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COVID LIVE UPDATES A report by Moneycontrol mentioned that the Serum Institute of India (SII) currently offers a vaccine against the XBB1 variant of Covid-19, which is "similar" to the JN.1 variant. The spokesperson told the business website that SII would share the documents with the public once they are submitted to the regulators. Mint could not officially verify the report.

homicide of former Congress MLA Yumsen Matey in Arunachal Pradesh, the inquiry has been redirected to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). This shift comes subsequent to a formal request made by the state police to the Arunachal Pradesh government, urging the involvement of this counter-terrorism unit. The official decision to move the case to the NIA was affirmed by a statement released by the State Government.

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has pledged to lead efforts to simultaneously achieve decarbonization, economic growth and energy security in Asia

we win, you know what's gonna happen. People are gonna flood out of the country. They're gonna flood out before we even do anything," Trump said.

Arunachal Pradesh, Yumsen Matey was killed in Tirap district by unidentified people. Sources said that the former MLA of Khonsa West constituency was assassinated by suspected militants. He was abducted from a function in Raho village in Lazu circle. He was the member of Arunachal Pradesh Assembly from Khonsa West in Tirap district.

Vladimir Putin condemned Israel's incessant bombing of Palestine's Gaza Strip, he also promised to intensify the offensive in Ukraine that started over a year ago. Ukraine's increased commination comes at a time when the United States is struggling to send aid ahead of their Presidential Polls in 2024. Meanwhile, despite the United Nations Security Council's resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue bombing the densely populated Gaza Strip ‘with or without international support’.

overseas job seekers being cheated by unregistered recruitment agents by fake job offers and also overcharging to the tune of ₹2-5 lakh". The ministry mentioned that "many illegal agents operate through Facebook, Whatsapp, text message and other such mediums". It said, "These agencies provide little or no details of their whereabouts and contacts." "They usually communicate only through Whatsapp, making it difficult to ascertain the location and identity of the caller and genuineness of the job offer.

Myanmar owing to clashes between the Junta military and pro-democracy forces, the Manipur government has said that it is identifying illegal migrants/refugees across the state, including Kamjong and other places where recent reports suggested more people coming in from the neighbouring country. Following fresh fighting in Myanmar, hundreds of people have taken shelter in Kamjong which alone shares a 109 km border with Myanmar. A senior official, who did not want to be named, told ET, «Hundreds of refugees have entered Manipur. We are taking their biometric details.» Manipur BJP MLA Rajkumar Imo Singh took to social media about the issue and said: «Many have been asking if the state government has been identifying illegal migrants across the state.

Gaza is now destroyed, or un-inhabitable. International analysts have termed this ‘domicide’ - the mass destruction of dwellings to make the territory uninhabitable. According to a report published by Guardian, as much as 40% of the housing in Gaza has been damaged or destroyed.

Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh while congratulating new Mizoram chief minister Lalduhoma wished his leadership would contribute to securing the future of Northeast. Singh and former Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga had a bitter relationship after large-scale violence broke out on May 3 and a large number of people from Manipur hills took shelter in Mizoram.

Kapil Sibal had in Supreme Court remarked that Assam was “earlier a part of Myanmar". Assam government spokesperson Pijush Hazarika said Assam at no point in history was part of Myanmar. "From the time of Mahabharat and before, we have firmly been an integral part of Bharatvarsh," the government spokesperson said.

China has intensified a crackdown on online scams operated in border areas of Myanmar

Tamil Nadu has been pounded by heavy rainfall, as several parts of the state's capital city Chennai were water logged and holidays were declared in four districts. Visuals emerged of water logged roads, subways, parked cars and scooters floating, ambulances making way through flooded roads in Chennai. Amid all occurrences ahead of Cyclone Michaung's landfall, expected to happen on Tuesday morning, a video emerged of a ‘mugger’ crocodile crawling on a road in Perungalathur off the highway connecting Chennai with Tiruchirapalli.

IMCL) on Monday asserted that it follows every legal and ethical requirement for transplants, including government guidelines, refuting a report which alleged that it was involved in 'cash for kidney racket'. The hospital, a part of the Apollo Hospitals group, said each foreign donor is required to provide a certification from their respective foreign governments that the donor and recipient are indeed related before undertaking transplant.

Manipur witnessed fresh violence in a series of violent incidences that has gripped the state since May, 2023. According to media reports citing officials, 13 people were killed in a gunfight between two groups of militants in Manipur's Tengnoupal district. The incident took place at Leithu village on Monday afternoon, PTI reported.

Andhra Pradesh on Monday under the influence of the cyclonic storm 'Michaung' and is expected to continue for the next few days. The weather system over west-central and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal off south Andhra Pradesh and adjoining north Tamil Nadu coasts intensified into a severe cyclonic storm, leading to heavy rainfall in several parts of the state, an official said on Monday. The weather system moved northwestwards with a speed of 8 km per hour in the past six hours up to 8:30 am on Monday and lay centred in the same region off south Andhra Pradesh and adjoining north Tamil Nadu coasts.

Myanmar, China’s gateway to the Bay of Bengal region, has emerged as a headache for Beijing in the backdrop of recent conflicts along the common land border. On November 24, there was an attack on a convoy of trucks bringing goods into Myanmar from China and this was followed by live-fire drills by the Chinese PLA along the China-Myanmar border on the very next day. These developments coincided with China’s Ambassador Chen Hai’s meeting with Myanmar’s Foreign Minister Than Swe.

Myanmar, China’s gateway to the Bay of Bengal region, has emerged as a headache for Beijing in the backdrop of recent conflicts along the common land border. On November 24, there was an attack on a convoy of trucks bringing goods into Myanmar from China and this was followed by live-fire drills by the Chinese PLA along the China-Myanmar border on the very next day. These developments coincided with China’s Ambassador Chen Hai’s meeting with Myanmar’s Foreign Minister Than Swe.

FDI) proposals worth about Rs one lakh crore since April 2020 from countries sharing land border with India and half of those applications have been cleared so far, a top official said. The remaining are either pending or withdrawn or rejected by the government. In April 2020, the government came out with a press note under which the Centre made its prior approval mandatory for foreign investments from countries that share land border with India to curb opportunistic takeovers of domestic firms following the Covid-19 pandemic.

Myanmar has caused discomfort for Northeastern insurgent outfits taking shelter there. There is pressure on them to participate in the conflict or be out of the area. Several militants’ outfits of Northeast India have bases in Myanmar.

Paul Lynch won this year's Booker Prize for his dystopian novel, Prophet Song. Set in the near-future, it is a novel of our times: a liberal democracy — in this case, Ireland — under authoritarian rule with law enforcement and the judiciary weaponised by far-reaching powers. But it is a particularly illuminating point made by Lynch in a TOI interview that merits more burrowing.