and rather marking the communication vaguely as "What So Ever It May Concern".
The EC's rebuke for the Hindutva hardliner for allegedly invoking "religion" and making "appeal on this ground to secure votes" for his party came a day after he was booked for defying a ban on election meeting in Lucknow.
The poll body in its order also cautioned the BJP leader to be careful in his future public utterances.
Asking the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Uttar Pradesh to ensure that an FIR is lodged against him for violation of the Model Code of Conduct in his speech last week, if it has not been filed till now, the EC demanded a compliance report by 5 PM tomorrow.
Bypolls will take place on Saturday in Noida and other assembly constituencies of UP and Adityanath is BJP's lead campaigner.
The Commission also expressed its displeasure with the MP for not addressing his reply to the EC in this regard and rather marking the communication vaguely as "What So Ever It May Concern".
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