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At least two people died after a multi-storey building collapsed in the Sohana village of Punjab's Mohali district on Saturday, December 21. The district authorities have launched a rescue operation. Police have booked building owners -- Parwinder Singh and Gagandeep Singh, Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police Deepak Pareek said. Several excavators were pressed into service as part of the rescue operation. Officials said a National Disaster Response Team (NDRF) team was carrying out the operation. Medical teams, along with an ambulance, have also been deployed. A video has now emerged showing the moment when the building collapsed.

On the first visit of an Indian prime minister to Kuwait in 43 years, Narendra Modi on Sunday received a ceremonial welcome and guard of honour. On the first day of the visit, PM Modi met with a 101-year-old former Indian Foreign Service officer, two Kuwaiti nationals who have translated and published iconic epics Ramayana and Mahabharata in Arabic, and visited a labour camp with a workforce of around 1,500 Indian nationals. He also attended the inauguration of the Arabian Gulf Cup football tournament.

India pacer Akash Deep attended the press conference on Sunday, December 22. He spoke about the dressing room environment after his and Bumrah's heroic partnership in Gabba.

The government has tweaked an election rule to prevent public inspection of certain electronic documents such as CCTV cameras and webcasting footage as well as video recordings of candidates to prevent their misuse. Based on the recommendation of the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Union law ministry on Friday amended Rule 93(2)(a) of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, to restrict the type of "papers" or documents open to public inspection. Reacting to the development, the Congress asked why the poll panel was afraid of transparency. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the party would legally challenge the amendment.