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All India Kisan Sabha General Secretary Hannan Mollah addressed media at Singhu border. He said, "We told the Government that the farm laws should be withdrawn. On 5 Dec, effigies of PM Modi will be burnt across the country. We have given a call for Bharat Bandh on December 8."

"We need to take this protest forward. Government has to take back the farm laws," he added. 

The administrator of Lakshadweep and former interlocutor to Jammu and Kashmir, Dineshwar Sharma passed away today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoles his demise.

Delhi government is enrolling healthcare workers for COVID-19 vaccination. Many registered nursing homes and hospitals have submitted HR data, along with many smaller unregistered clinics. Govt invites remaining healthcare facilities to submit names of the healthcare workers. 

Department of Biotechnology has set up a vaccine expert committee which meets every 2 weeks. It gives scientific inputs on meeting the regulatory requirements, secretary of the department Renu Swarup announced on Friday. 

On being asked about COVID-19 impact on the financial system, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said, "The economy has recovered much faster than anticipated, details will be shared in the financial stability report which is due in the last week of December."

Jammu and Kashmir District Development Council election candidate shot at in Kokernag area of Anantnag. His condition is reportedly stable. Area cordoned off. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses all-party meeting called by him to discuss the COVID-19 situation, through video conferencing.

Maha Vikas Aghadi candidate Arun Lad wins Pune graduate constituency seat in State Legislative Council elections, defeats NDA candidate Sangram Deshmukh by over 48,800 votes.

A bus rammed into a stationary vehicle on the Hisar-Chandigarh national highway near Kathwar village in the district on Friday, leaving the bus driver dead and 20 passengers injured, police said.

The injured were taken to a government hospital here while one seriously injured passenger was referred to Chandigarh. Police said visibility was low due to fog in the morning when the accident took place.

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday greeted navy personnel on Navy Day and lauded their bravery and selfless service in defending the country. Navy Day is observed on this day to recall the heroic actions of the Indian Navy in the 1971 India-Pakistan War when it had hit the Karachi harbour hard in one of its operations.

"My greetings to all the navy personnel on Navy Day today. Let us all salute our navy personnel for their bravery, dedication and patriotism and selfless service in protecting the nation. My best wishes to all the navy personnel and their families," the Vice President Secretariat tweeted quoting Naidu.

PM Narendra Modi to deliver keynote address at the IIT-2020 Global Summit, organised by PanIIT USA at 09:30 PM today.