Breaking News LIVE, December 2:
3:30 PM| Actor Rhea Chakraborty’s brother, Showik Chakraborty, has been granted bail in a drug case related to Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput who was found dead on June 14.
A special NDPS court has granted Chakraborty bail on Wednesday in a case which was registered by the Narcotics Control Bureau.
1:00 PM| Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for use and said that it will be rolled out from next week.
11:45 AM| Delhi court grants ED, CBI time till February 1, to complete probe in Aircel-Maxis case involving P Chidambaram, Karti Chidambaram and others.
10:30 AM| Farmers protesting against the new farm laws continued their sit-in at the Noida-Delhi border, leading to the closure of a key route that connects Uttar Pradesh with New Delhi. The Noida Traffic Police has advised commuters travelling to Delhi to avoid using the Chilla route and instead take the DND or Kalindi Kunj route.
The farmers at the Delhi-Noida border belong to various districts of western Uttar Pradesh and want to reach the national capital to join the bigger stir launched by farmers of Punjab and Haryana against the Centre’s agriculture reform laws.
Three NDRF teams arrive at Tirunelveli, to move towards low-lying areas, given cyclone Burevi. Two teams of the National Disaster Response Force deployed at Thoothukudi, because of Cyclone Burevi. It is expected to cross South Tamil Nadu between Kanniyakumari and Pamban on the morning of 4th December, as per IMD.
India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 94.99 lakh, while the total number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 89 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to over 94 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.
The active COVID-19 caseload remained below 5 lakh for the 22nd consecutive day. There are 4,28,644 active coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 4.51 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.