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"Sampling methods as well as amount of genome sequencing are important, it will be critical to keep strengthening that (to fight new variants)," said World Health Organisation's Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan in an exclusive interview to NDTV.

An NDTV ground report from the launch of the world's 4th largest international airport, where we examine the plans and designs for Asia's biggest airport, which is expected to serve over 1 crore people a year. We speak to the Chief Operating Officer, the CMD and the local MP. The airport, whose first phase alone will cost Rs 10,000 crore, will, according to the PM, change lives in the area - farmers and local manufacturers will be able to directly export their produce and products. But is this airport, the 5th international airport in UP, really necessary, or is this a move aimed at wooing the UP electorate before the state polls?

Prime Minister Narendra ModI, on Thursday, laid the foundation stone of Noida International Airport in Jewar. The government says this will be Asia's biggest airport once complete. On Left, Right and Centre, we speak with Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and get you a ground report from the project site - the plans and designs of the planned airport.

Aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia supported the choice of Jewar for Uttar Pradesh's next international airport, saying it will bring development to the area. Critics have slammed the choice of location -- more than 75 km from Delhi in Gautam Budh Nagar, one of the remote corners of the district that is being developed as an industrial hub. "The days when areas were developed first, and then a need was felt to have connectivity, are long gone," Mr Scindia told NDTV in an exclusive interview. "The trend has reversed, where connectivity propels development and in that context the Noida international airport is going to change the way we look at Jewar and surrounding areas," he added.

Cryptocurrencies remain a mystery for many, while for others it is the future: an effort to break away from the boundaries of commerce as we know it, with the possibility of making a fortune. And then, there are governments - not just ours, but several across the world, which say that cryptocurrencies lack a sovereign guarantee and are therefore notional, not a currency at all. Several cryptocurrencies saw their values disappearing Wednesday, and so far, there has been no clarity from the government on what their new bill on cryptocurrencies will eventually say. On the show this evening, we speak to the best minds in India.

The intense rainfall over large parts of South India has left large parts of India's IT capital in deep trouble, flooded with water that is receding slowly. We look at the problem of encroachments in Bengaluru and the poorly desilted drains. If it rains as heavily as it did, the infrastructure to drain away water just collapses.

Expelled Janata Dal (United) leader Pavan Varma and the Congress' Kirti Azad joined the Trinamool Congress in Delhi in the presence of Mamata Banerjee, in a move that marks the Bengal Chief Minister's first foray into Bihar. The induction of Pavan Varma and Kirti Azad are significant moves as Mamata Banerjee slowly expands her party's national footprint in order to challenge Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP in 2024. Pavan Varma is our newsmaker on the show tonight.

From a massive shortfall to a massive glut in vaccines in major hospitals at a time when booster shots should be a national priority. Can the government step up vaccinations, but also allow booster shots and full-scale exports of Indian vaccines?

SpiceJet Boeing 737 Max jets are up flying after they were grounded around the globe. Vishnu Som gets inside one of the new jets to interview SpiceJet CMD Ajay Singh on his plans -- broadband onboard flights, flight safety of the Max and losing the bid for Air India.

Farmers at the Delhi borders have said that their protests will continue till the formal cancellation of the three contentious farm laws which Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Friday. They have also demanded a law on minimum support prices, and withdrawal of the police cases filed against many of them over the last year.

Actor Shahrukh Khan's son Aryan Khan spent almost a month in jail as the Narcotics Control Bureau arrested him and charged him for conspiracy. Now, the Bombay High Court in its bail order released Saturday, has said there was no evidence of a conspiracy between Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant, and Munmun Dhamecha to commit any drug-related offences.

BJP MP Varun Gandhi, who has been increasingly offering views divergent from his party, today posted an online letter to Prime Minister Modi, listing four big demands following the centre's surprise cancellation of the controversial farm laws.

China has constructed a second enclave within Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh. The area where the buildings have come up, is not controlled by the Indian Army, but lie within the boundary defined by the Survey General of India. China has also constructed four villages in Bhutanese territory.

Schools have been shut, six of 11 power plants will halt operations and thousands of government employees will be urged to work-from-home or use public transport in attempts to tackle Delhi's life-threatening air quality crisis. Meanwhile, the Punjab government will cancel all police cases against farmers who burn stubble or agricultural waste -- clearly a sop ahead of elections. Are the measures to clean up the air too little, too late?

Comic Vir Das's viral 'I come from two Indias' video, furiously debated on social media, has provoked a police complaint by a BJP leader. Aditya Jha, a spokesperson of the BJP in Delhi, has filed a complaint with the Delhi Police, accusing Vir Das of belittling the country on foreign soil. Some say that this is an attack on the freedom of speech. On the show tonight, Is stand-up comedy now a crime in India?