Breaking News LIVE, December 15:
3:00 PM| The Supreme Court observed on Tuesday that doctors engaged in Covid-19 duty are working continuously and suggested that they must be given a break after continuous service. A bench of the Supreme Court was hearing a suo motu case pertaining to the management of Covid-19 crisis and mishandling of dead bodies.
12:30 PM| High drama in Karnataka assembly as Congress MLCs forcefully tried to remove Chairman from the chair on Tuesday.
#WATCH Karnataka: Congress MLCs in Karnataka Assembly forcefully remove the chairman of the legislative council pic.twitter.com/XiefiNOgmq
— ANI (@ANI) December 15, 2020
11:00 AM| The price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) gas cylinders hiked again. The price of a 14.2 kg LPG cylinder for domestic use increased by Rs 50. Similarly, the price of 5 kg short-cylinder has been increased by Rs 18 and the price of a 19 kg cylinder increased by Rs 36.50. In the last 15 days, price of cylinders were hiked twice by Rs 100.
According to the country’s largest oil company IOC, the price of a 14.2 kg gas cylinder without subsidy in Delhi has now come to Rs 644. It has increased to Rs 670.50 in Kolkata, Rs 644 in Mumbai and Rs 660 in Chennai.
10:30 AM| The winter session of Parliament will not be convened this time. The center has declared that the winter session of Parliament will not be held this time due to Covid-19.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has urged the Centre to find an amicable solution to farmers’ protest against the three recent farm reform laws without accusing anti-national elements of being behind the stir. “The statements issued by BJP leaders decrying farmers’ protest are most unfortunate and condemnable,” Gehlot said in a tweet. He said the farmers have been protesting peacefully. “Their protest is for their most genuine concerns which the government is ignoring. The farm laws that are not in the interest of the farming community must be taken back,” he demanded.
The Central Crime Branch (CCB) has arrested the kingpin of cocaine suppliers in Bengaluru in Karnataka. “Further investigation is underway,” Sandeep Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), Bengaluru City Police, said on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday will visit Dhordo in Kutch, Gujarat and lay the foundation stone of several development projects in the state.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a visit to Dhordo in Kutch, Gujarat on 15th December, 2020 and lay the Foundation Stone of several development projects in the State. These projects include a desalination plant, a hybrid renewable energy park, and a fully automated milk processing and packing plant,” read a release by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
India’s coronavirus case count rose to 99.06 lakh, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 94.22 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 95.12 percent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. More than 22,000 infections were reported in a day on Tuesday, while the death count rose to 1,43,709 with 354 new fatalities, the data showed.
India currently has a fatality rate of 1.45 percent due to coronavirus. The government has said more than 70 percent of the people recover from COVID-19 with mild or very mild symptoms. Such cases may not even require admission to COVID-19 blocks or dedicated hospitals, the Health Ministry said.
