India will resume scheduled international flights from December 15, subject to conditions, the Civil Aviation Ministry said Friday evening, noting that the "matter has been reviewed and the competent authority" had decided to resume such flights (to and from India); Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an all-out attack at the Congress, lashing out at the "dynastic parties" at a Constitution Day event, which 14 opposition parties skipped a day after Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge held a strategy meeting in a prelude to the next week's winter session; the new Covid variant B.1.1.529 with an unusually large number of mutations has led to countries issuing fresh curbs. Many, including India, have reworked travel restrictions for those arriving from South Africa and Botswana; Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Tuesday had said that 60 tractors will head to the Parliament as part of the tractor march to press for a statutory guarantee of minimum support price (MSP) for crops among other things and other top stories.
