The big news: Rajya Sabha passes Bill to link Aadhaar and voter IDs, and nine other top stories

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Rajya Sabha passes Bill to link Aadhaar with voter IDs amid Opposition walkout: Members of the Opposition parties raised objections as Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha Harivansh did not allow a division of votes on the Bill. They also demanded that the Bill should be sent to a Select Committee of Parliament for further consideration.Omicron three times more transmissible than Delta variant, says Centre: The government advised states and Union Territories to take measures to contain the spread of the new variant. Meanwhile, Omicron has now become the dominant strain of the virus in the United States.Trinamool Congress wins 134 out of 144 wards in Kolkata civic body polls, Left secures more votes than BJP: The Bharatiya Janata Party candidates won three seats, the Left parties and the Congress two each and Independents secured three seats.Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien suspended from Parliament for the rest of Winter Session: The Rajya Sabha MP had allegedly thrown a copy of the Parliament rule book at the Chair during a discussion on a Bill on electoral reforms.Centre blocks 20 YouTube channels, two websites for allegedly spreading ‘anti-India propaganda’: The action was taken under provisions of Rule 16 of the new Information Technology Rules which allows authorities to block content ‘in case of…

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