Omicron is now in community transmission in India.
Omicron has become dominant in many metros, where case are rising exponentially.
This has been said by Indian SARS-COV-2 Genomics consortium (INSACOG).
INSACOG, Jointly initiated by the Union health and family welfare ministry, the department of biotechnology and others is a consortium of 38 laboratories monitoring the genomic variations in SARS-COV-2, the novel coronavirus causing covid-19.
# Republic Day celebrations
The Christian hymn ‘Abide with me’ has been dropped from the beating retreat event this year.
Government sources have said that this has been done to include more Indian tunes to the beating retreat ceremony.
This year only Indian origin or indigenous tunes are on the list.
‘Abide with me’ has been replaced by Ae mere watan ke logon.
# Gujarat tableau
Gujarat government has announced the theme of the state’s tableau on republic day.
It will be based on a incident of tribal massacre worse than Jallianwala bagh massacre that occurred in the state 100 years ago.
Around 100 years ago, in Pal and Dadhvaav villages of North Gujarat’s Sabarkantha district, the Britishers massacred 1200 tribals.
# Taliban
The first Taliban delegation after seiging Kabul has reached Norway for a dialogue with civil society.
The discussion will be focused on human rights.
The Taliban delegation is headed by foreign minister Amir khan muttaqi.