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Covid-19 India Live News, New Omicron Variant Cases in India, Coronavirus 3rd Wave Latest Update Live, December 20: India recorded 6,563 new Covid-19 cases and 132 deaths in the last 24 hours.

? Delhi has recorded 24 Omicron cases so far. As per data shared by sources for 22 of the cases, 19 were international travellers while three contracted it after they came in contact with those who returned from abroad.

Health Minister Satyendar Jain said an enquiry has been ordered into the incident, which took place in October.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ravindra Kumar Pandey discharged Sengar and five other co-accused – Komal Singh, Arun Singh, Gyanendra Singh, Rinku Singh and Awdesh Singh – ruling that "prima facie there is no evidence against the accused.

Delhi news: The court passed the order after hearing a resident’s petition for removal of the ‘chabutra’ – in which at least four idols were put by some unknown persons – placed around a tree near his home.

Terming the petition a waste of time, Justice Rekha Palli dismissed it on the grounds of inordinate delay.

SS Mota Singh School has three branches in Delhi - Janakpuri, Paschim Vihar and Narang Colony. The teachers of all three branches are participating in the strike.

The Indian team management after consulting the players decided to have the matches on grass courts, where the Danish players won't be comfortable.

Delhi News: The police said the deceased, identified as Laxmi, was playing in a park when a group of five to six street dogs bit her.

Delhi News: Addressing a public rally at Badarpur, the Bihar Minister said their main focus would be opposing Arvind Kejriwal’s liquor policy.

Delhi news: “There’s a surge in cases but the conviction rate has also gone up. In October this year, we had already solved 32 per cent of cases of theft and snatching at railway stations,” said a Delhi Police officer deployed in Railway police.

Delhi News: Manivannan was caught with the tortoises in August 2012 at the Thailand Airport but was released following investigation.

Streetscaping and beautification of Delhi roads on the lines of European standards is one of the ambitious projects of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, proposed in December 2019.

The test positivity rate — the percentage of coronavirus tests that returned a positive result — was 0.17%, also the highest in almost six months.

? Restrictions on construction were placed after the region’s AQI dipped to ‘severe’ in early December. Construction was stopped and schools ordered shut to tackle the air emergency.

? During his meeting with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday, Tajikistan Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin disclosed that he was a fan of Bollywood movies.

? Under the Delhi Police’s ‘Milaap’ operation, several teams of the district police were deployed to trace the woman. She lives with her husband, aged 75.

? The budget proposal placed last week in the South MCD by the education committee reads, “It is proposed that at schools of the corporation... on a bag-free day after every 15 days, one hour of Bhagavad Gita is taught with help from ISKCON.”

The scientist, Bharat Bhushan Kataria, had allegedly planted the bomb to kill his neighbour who is a lawyer, said police.

Delhi News: Apart from testing, the districts are also vigorously carrying out vaccination, enforcing Covid- appropriate behaviour, and prosecuting those who violate protocol in public places.

Delhi news: Just before schools were set to re-open on November 29 after an air-pollution-induced two-week closure, ITL Public School was preparing to re-introduce school transport – only for school closure to be announced again after four days.

The Delhi Metro in an official tweet said: "Services were delayed due to minor signalling issue but it is resolved now. It was small issue and the services on the section are fine and normal now."

Delhi news: The PWD asked its staff to remove vegetation growing on footpaths, repair paver blocks and kerbstones on the footpaths and immediately fix broken and tilted grills on the central verge of the roads.

Delhi news: Max Super Speciality Hospital Saket had been directed on December 1 to establish a separate isolation unit. Since then two of the patients admitted there have been confirmed as Omicron cases.

SDMC has started these units in collaboration with Save The Children (STC) to improve health infrastructure in view of any possibility of a third wave of Covid-19