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Big Stories Today: Lok Sabha adjourned till Monday over Lakhimpur Kheri, PM Modi gets highest Bhutan honour, India crosses 100 Omicron cases
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India crossed the 100 mark of confirmed cases of new variant Omicron after Delhi and Telangana reported more fresh cases on Friday. Only Delhi reported 10 confirmed cases on December 17. Now the total tally of confirmed cases of Omicron in India are 101.
Kerala contributes 40 % to total number of Covid cases, says Health Ministry
Out of all active Covid cases in India, only Kerala contributes 40 per cent to the total case, said Health Ministry on Friday. As per the health ministry, new daily cases have been below 10,000 on a per day basis for the past 20 days. Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary of Health Ministry said that currently, India is administering Covid vaccine doses at the highest rate in the world.
PV Sindhu crashes out of World Badminton Championships 2021 after losing to Tai Tzu Ying in quarter-finals
Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu crashed out of the BWF World Badminton Championships 2021, after losing to Taiwan’s Tai Tzu Ying in the quarter-finals of the tournament. Tai Tzu defeated Sindhu in straight sets by 21-17 and 21 13 to qualify for the next round of the tournaments.
Lok Sabha adjourned till Monday amid uproar by opposition MPs over Lakhimpur Kheri incident
Lok Sabha has been adjourned till Monday, December 20, amid the uproar caused by the opposition MPs over the Lakhimpur Kheri incident and the suspension of MoS Ajay Mishra Teni. The opposition members demanded that MoS Home Ajay Mishra Teni should resign from his post.
Rajnath Singh welcomes French Defence Minister Florence Parly for guard of honour in Delhi
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday welcomed French Defence Minister Florence Parly for a guard of honour in New Delhi. Defence Minister of France Florence Parly, who is on her visit to India, paid offered flowers at the National War Memorial and paid tributes to the soldiers.
Delhi reports 10 new confirmed cases of Omicron variant, total tally reaches 20 in national capital
Amid the scare of new covid variant Omicron, Delhi reported 10 more confirmed cases of Omicron. Now total tally of Omicron cases in the national capital reaches 20.
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan pays last respects to Group Captain Varun Singh
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan paid last respects to Group Captain Varun Singh, the lone survivor of Tamil Nadu chopper crash, at Bairagarh crematorium in Bhopal. He was under treatment at Command Hospital in Bengaluru, Karnataka where he passed away on December 15.
Bhutan confers PM Modi with Ngadag Pel gi Khorlo, country’s highest civilian award
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be conferred with ‘Ngadag Pel gi Khorlo’, the highest civilian award of Bhutan. The announcement came through the official Facebook account of the PMO Bhutan Office.
India reports 7,447 new Covid cases, 391 deaths and 7,886 recoveries in last 24 hours
India on December 17 reported 7,447 new Covid cases, 391 deaths and 7,886 recoveries in the last 24 hours. The active cases are now 86,415 while total recoveries are 3,41,62,765 and the total number of deaths to the virus are 4,76,869. Total 1,35,99,96,267 vaccination have been completed by the government.
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5 students sustain stab injuries after clash breaks out between two school groups in Delhi’s Dayalpur, 6 arrested
The Delhi Police have so far arrested six students and registered a case against them in connection with the case.

A horrific incident has come to light from Delhi’s Dayalpur area where at least five students of Karawal Nagar School sustained stab injuries after a clash broke out between two school groups in northeast Delhi’s Dayalpur area.
The Delhi Police have so far arrested six students and registered a case against them in connection with the case.
According to the reports, a scuffle broke out between the students of Govt. Boys Senior Secondary School, Karawal Nagar and Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya, Khajuri Khas on Monday at 3:10 pm. The two groups attacked each other with knives after a quarrel, in which five students of Karawal Nagar School were injured.
The students were rushed to the GTB Hospital where they are undergoing treatment.
The Delhi Police said one of the apprehended students disclosed that 3 days ago, while he was riding his motorcycle near the Dayalpur bus stand, some students stopped him and bullied him.
He claims that they questioned him about his school and the reason he was riding the motorbike so close to their school. They beat him up when he resisted their bullying. The student gathered his friends and attacked the other group in retaliation.
The boy was then shifted to Jai Prakash Hospital. After first aid, he gathered his friends and they all planned revenge. The Delhi Police said there is no communal angle in this incident. He said further investigation into the matter is underway.
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Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin rewards director Kartiki Gonsalves of Oscar-winning The Elephant Whisperers with Rs 1 crore
Most recently, CM Stalin also met with the leading characters of the documentary, Bomman and Bellie, and the young elephants Raghu and Ammu. The Tamil Nadu government also announced cash rewards for 91 caretakers at the elephant camps.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has honored the Oscar-winning film by rewarding director Kartiki Gonsalves Rs 1 crore. The documentary film had been on the receiving end of a lot of praise after it won Oscar for the Best Documentary Short in 2023.
As per the reports, on Tuesday, Kartiki Gonsalves met with CM MK Stalin who lauded her work and congratulated her for bagging an oscar. After landing back in Chennai following her win at the Oscars. She met with Tamil Nadu CM and received the Oscar trophy from his hand.
Chief Minister MK Stalin then facilitated the director with a cash prize of Rs 1 crore. He also honored the Elephant Whisperer’s director by gifting her with a shawl.
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Most recently, CM Stalin also met with the leading characters of the documentary, Bomman and Bellie, and the young elephants Raghu and Ammu. The Tamil Nadu government also announced cash rewards for 91 caretakers at the elephant camps.
Tamil Nadu CM also congratulated and praised the Elephant Whisperer team for winning the Oscar on March 12. Chief Minister MK Stalin took to Twitter to praise the documentary makers and congratulated them on winning the Oscars.
He further wrote that there is no better news to wake up to than two women bringing the first-ever Oscar for an Indian Production. He also called the documentary film a moving story and said that the documentary deserves all the praises and accolades that it has been receiving.
The Elephant Whisperers
The documentary is a 40-minute-long documentary that one can stream on Netflix. The documentary revolves around the lives of elephant caretakers Bomman and Bellie and also was the directorial debut of Kartiki Gonsalves.
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Traffic chaos as rain lashes Delhi NCR, more showers forecast tomorrow
Due to heavy rain during the office dispersal hour, traffic chaos covered the captial. Social media is swamped with Delhiites sharing visuals of the rain and jam-packed roads.

Heavy rain lashed several parts of Delhi and NCR on Monday evening. The captial along with on-and-off drizzles had pleasant weather throughout the day.
Due to heavy rain during the office dispersal hour, traffic chaos covered the captial. Social media is swamped with Delhiites sharing visuals of the rain and jam-packed roads.
Earlier today, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert owing to rain, thunderstorm, and hailstorm in several parts of the city.
The bad weather conditions in Delhi also triggered the diversion of a total of 10 flights which were scheduled to land at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said.
Among the 10 flights, three were diverted to Lucknow and seven to Jaipur.
IMD had also said rain coupled with hail and gusty winds of up to 40 km per hour in Delhi will be witnessed on Monday. It also advised people to stay indoors and not seek shelter under trees, as maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to be around 26 and 16 degrees Celsius.
On Saturday, Delhi-NCR witnessed heavy rain with hailstorms taking the temperature to 25.3 degrees Celsius. As per the officials, the capital recorded the lowest temperature so far this month on Saturday.
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