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At a time when fresh details and concerns are emerging every day about Omicron, the Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) at Assam's Dibrugarh has come up with a testing kit that can detect the new Covid variant in just two hours.

Thousands of farmers began their journey home after dismantling their makeshift accommodations at protest sites on the borders of Delhi where they were camping since November last year. As their herculean struggle came to an end, the farmers said they were happy and relieved to return back home.

After weeks of disruptions to the Friday prayers in Gurugram by right-wing groups, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today said that offering Namaz in open spaces won't be allowed. The Chief Minister's statement comes amid a festering row between the two communities that has seen right-wing Hindu groups repeatedly disrupt Muslims from praying in open.

General Bipin Rawat and his wife, Madhulika Rawat, were cremated with full military honours at Delhi's Brar Square Crematorium on Friday evening. The cremation was performed by their daughters Kritika and Tarini. The bodies of General Rawat, India's first Chief of Defence Staff, and his wife were laid side-by-side on the funeral pyre. Hours earlier, at the same crematorium, the General's top aide, Brigadier LS Lidder, was also cremated in an emotional farewell.

Prime Minister Modi led the nation in paying homage to those who died in chopper crash, including General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others. On Left, Right and Centre, we speak with Lt General Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd), former General Officer Commanding of 15 Corps and Cdr KP Sanjeev Kumar (Retd), former naval aviator and test pilot.

On a day when India loses its first Chief of Defence Staff, exclusive interviews on Left, Right and Centre with the former Air Force chief Air Chief Marshall Fali Homi Major and former Chief of Army Staff general Deepak Kapoor

Workers of the right-wing group Bajrang Dal, along with hundreds of locals barged into a school in Madhya Pradesh and threw stones at the building claiming religious conversion of students was taking place by the Christian Missionary institution. The violence took place while the students of Class 12 were sitting for a mathematics exam. This is the latest attack in the last few months on members of the Christian community - by spreading the fake bogey of religious conversions

Archbishop of Bhopal Rev Leo Cornelio has denied allegations of conversions, says those spreading the fake bogey of religious conversions have vested interests and want to polarise the society.

Home Minister Amit Shah told parliament today that the Centre regrets the death of 14 civilians in a counter-insurgency operation of the army in Nagaland on Saturday that went horribly wrong. This on a day when the 14 men were buried in Mon in Nagaland. As the investigation gets underway, both at the level of the Army and the police, the big question is, will these men be saved from prosecution by the Armed Forces Special Powers Act.

AFSPA - the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Protection Act - does not mean security forces "can go around just killing anybody", retired Supreme Court judge Justice Madan Lokur told NDTV Monday, amid outrage over the deaths of 14 civilians during a botched Army op in Nagaland this weekend.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma told NDTV that AFSPA hasn't served the purpose it was meant to be, and it must be repealed. He urged the centre to repeal the act as the law according to him has proven to be counterproductive.

A horrible mix up during an operation in Nagaland led to the killing of at least 14 civilians in an army ambush. A jawan also died in the botched operation. In retaliation, an Assam Rifles post was attacked by angry locals today and one more civilian died during the unrest after that. Just what went so wrong in Nagaland - all the details on this episode of Left, Right and Centre.

At least 21 cases of the Omicron variant have now been detected in India, with Rajasthan and Maharashtra reporting 9 and 8 cases of the new variant respectively. On this edition of Left, Right and Centre, experts who're directly involved in fighting the spread of Omicron in these two states join us to tell us about this latest strain of COVID-19.

Congress' Manish Tewari talks to NDTV's Vishnu Som about his new book, the Mumbai attacks, Chinese intrusions, Pulwama-Balakot attacks and the surgical strikes. The Congress MP is critical of the UPA government's response to 26/11, saying India should have reacted with conventional force and the restraint was not a sign of strength.

With the fourth case of the Omicron variant now being detected in India and over 700 cases being reported globally, we analyse what the spread of this new variant means for India and the world. In this edition of Left, Right and Centre, a special global town hall with some of the finest minds who discuss whether India needs to scale up genome sequencing and consider administering booster doses now.