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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel hit back at the BJP after Union Home Minister Amit Shah's fierce public rally in the state. Countering Amit Shah's allegations related to corruption and free food grain schemes, Bahgel said that while the Central government is providing 5kg of grains per person, the state government is already providing 35 kg per family. He said that the state BJP leaders are misguiding their national leaders by providing wrong information. 

"During the earlier government, lifts used to be installed at the collectorate, and swimming pools used to be built at bureaucrats' bungalows. This used to happen during the erstwhile government. Now, the common man, poor, and scheduled tribes are getting benefits of schemes and facilities....Since the elections are coming and they don't have any poll plank, thus they resort to allegations....The people of Himachal Pradesh rejected the double-engine government. The double-engine government has failed. They could not implement the OPS, and failed to double farmers' income. People of Chhattisgarh now know that it's not double-engine but trouble-engine," said Bahgel.

Hit by weakening demand, the Indian economy is expected to grow at a slower 7 per cent rate in the current fiscal ending March 2023, setting the stage for the country losing the fastest-growing major economy tag.

The 7 per cent expansion projected in the first official estimate released by the Statistics Ministry compares with 8.7 per cent gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2021-22. The projections are much lower than government's earlier forecast of 8-8.5 per cent growth but above the Reserve Bank's projection of 6.8 per cent. If the forecast comes true, India's GDP growth will be lower than Saudi Arabia's expected 7.6 per cent expansion.

At the year's conclusion, Corona has once more begun to extend its wings. Everyone is concerned about Corona's deteriorating condition in China. In such a circumstance, the government in India has also raised awareness of this. If the rumour is to be believed, a deterioration of the condition could occur as a result of Corona in India in the middle of January. 

It is crucial in this scenario to take the essential precautions in order to prevent the severe consequences of this virus. India is one of the nations where the new Corona Omicron BF.7 model has been introduced. There have been 4 examples of this rapidly proliferating variation recorded in the nation so far.

The new variant that has come to India from China has no different or any special symptoms. The basic symptoms of Corona are fever, sore throat, runny nose and cough. Some infected people also face problems such as diarrhoea and vomiting.

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will send additional 18 companies to Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of recent killings of civilians in two fresh terror attacks in Rajouri district, sources familiar with the development said.

The 18 CRPF companies - approximately 1,800 personnel - will be rushed to the Jammu region for deployment mainly in Poonch and Rajouri districts.

As per inputs, eight CRPF companies will be deployed very soon from nearby locations of deployment in Jammu and Kashmir while 10 CRPF companies are being rushed from Delhi.

Five cases of COVID-19's XBB.1.5 variant, responsible for the rise in cases in the US, have been found in India, according to data from the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG). 

Of the five, three cases were found in Gujarat and one each in Karnataka and Rajasthan, according to INSACOG figures on Tuesday. The XBB.1.5 strain is a relative of the Omicron XBB variant, which is a recombinant of the Omicron BA.2.10.1 and BA.2.75 subvariants.