Today’s top News -06 December 2021

1. Over 127 crore 61 lakh doses of COVID vaccines administered in country so far; Recovery rate stands at 98.35%

2. Nine new cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 were reported from Rajasthan, Seven cases from Maharashtra and one case from Delhi today. With this, twenty-one cases of Omicron have been reported in India so far.

3. Security has been tightened and section 144 has been imposed in Mathura ahead of the Babri Mosque demolition anniversary on 6 Dec .

4. ADHRA PRADESH: Former Governor of Tamil Nadu and former Chief Minister of the unified State of Andhra Pradesh Konijeti Rosaiah passed away in Hyderabad in the early hours of December 4 after a brief illness. Rosaiah, 88 years, was one of the most senior Congress leaders.

5. HIMACHAL : Union Sports and Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday said that Himachal Pradesh has become the first state in the country to achieve the target of 100 per cent COVID-19 vaccination for its eligible population.

6. J&K :Former J&K CM Farooq Abdullah addressed a crowd on Sunday and said that they will have to “make sacrifices” to restore Articles 370 and 35-A in the state. Citing an example of the farmers’ protest, Farooq said, “The Centre had to revoke the three farm bills when farmers made sacrifices. We may also have to make sacrifices like that.”

7. MANIPUR : Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and AYUSH Sarbananda Sonowal announced AYUSH Development packages for Manipur. He also inaugurated a fifty-bed Integrated AYUSH Hospital constructed at Moreh, the border town of Manipur through video conferencing.

8. MADHYA PRADESH , State Election Commission has announced schedule for panchayat elections in the state. In the three-phase exercise, voting will be held on January 6, 28 and February 16, said State Election Commissioner Basant Pratap Singh.

9. NAGALAND: A counter-insurgency operation being conducted by an elite unit of the Indian Army’s Para Special Forces in Nagaland on Saturday, An Army jawan martyred & 13 civilian dead. Another villager died as a mob attacked the Assam Rifles camp.

10. Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio said that a high-level Special Investigation Team will probe the incident at a Indo-Myanmar border district in Nagaland.

11. Internet, SMS services suspended in Nagaland’s Mon district. A day after the reported civilian killings in Nagaland’s Mon district by security forces, the state government on Sunday prohibited all mobile internet, data services, bulk SMS of all providers in the entire area of Mon district with immediate effect.

12. UTTARKHAND : PM Modi launches projects worth Rs 18,000 cr in Dehradun; Travel time between Delhi, Dehradun to come down by half from existing 6 hrs.

13. The seven projects inaugurated by PM Modi focusing on making travel safer by tackling the problem of chronic landslides in the region. He also inaugurated the 120 MW Vyasi Hydroelectric Project, built over Yamuna river at the cost of over 1,700 crore rupees, along with a Himalayan Culture Centre in Dehradun.

14. The 11 projects for which foundation was laid include the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor which will be built at a cost of around 8,300 crore rupees. It will significantly reduce the travel time from Delhi to Dehradun from six hours to around 2.5 hours. It will have Asia’s largest wildlife elevated corridor of 12 kilometres for unrestricted wildlife movement. It will also boost inter-state tourism.

15. PUNJAB : Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu joined the sit-in protest of Delhi guest teachers demanding regularisation of their jobs outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence in Civil Lines on Sunday.

16. TAMIL NADU : Anticipating rains and resultant landslides on the track, services on the Heritage Nilgiris Mountain Rail (NMR) from Mettupalayam to Udhagamandalam have been cancelled till December 14.

17. WEST BENGAL : Trinamool Congress president Mamata Banerjee is expected to visit Varanasi next month amid indication that her party will support Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

18. The West Bengal govt stopped ferry services on the Hooghly River and urged tourists not to visit seaside resorts, as rain lashed Kolkata and other southern parts of the state on Sunday with cyclonic storm Jawad laying centred 180 km from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.

Anticipating rains and resultant landslides on the track, services on the Heritage Nilgiris Mountain Rail (NMR) from Mettupalayam to Udhagamandalam have been cancelled till December 14.

19. Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L. Murugan urges young movie makers to explore socially relevant themes and new ideas for their films. He inaugurates the award distribution ceremony of She Short Film Festival in Thiruvananthapuram.

20. Salman Khan will be replacing actress Jacqueline Fernandez from the Da-bangg concert amid the ₹200 crore money laundering case against conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar, reported Bollywood Hungama. Jacqueline may not be allowed to travel outside Mumbai amid questioning by the Enforcement Directorate, the report added. The concert will reportedly take place in Riyadh on December 10.

21. Born today: Savitri Ganesan (born Nissankara Sarasavanidevi) was an Indian film actress, playback singer, dancer, director and producer known for her works primarily in Tamil cinema and Telugu cinema.

She is also known for her works in Kannada, Malayalam, and Bollywood films. Savitri’s first significant role was in the 1952 Telugu film Pelli Chesi Choodu. The 2018 biographical film Mahanati based on the life of Savitri has garnered the “Equality in Cinema Award” at the 2018 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne.

22. The Indian Navy’s 22nd Missile Vessel Squadron that bombed the Karachi Port and sunk Pakistan Navy’s vessels in the 1971 war will receive the President’s Standard, a rare honour for its distinguished service, from President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday.

23. Speaking on the occasion of the BSF’s 57th Raising Day celebrations in Jaisalmer, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 05 tg Dec (Sunday) said the Centre has ensured a prompt response to any incursion on the country’s borders.

the minister also said it is the government’s commitment to provide the world’s best technology to the force.

24. 11th edition of Exercise EKUVERIN between India and Maldives to be conducted at Kadhdhoo Island from 06 Dec. It will conclude on the 19th of this month. The exercise will enhance synergy and inter-operability between the Armed Forces of both nations in terms of understanding transnational terrorism both on land and at sea, conducting Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Insurgency Operations and sharing best military practices and experiences.

25. GRSE launches sandhayak the ‘First Of Class’ Indigenous Survey Vessel : Upholding the maritime traditions, the ship was named “Sandhayak” and “Launched” by Smt Pushpa Bhatt, wife of Shri Ajay Bhatt, Hon’ble Raksha Rajya Mantri, who graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. The ships are fully designed by the Design team of GRSE to meet the requirements of the Indian Navy and are being built & outfitted utilising the concepts of ‘Integrated Construction’ and in compliance with applicable provisions and regulations of the Classification Society (IRS).

26. Russian President Putin will gift S-400 air defence system model to PM Modi today. India and Russia will ink a deal to manufacture 7.5 lakh AK-203 assault rifles for the Indian Army under the ‘Make in India’ initiative.

27. The Indian Navy’s ‘Killer’ squadron’ that destroyed the Karachi harbour during the 1971 war will be awarded the prestigious President’s Standard on December 8, marking 50 years of the success.

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