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CAA will be rolled out after Covid vaccination, Mamata can’t stop it: Shah

12 Feb 2021

The centre’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will start rolling once the Covid-19 vaccination is over, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday, adding that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will not be able to stop its implementation. “As soon as vaccination drive will conclude and we become corona-free,...

INDIA AND CHINA FINALLY BEGIN DISENGAGEMENT AT PANGONG LAKE

11 Feb 2021

The disengagement by Indian and Chinese frontline troops from the flashpoints at Pangong Lake in eastern Ladakh began on Wednesday. Officials claimed that the process is taking place in a step-by-step manner. The disengagement plan on the northern and southern banks of the Pangong Lake in eastern Ladakh is based...

PM MODI DEFENDS FARM LAWS, SAYS GOVT HAS GREAT RESPECT FOR FARMERS

11 Feb 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly defended the farm laws while replying to the motion of thanks on the President’s address. On the farm laws, PM Modi said his government has immense respect for the farmers, but they need to come up with specific demands which can be changed in the...

GOVT TALKS TOUGH, TELLS TWITTER TO DEACTIVATE 257 HANDLES

11 Feb 2021

Taking a tough stand, the Centre has asked Twitter to delete 257 handles, calling it “non-negotiable”, as per the reports. On the request of Twitter, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, held a virtual interaction with Monique Meche, Vice President Global Public Policy and Jim Baker...

Covid virus leak from lab ‘extremely unlikely’, says WHO team

10 Feb 2021

While saying that “accidents do happen”, a team of international experts, including those from the World Health Organization (WHO), investigating the origins of Covid-19 said on Tuesday that laboratory leak of the virus is “extremely unlikely”. Addressing a press conference at the end of the joint WHO-China study, more than...

Delhi reports zero Covid deaths in 24 hours, first since April

10 Feb 2021

Today is the 321st day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic and this is the first time that zero deaths were recorded in the national capital. So far, India has recorded more than 1.08 crore confirmed Covid-19 cases, including over 1.55 lakh deaths....

NO VACCINATION DEATH YET, 33 STATES, UTS HAVE FEWER THAN 5,000 CASES: MINISTRY

10 Feb 2021

The first meeting of the national-level AEFI (Adverse Event Following Immunisation) committee discussed eight AEFI cases and found that no deaths had occurred due to Covid-19 vaccination, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The first meeting of national-level AEFI committee was held on 5 February to investigate the reasons...

ISRO, DRDO studying glacier burst cause: Uttarakhand CM

09 Feb 2021

As recue and relief operations continue in Chamoli and adjoining areas of Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Monday said that a comprehensive analysis of the entire incident is being carried out to avert future tragedies. In an interview to news agency PTI, the Chief Minister said that the...

24 killed, 202 still missing; rescue work gathers pace in Uttarakhand

09 Feb 2021

Rescue and relief work in the disaster-hit areas of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand gathered pace on Monday as a multi-agency operation continued with its effort to save people trapped inside a tunnel of the Tapovan-Vishnugad project which was blocked by the deluge resulting from a glacial burst on Sunday morning....

JET AIRWAYS BID: IS JALAN A FRONT FOR THE TAINTED GUPTAS?

09 Feb 2021

The entry of Murari Lal Jalan, who had no connection with the aviation business until his audacious bid for Jet Airways, has raised eyebrows in business circles. An oft-repeated question in circles in the national capital is whether Jalan is merely a front behind which Ajay Gupta of the Sahara Group and...

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