Live news: India ups checks for Covid; Parliament meets for Winter Session
Live news: International passengers to India must give 14 days’ travel history and upload negative Covid test results, the government said on Sunday, revising its guidelines for ‘Omicron’, a new variant of Covid-19 that has been classified as a variant of concern by the World Health Organization.
Parliament meets Monday for its Winter Session when the government will on the first day move a Bill to withdraw the three farm laws and the Opposition plans to seek debate on the Pegasus spyware, the economy, the women’s reservation bill and other issues.
Amazon has asked India’s antitrust regulator to revoke its approval for Future Retail’s $3.4 billion sale of retail assets to Reliance, saying it was “illegally obtained”, violating an order suspending the deal, Reuters reported citing a letter it had seen. Separately, Future Retail has said Amazon officials walked out of a Competition Commission of India (CCI) hearing in an attempt to browbeat the regulator.