Flights between India and the U.K. remain suspended till December 31. The Congress on Thursday formally announced its alliance with the Left Front in West Bengal for the upcoming Assembly elections. West Bengal State Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said the party’s ‘high command’ had given its go-ahead for the tie-up. A parliamentary panel has recommended that the athletes going for Olympics 2021 and their support staff, including the coaches, should be put in the priority group for coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced the setting up an agro industrial park in Singur, the town that had become synonymous with fight against land acquisition in the Left front government.

Source: The Hindu December 25, 2020 03:33 UTC