  The 4m International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) installation activities
have recently been completed at the Devasthal observatory (Uttarakhand, India).
The ILMT will perform continuous observation of a narrow strip of the sky
($\sim$27$'$) passing over the zenith in the SDSS $g'$, $r'$ and $i'$ bands. In
combination with a highly efficient 4k $\times$ 4k CCD camera and an optical
corrector, the images will be secured at the prime focus of the telescope using
the Time Delayed Integration technique. The ILMT will reach $\sim$22.5 mag
($g'$-band) in a single scan and this limiting magnitude can be further
improved by co-adding the nightly images. The uniqueness of the one-day cadence
and deeper imaging with the ILMT will make it possible to discover and study
various galactic and extra-galactic sources, especially variable ones. Here, we
present the latest updates of the ILMT facility and discuss the preparation for
the first light, which is expected during early 2022. We also briefly explain
different steps involved in the ILMT data reduction pipeline.
