After a social media user asked others to bully Justin Bieber's wife Hailey during an Instagram Live session, the singer said, "This sad excuse of a human just encouraged people on video to literally go after my wife...It is not right." "So we need to f**king bombard that s*** with Jelena and how Selena is better," the user had said.

Social media users trolled Ananya Panday for copying a line spoken by Khloe Kardashian on her reality show 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians'. In an episode of the 'Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives', Ananya revealed how her parents used the term "f**k" so often that she thought it was her name. Khloe said the same thing about her mother.

The Kibber village in Himachal Pradesh's Spiti Valley has been declared a containment zone after 14 residents tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Saturday. The panchayat head stated, "There was a wedding in the village recently. The gathering appears to be the prime reason for the spread of the pandemic." Kibber has a population of about 1,100.

Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said he has tested positive for COVID-19 weeks after he was administered a trial dose of Bharat Biotech's coronavirus vaccine 'Covaxin'. The minister requested those who came in contact with him to get themselves tested. Vij had offered to be the first volunteer in Haryana for Covaxin's Phase 3 trials.

Joe Biden officially secured enough electors to become US President after Secretary of State of California Alex Padilla formally approved Biden's win in the state. Biden's tally of pledged electors has reached 279. A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to become US President. In November, Donald Trump's administration cleared the way for Biden to transition to the White House.

After the UK, Bahrain has approved the emergency use of COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and German partner BioNTech, the state media reported on Friday. The approval follows thorough analysis and reviews undertaken by National Health Regulatory Authority, the kingdom said. In November, Bahrain approved a Chinese vaccine made by Sinopharm, and has vaccinated some 6,000 people with it.

Ex-employee of county side Yorkshire Taj Butt has suggested that India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara was a victim of racism at the club. "They called every person of colour 'Steve'. Even Pujara...was called Steve because they couldn't pronounce his name," he said. This comes amid ongoing investigations into ex-England U-19 captain Azeem Rafiq's allegations of "institutional racism" at Yorkshire.

A Jharkhand police team reached the thatched house of daily wage labourer Ladun Murmu in Raipahari village to arrest him for alleged ₹3.5 crore GST fraud. The police said, "The team...realised that the conmen set up a fake company in his name using his duplicate PAN and Aadhaar cards." Murmu said he earns ₹198 a day under MGNREGA.

The UN Covid-19 summit skipped up a pre-recorded video message from Adar Poonawalla, CEO of the world's largest vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India. "Unfortunately, the video couldn't be provided in time in the required format," General Assembly spokesman Brenden Varma said. Poonawalla earlier said his address would highlight India's role and contribution in fighting the pandemic.

Following Haryana minister Anil Vij testing Covid-19 positive after receiving the first dose as part of Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine trial, the company said the trial is based on a two-dose schedule, given 28 days apart. "The vaccine efficacy will be determined 14 days post the second dose," it said. Bharat Biotech added that 50% of participants receive a placebo.

Kolkata Police Commissioner Anuj Sharma has ordered that two-wheeler riders will not be given petrol at the petrol pumps if they are found without a helmet from December 8 to February 5. In order to get petrol, even the pillion rider will have to wear a helmet. Kolkata Police had registered around 93,855 cases of rash driving in 2019.

Shilpa Shukla will star opposite actor Pankaj Tripathi in the second season of the crime-thriller web series 'Criminal Justice'. The actress will play the role of Ishani Nath, a woman who is capable of defending herself, Shilpa shared on Instagram. In addition to Pankaj, the first season featured Vikrant Massey, Jackie Shroff, Anupriya Goenka and Mita Vashisht.

Actress Kiara Advani revealed that she has never joined a dating application, but if she ever did so, her bio would read, "only looking for love". Kiara shared that she researched various dating applications after she signed the film 'Indoo Ki Jawaani'. "It's quite cool everybody is very straightforward on a dating app...their intentions are clear," she added.

Actor Sharib Hashmi, whose film 'Darbaan' released on December 4, said the year 2020 has been a very productive year on the work front and added, "Looking back, 2020...brings a big smile to my face." Commenting on the projects he starred in, Sharib said, "God has been kind to me...I chose the right projects and the right characters to portray."

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain has said if Delhi's COVID-19 positivity rate remains below 4% for five days straight, it'll "successfully combat the outbreak". "The positivity rate has become less than 5% as compared to the surge since November 7. [This] is a sign of relief as it points to perpetual decline of the pandemic's effect in Delhi," he added.

Telangana Health Minister Eatala Rajender tweeted that the state reported 596 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, taking the total count so far to 2,72,719. The areas under the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) recorded 102 new COVID-19 cases, followed by Medchal Malkajigiri at 47. With three COVID-19 deaths on Friday, the death count has reached to 1,470.

WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said they hope to have 500 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for distribution by March 2021 through its global COVAX plan. The goal is to get at least 2 billion doses by end of 2021, which will vaccinate 20% of the populations of countries part of COVAX, she added. WHO's COVAX programme includes 189 countries.

Delhi government issued circulars to its various departments asking its work from home (WFH) employees to be always available on phone and WhatsApp and asked them to not leave the city. "Any official allowed to work from home may be called to office if required," the government stated. This is not applicable to bureaucrats and employees engaged in COVID-19 duties.

Western Railway has diverted or short terminated many trains over farmers' protest. The Bandra Terminus-Amritsar Special Train that starts journey on December 5, will be short terminated in Chandigarh and stay partially cancelled between Chandigarh and Amritsar. The 02904 Amritsar-Mumbai Central Special Train that started on December 4 has been diverted via Amritsar-Tarn Taran-Beas.

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued advisory to all private satellite TV channels to ensure advertisements don't promote any activity that is prohibited by statute or law. Mentioning that ads on online gaming and fantasy sports "appear to be misleading", the ministry said, "All broadcasters are advised that Advertising Standards Council of India guidelines are complied with."

Union Ministers Amit Shah, Piyush Goyal, Narendra Singh Tomar and Rajnath Singh met PM Narendra Modi ahead of the fifth round of talks with farmers in Delhi. "I'm hopeful farmers will think positively...end their agitation," Agriculture Minister Tomar said. "If any positive result doesn't come out...farmers from Rajasthan will march towards Delhi...camp at Jantar Mantar," Kisan Mahapanchayat said.

Several pro-Kannada activists were detained in Bengaluru today in the wake of Karnataka bandh called by pro-Kannada organisations. This comes after over 100 history-sheeters were detained amid the bandh today morning, DCP (West) Bengaluru Sanjeev M Patil said. The bandh has been called against state government's decision to form a Maratha Development Authority and allocate ₹50 crore to it.

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation stated that 873 dengue cases were reported between January and November 2015 in Mumbai and for the same period in 2020, the city has recorded 119 cases, which is the lowest in five years. Dengue cases have dropped by 86.3% in five years. "We oiled stagnant water to destroy breeding grounds of mosquitoes," a BMC official said.

US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday said "there will probably not be a gigantic inaugural parade down Pennsylvania Avenue" due to coronavirus pandemic this year. "My guess is there'll still be a platform ceremony but I don't know how it's all going to work out," he added. Biden will be sworn in as the 46th US President on January 20.

The US State Department on Friday said that it has terminated five programmes, disguised as "cultural exchanges", with China. The five programmes were fully funded and operated by the Chinese government as "soft power propaganda tools", it added. The department further said that the United States welcomes the reciprocal and fair exchange programmes instead of these "one-way" programmes.