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14 December 2020

• SP stages protests on farmer's issue

  The Samajwadi Party on Monday staged demonstrations across Uttar Pradesh in support of the farmers' agitation against the new farm laws.
  
  As the party workers began marching towards the District Collectorate offices to submit memorandums on the issue, they were stopped by the police which had been deployed in large numbers. Barricades had been up at all vantage points. At some places in Lucknow, Kannauj and Kanpur, clashes were also reported between the protestors and the police.

• Delhi shivers at 8.4 as mercury dips suddenly: IMD

  The national capital saw a massive dip in the mercury on Monday and if the weatherman is right it may plummet further by Thursday-Friday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
  
  Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 8.4 degrees Celsius, down from 11.4 on Sunday and 14.4 on Saturday. "The temperature has dropped by six notches as compared to Saturday," head of the IMD's regional forecasting centre, Kuldeep Srivastava said.

• Pashu Dhan Bima Yojana to benefit MP cattle owners

  The Madhya Pradesh government started 'Pashu Dhan Bima Yojana' offering insurance cover to the indigenous cattle owned by farmers. This will help them in mitigating the loss they suffer due to the death of cattle.
  
  As per official information, the scheme has been implemented across all the districts and the cattle including the milch animals will be covered under it.
  
  
  

• Dense fog in Jammu city, minus 13 in Leh

  Night temperatures throughout Kashmir and Ladakh dropped below the freezing point on Monday as air and surface traffic was disrupted by dense fog in Jammu city of Jammu and Kashmir.
  
  The MET has forecast mainly dry conditions till December 21 adding that the night temperatures are likely to drop further in both the union territories.

• Covid-19 Updates: Cases cross 9-lakh mark in Karnataka

  With 1,196 new cases in a day, the number of Covid patients in Karnataka crossed 9-lakh mark to touch 9,01,410 by Saturday, making the southern state the second-highest in caseload after Maharashtra in the country, the state health bulletin said on Sunday.
  
  "With 1,196 fresh cases, active cases rose to 17,409 across the state, while recoveries shot up to 8,72,038, with 2,036 discharged in the last 24 hours," said the bulletin.
  
  
  

• Farmer protest fuels hope on contentious SYL canal issue

  The contentious issue of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal has prevented a link between Punjab and Haryana farmers.
  
  Now the farmers protesting against the farm Bills believe the issue of the SYL canal is deliberately being introduced and raked up time and again by the politicians to build up a 'rift' all in the name of agriculturists.
  
  The visible political 'wedge' follows the latest directive of the Supreme Court, asking the Chief Ministers to both food-bowl states to attempt a negotiated settlement of the issue that has defied any solution for decades despite several rounds of litigation.

• Farmer protests enter 19th day, farm leaders on 1-day hunger strike

  The farmers' protest continued on the 19th day on Monday against the three new agricultural laws even as leaders from various farmer unions have decided to sit on a hunger strike for one day.
  
  Darshan Pal Singh, state President of the Krantikari Kisan Union in Punjab, told media agency that the leaders of all farmer organisations involved in the Samyukta Kisan Morcha would sit on a single-day hunger strike from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday. Apart from this, he said a protest would be organised at the district headquarters.