Breaking News, December 15 I Highlights

Goa: Porvorim independent MLA Rohan Khaunte resigned as MLA, likely to join BJP soon.

The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day on Wednesday amid protests by the Opposition over the issue of the Special Investigation Team's report on the recent violence in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh. As soon as the House met, the Opposition members stormed into the Well raising slogans with placards in their hands and demanded sacking of Union Minister Ajay Mishra.

There has been a decline in terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir from 2018 to 2021- 2018: 417 2019: 255 2020 :244 2021 (upto 30th Nov 2021): 203 terrorist incidents: MoS Home Nityanand Rai to Rajya Sabha

Dozens of people are trapped on the rooftop of a Hong Kong skyscraper after a major fire broke out Wednesday, as firefighters rushed to rescue them and put out the blaze. The fire started in the early afternoon at the World Trade Centre on Gloucester Road in the city’s popular Causeway Bay shopping district, according to a government notice. The 38-story building houses both offices and a mall. At least one person was injured in the fire and sent to a hospital.  Firefighters used an extendable ladder to rescue several people who were trapped on the lower floors of the building.

The ongoing Winter Session of Parliament witnessed further disruptions as Opposition members shot off notices over the latest developments in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case. Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, too, moved an adjournment notice in Lok Sabha for discussing the SIT report in a case of violence in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh, in which eight people were killed. In his notice, Gandhi has sought for adjourning the business of the House and demanded that the Special Investigation Team's (SIT) report on the Lakhimpur Kheri incident be taken up for discussion.

Rajya Sabha proceedings adjourned till 12 noon amid Opposition protest

After TMC, Congress, SP, CPI(M) submitted privilege motions against Rajya Sabha MP Ranjan Gogoi, now Shiv Sena and IUML also move privilege motions against him on his remarks on attending the House.

One unidentified terrorist neutralized in Rajpura area of Pulwama: Kashmir Zone Police

The US death toll from COVID-19 topped 800,000 on Tuesday, a once-unimaginable figure seen as doubly tragic, given that more than 200,000 of those lives were lost after the vaccine became available practically for the asking last spring.

The number of deaths, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is about equal to the population of Atlanta and St.Louis combined, or Minneapolis and Cleveland put together. It is roughly equivalent to how many Americans die each year from heart disease or stroke. The United States has the highest reported toll of any country. The U.S. accounts for approximately 4% of the world's population but about 15% of the 5.3 million known deaths from the coronavirus since the outbreak began in China two years ago.