In a surprising turn of events during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, a total of 92 Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) have faced suspension from both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. As the session approachs the conclusion in four days, the count is just eight short of reaching a significant century. The recent wave of suspensions saw 34 Rajya Sabha members barred from participating in the remaining session on Monday. Additionally, the names of 11 other members were referred to the Privileges Committee, leading to their suspension pending the committee’s report. The reason behind the suspension of 47

New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): India’s COVID-19 situation remains under control, with an active caseload of 1,828 as of Monday. However, one death was reported in Kerala, where the JN.1 subvariant of the coronavirus was recently detected. Dr NK Arora, the chief of INSACOG, a network of genomic laboratories that tracks genomic variants of the virus, said that the death was not caused by the subvariant alone but by multiple underlying health conditions. “The deceased had severe comorbidities like heart, lung, and kidney diseases. The primary cause of death was attributed to these conditions, not solely to the JN.1

AYODHYA, India, Dec 18 (Reuters): In this northern Indian city once marred by communal tensions, labourers are finalizing a $6 billion infrastructure facelift ahead of the opening of a grand Hindu temple that is igniting an economic boom – which some of Ayodhya’s poor and its Muslim community say is passing them by. City officials expect about 4.5 million tourists a month – more than Ayodhya’s entire population of 3 million – once the first stage of Ram Mandir, as the temple is known, opens on Jan. 22 inside a sprawling complex of carved pink sandstone and white marble. Ayodhya