Omicron cases continue to rise; rally storm in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh; and more

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India's Omicron Covid count rose further on Monday, with new cases being reported in Karnataka. On Sunday, Maharashtra reported six and Gujarat logged four more cases of the new variant of coronavirus.
A galaxy of six senior BJP leaders on Sunday simultaneously flagged off the party’s "Jan Vishwas Yatra" from six places in Uttar Pradesh to reach out to people ahead of the upcoming polls. The Congress and Samajwadi Party are not far behind and are pushing ahead with their poll campaigns for the high-voltage UP assembly elections early next year.
All this and more in this edition of First Up.