India to conduct COVID-19 vaccination dry run in all states on January 2; 225 terrorists killed in 100 encounters this year; recruitment in terror outfits on rise, decline in infiltration, says J&K DGP Dilbag Singh; Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar vows to ‘quit politics if MSP regime is abolished’; Pakistan SC takes cognisance of destruction of Hindu shrine in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Hindu Council stage protests; China clears home-made COVID-19 vaccine Sinopharm, 50 million to be inoculated in first phase; and more