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INDIA WARMS UP FOR PARADE

INDIA’S military polished tanks and put soldiers, horses and camels through their paces this week in preparation for a scaled-down Republic Day parade in New Delhi next week. The annual January 26 event showcases India’s military might with flypasts and a brass band. With Covid-19 cases surging around the country, attendance has been slashed to between 5 000 and 8 000 from last year’s 25 000, and there will be no foreign guest of honour. Workers have been rushing to complete a new parliament building. | AFP

BRITISH Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that next week will see the end of Plan B Covid-19 restrictions in the UK, which include mandatory rules for mask-wearing, vaccine certificates and guidance to work from home. The prime minister said that the legal requirement on people with Covid-19 to self-isolate would be allowed to lapse when the self-isolation regulations expire on March 24. Data showed the Omicron wave had peaked. Britain registered 108 069 new Covid-19 infections, bringing the total cases in the UK to 15 506 750. | Xinhua

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