Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 15 is going to visit Dhordo in Kutch, Gujarat to lay the foundation stone of several development projects in the State, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said on Monday (December 14).

According to the PMO, these projects include a desalination plant, a hybrid renewable energy park, and a fully automated milk processing and packing plant.

A new variant of coronavirus has been found which is growing faster in some parts of England, British MPs have been told.

This comes as the British capital London is set to be placed under the toughest Tier 3 lockdown from early Wednesday to control the spread of the virus. The lockdown will be imposed even as the UK has started mass vaccinations for the existing COVID-19.

The daily new COVID-19 cases fell below 30,000 for the third time this month takingIndia's virus caseload to 98.84 lakh,while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 93.88 lakh,accordingto the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.

The total coronavirus cases mounted to 98,84,100 with 27,071infections being reported in a day. The death toll rose to1,43,355 with 336 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.

The Assam cabinet on Sunday approved a proposal to close down all government-run madrassas and Sanskrit tols (schools), and a bill in this regard will be tabled during the upcoming winter session of the state Assembly.

Existing laws related to madrassas and Sanskrit tols will be repealed. A bill will be introduced in the next session of the Assembly, PTI quoted Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary as saying.

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.

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