Top news of the day December 11 2020

J.P. Nadda convoy attack | Mamata government decides not to send Chief Secretary, DGP to Delhi despite Home Ministry summons The Centre has received a report from Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on the prevailing law and order situation in West Bengal, a day after BJP president J.P. Nadda’s convoy was attacked in the State, officials said. Talking of India’s positional advantage in the Indian Ocean region, the Chief of Defence Staff said the peninsular projection into the IOR astride vital sea lanes stretching from the Suez Canal and the Persian Gulf to the Malacca Strait was a “key enabler of our ability to engage freely in maritime trade and commerce”. Coronavirus | AstraZeneca to use part of Russian vaccine in trials “Today we announce a clinical trial programme to assess safety and immunogenicity of a combination of AZD1222, developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, and Sputnik V, developed by Russian Gamaleya Research institute,” AstraZeneca said in a statement published on its website in English and Russian. India’s tour of Australia | All-round Jasprit Bumrah headlines opening day for India in warm-up game Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah headlined the opening day’s play with a maiden first-class fifty and then chipped in with a couple of wickets in an impressive bowling effort putting India in the driver’s seat against Australia in the pink ball warm-up game.