The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 72.2 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.61 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

In its latest update on Monday, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 72,201,716 and 1,611,758, respectively.

Supreme Court will hear on December 16 a plea seeking a direction to authorities to immediately remove the farmers who are protesting at several border points of Delhi against three new farm laws.

As per Supreme Court website a Bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde, justice A S Bopanna and Justice V Ramasubramanian will hear the plea filed by law student Rishabh Sharma who says that commuters are facing hardships due to the road blockades and the gatherings might lead to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.

Gold price today fell to Rs 52,550 from Rs 53,180 per 10 gm, while silver price was trending at Rs 63,600 per kg, according to the Good Returns website.

Gold jewellery price vary across India, the second-largest consumer of the metal, due to excise duty, state taxes, and making changes.

As part of his second leg of the two-nation visit, Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane on Sunday met top Saudi Generals and discussed issues of mutual interest and defence cooperation.

As per the Indian Army, it was for the first time that an Indian Army Chief visited the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday attacked his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal for exploiting the ongoing agitation of the farmers to further his party`s petty electoral agenda with blatant lies and brazenly false propaganda.

In sharp contrast to the Kejriwal government in Delhi, which had been thriving on corporate houses` crumbs, the Punjab government had neither signed any agreement with Adani Power nor was even aware of the private players bidding for power purchase in the state, said the Chief Minister, in a hard-hitting reaction to the latest campaign by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Dhordo in Gujarat's Kutch on December 15 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, a release from Prime Minister's Office (PMO) informed. Chief Minister of Gujarat Vijay Rupani will be present on the occasion.

After `Bharat Bandh` called earlier this month, the protesting farmers on Sunday declared a wider day-long movement, urging its leaders to undertake a hunger strike from wherever they are protesting.

The announcement comes after a meeting of farmers here at Singhu border gave their nod to the decision taken by farmer representatives of 32 different unions on Saturday for holding the hunger strike on December 14 (Monday) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Jagat Prakash Nadda tested positive for COVID-19 today, December 13.

Taking to social networking site Twitter, JP Nadda, 60, said he is in home isolation and is following all COVID-19 protocols. He also appealed to people who came in contact with him in the past few days to get tested for the infection.

Tax officers have cancelled GST registrations of over 1.63 lakh entities in October and November for non-filing of returns, sources said.

Also, out of 720 deemed registrations granted between August 21, 2020 to November 16, 2020 where Aadhaar authentication was not done, 55 have been identified for discrepancies and the process of cancellation has been initiated in these cases, they added.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it authorized the use of Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, with the first inoculations expected within days, marking a turning point in the United States where the pandemic has killed more than 292,000 people.

The US Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use authorization for the vaccine, developed with German partner BioNTech, which was shown to be 95% effective in preventing the disease in a late-stage trial.

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