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December 31, 2021 Pharaoh

Here are the top 5 news updates of December 9, 2021:

1. Farmers’ agitation suspended, they will start vacating Delhi border points from Dec 11: Leaders

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of 40 farm unions, today decided to suspend the over-a-year-long farmers’ movement against three contentious farm laws and announced that farmers will go back home on December 11 from the protest sites on Delhi’s borders.

2. Black box recovered from chopper crash site in TN, Rajnath Singh says lone survivor on life support

The flight data recorder of the military helicopter that crashed in a wooded, hilly area near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu killing India’s first Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat and 12 others was retrieved today.

3. No need to panic, severity of Omicron is low: Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said people do not need to panic about Omicron as the severity of the coronavirus variant is low. Briefing media persons, Tope said, “There is a total of 10 Omicron cases in Maharashtra till today.

4. China issues warning to nations joining diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympic Games

China has warned the nations joining the diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, saying that they will “pay the price”. The warning from China came after Canada joined Australia, Britain and the United States in a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics. China has called the boycotts a “political posturing” and a smear campaign.

5. Sensex ends 157 pts higher; Nifty reclaims 17,500

Equity benchmark Sensex ended 157 points higher today, tracking gains in index majors Reliance Industries, ITC and L&T amid a largely positive trend in global markets. The 30-share index ended 157.45 points or 0.27 per cent higher at 58,807.13.

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