LIVE: Four new Omicron cases detected in Delhi; India’s tally mounts to 53

Latest live news: The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the widening of roads for the Char Dham project in environmentally sensitive Uttarakhand, agreeing with government arguments that wider roads were of strategic importance.

National security concerns need to be met, said the court.

Indonesia issued a tsunami warning after an earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck its region of East Nusa Tenggara, the meteorological department said. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre estimated the magnitude at 7.7, placing it at a depth of 5 km, said Reuters.

At least one person has died in the United Kingdom after contracting the Omicron coronavirus variant, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday, the first publicly confirmed death globally from the swiftly spreading strain.