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🚨 @Evening: Rising Covid, Biden's Failure And More

Nishtha AnushreeDec 21, 2022, 07:16 PM | Updated 07:16 PM IST




  • NIA said that many Kerala-based leaders of the now-banned PFI were in touch with top leaders of the global terror organisations, ISIS and Al-Qaeda.

  • Himachal Pradesh Congress MLA Vikramaditya Singh said that the financial assistance from Centre will be required to implement the 'Old Pension Scheme'.

  • Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said, "Will enter Karnataka, like China entered India" amid border row between the two states.


  • Rs 2,500 crore to be invested in the Greenfield Bhogapuram Airport of Andhra Pradesh which GMR Visakhapatnam International Airport Limited (GVIAL) is developing.


  • Tweet screenshot

    Around the world: Some epidemiologists are saying that 60 per cent of the Chinese may be infected over the next three months.

    • Three cases of Omicron subvariant BF.7, driving China's Covid surge, were detected in India today.

  • The US is already warning that in the ongoing winter, another global infection surge is coming.

  • Whatever happens in the US or China affects everybody — it is a fair bet that infections will surge across the world.


    • R Jagannathan suggests that random testing and serosurveys should be increased to check for possible dips in immunity levels.

  • Re-immunisation — possibly with third and fourth booster doses — of the vulnerable sections of the population should be done.

  • Work should start on creating new vaccine variants with greater efficiencies against the new Omicron mutants.


  • Ashneer Grover (R) with his book and wife Madhuri Jain Grover (L)

    Doglapan: The Hard Truth about Life and Start-Ups is the unfettered story of Ashneer Grover.

    • It elaborates upon his journey and his role in the making of two unicorns-Grofers, as CFO, and BharatPe, as co-founder.

  • It becomes an interesting read to distinguish fact from fiction amid controversy and media spotlight surrounding Grover.


    • Now season 2 of the show is set to start on 2 January 2023 but Grover will not appear on the screen.

  • This season's judges are Amit Jain, Vineeta Singh, Aman Gupta, Namita Thapar, Peeyush Bansal and Anupam Mittal.


  • Chart on US exports

    The US planned to replace Russia as Europe’s principal energy provider when the Ukraine war broke out.

    • That plan didn't work because the US failed to ramp up domestic hydrocarbon production and exports to anywhere near requisite levels.

    Result: American exports of oil and gas (the latter is compressed and shipped as Liquified Natural Gas, or LNG) have stagnated.

    • In fact, average monthly exports of LNG since April 2020 are less than what America was exporting in late 2021.


  • Total oil exports have also declined, as have exports to Europe.

  • Europe is in a mess, struggling to cope with soaring inflation and energy shortages in winter.


  • The heritage sites

    The sites: India has added three sites to the tentative list of UNESCO heritage sites, taking the count to 52.

    • The Sun Temple of Modhera, Gujarat is dedicated to the Sun God and is one of the remarkable gems of temple architecture in India.

  • Vadnagar is an ancient city in Mehsana district of Gujarat and is endowed with rich built heritage.

  • The third site, Unakoti contains a series of Shaivite rock sculptures in the northern part of Tripura and is known as the chiselled 'Angkor Wat of the North-East' region.


    • A senior official said that the names of the three sites for inclusion in the tentative list were sent 'about 15 days ago'.

  • The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) said that these inclusions will provide a big boost to India's cultural heritage.

  • A total of six Indian sites have been added to the Tentative List so far this year.

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