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The Allahabad High Court on Friday refused to stay the Uttar Pradesh government's ordinance to ban unlawful religious conversions, but issued notices to the state and others on a bunch of PILs that challenged the law. ....

Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin picked four for 55 while pacer Umesh Yadav scalped three for 40 as India took a handy 53-run first innings lead against Australia, who were bowled out for 191 on the second day of the first Test at the Adelaide Oval on Friday. India ended the second day's play at nine for the loss of Prithvi Shaw's wicket to take the overall lead to 62. ....

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a charge sheet against 10 Khalistani terrorists in the Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) case including designated terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, officials said. ....

India will produce about 300 million doses of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in 2021, Head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Kirill Dmitriev, said in an interview with Rossiya 24 TV channel. ....

In a major setback to the Congress, the National Students Union of India's (NSUI) national in-charge Ruchi Gupta resigned from the party on Saturday, accusing party's General Secretary (Organisation) K. C. Venugopal of delaying the reorganisation of several units and damaging the party. ....

Australia scored a sensational eight-wicket victory against India the first Test, a day-night affair, to take a 1-0 lead in the four-Test series at the Adelaide Oval. After their pace bowlers Pat Cummins (4/21) and Josh Hazlewood (5/8) caused a carnage to skittle out India for 36, their lowest Test total, Australia reached the target of 90 for the loss of just two wickets. ....

Samajwadi Party's National President Akhilesh Yadav has said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is killing the parliamentary constitutional values in the country.....

The positivity rate of Covid cases plunged to 1.3 per cent in the national capital as it reported 1,139 new Covid-19 cases while 32 persons succumbed to the viral illness on Saturday, the Delhi government's health bulletin stated. ....

US President-elect Joe Biden has appointed Vedant Patel, a former communications aide to House of Representatives member Pramila Jayapal, as his assistant press secretary. ....

The cases of rare black fungus infection linked with Covid-19 have started to appear across the hospitals in the national capital after being higlighted by Ganga Ram hospital a few days ago. ....