Opposition MPs shouted slogans in Lok Sabha, as their suspended colleagues sit on a dharna (sit-in protest) in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament complex.
The government has “no record” of the deaths of farmers who were protesting the three contentious laws – that have now been canceled–over the last one year, Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar told Parliament in a written reply. The question of compensation doesn’t arise.
India will bolster Covid-19 genome sequencing efforts, hoping early detection of the newly-emerged omicron variant will help avoid a repeat of the delta-fueled wave of infections that brought its health system close to collapse earlier this year.
Public health officials aim to analyse positive tests from airports within 48 hours and a dozen laboratories may be added to the current 28 that are part of the Indian SARs-COV-2 Genomics Consortium, Bloomberg reported, quoting Priya Abraham, director of India’s National Institute of Virology.
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