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On Friday, India reported 117,100 new COVID-19 cases, the highest number since early June, as the Omicron variation overtakes the Delta variant in urban areas.

Pharmaceutical firm Aurobindo Pharma Limited has announced that it has introduced Covid-19 treatment drug Molnupiravir under brand name "Molnaflu" in India.

A diabetic man who died in the western state of Rajasthan was India’s first fatality from the Omicron COVID-19 variant, the health ministry said on Wednesday, adding that overall infections had doubled to 58,097 over the past four days.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was trapped on a flyover for 20 minutes by protesters in Punjab in what is being reported as a serious security lapse.

India is bracing for a third wave of coronavirus as its largest cities - the capital Delhi and financial hub Mumbai - see a surge in cases.

India started vaccinating children aged 15 to 18 against the coronavirus on Monday as it quickly expands its inoculation effort to cover the world’s largest adolescent population amid fears the Omicron variant will drive a new surge of infections.

India leads the tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka with 56,266 arrivals, followed by Russia with 16,894, and the United Kingdom with 16,646.

At least 12 people died and 13 were injured in a stampede at a religious shrine in India during Saturday’s early hours as pilgrims gathered to offer new-year prayers, officials said.

Colombo assures New Delhi that its security interests will not be jeopardized

Bharatiya Janata Party’s Rajya Sabha MP Subramaniam Swamy has said that if India wants an ally for the Indian Ocean in the long term, India must give a deferred interest $10 billion loan to the Rajapaksa government of Sri Lanka.