{"id":234042,"date":"2021-12-17T20:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T14:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=234042"},"modified":"2021-12-17T20:24:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T14:54:24","slug":"live-news-latest-news-breaking-news-december-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/live-news-latest-news-breaking-news-december-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Stories Today: Lok Sabha adjourned till Monday over Lakhimpur Kheri, PM Modi gets highest Bhutan honour, India crosses 100 Omicron cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kerala contributes 40 % to total number of Covid cases, says Health Ministry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PV Sindhu crashes out of World Badminton Championships 2021 after losing to Tai Tzu Ying in quarter-finals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu crashed out of the BWF World Badminton Championships 2021, after losing to Taiwan&#8217;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lok Sabha adjourned till Monday amid uproar by opposition MPs over Lakhimpur Kheri incident<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rajnath Singh welcomes French Defence Minister Florence Parly for guard of honour in Delhi<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Delhi reports 10 new confirmed cases of Omicron variant, total tally reaches 20 in national capital<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan pays last respects to Group Captain Varun Singh<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bhutan confers PM Modi with Ngadag Pel gi Khorlo, country&#8217;s highest civilian award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be conferred with &#8216;Ngadag Pel gi Khorlo&#8217;, the highest civilian award of Bhutan. The announcement came through the official Facebook account of the PMO Bhutan Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read Also<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/winter-session-of-parliament-resignation-ajay-mishra-teni-rahul-gandhi\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/winter-session-of-parliament-resignation-ajay-mishra-teni-rahul-gandhi\/\"> Parliament proceeding disrupted second day in a row over Opposition demands sacking Ajay Mishra Teni, Rahul Gandhi again calls him criminal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">India reports 7,447 new Covid cases, 391 deaths and 7,886 recoveries in last 24 hours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PM Modi Conferred With Ngadag Pel gi Khorlo, Bhutan&#039;s Highest Civilian Award\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aNH8idKhPzY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LIVE Top News Today: In this fast-paced world, who doesn&#8217;t love to stay updated. 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