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Centre ready to talk with ‘open mind’, farmers stick to demand to repeal 3 laws

11 Dec 2020

The deadlock between protesting farmers—mostly from Punjab and Haryana—and the Centre over new farm laws continued on Thursday despite a “written assurance” by the government over a series of amendments, including for minimum support price (MSP), one of the key demands. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday also...

NEW PARLIAMENT BUILDING WILL BE SYMBOL OF SELF-RELIANT INDIA: PM

11 Dec 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday laid the foundation stone for a new Parliament building here. The ceremony was performed with full rituals, along with “Sarva Dharma Prarthana”. The bhoomi pujan saw the entire Cabinet and other guests in attendance. While addressing the gathering, the PM focused on...

PM-WANI scheme will improve Wi-Fi availability in India: Modi

10 Dec 2020

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that PM-WANI (Wi-Fi Access Network Interface) scheme that has been cleared by the Cabinet will revolutionise the tech world and significantly improve WiFi availability across the country. “Historic PM-WANI (Wi-Fi Access Network Interface) scheme that has been cleared by the Cabinet...

64 ENVOYS VISIT PHARMA UNITS IN HYDERABAD TO CHECK ON COVID-19 VACCINE PROGRESS

10 Dec 2020

HYDERABAD: Envoys of 64 countries visited the Genome Valley of Hyderabad’s Biological E Limited and Bharat Biotech limited, the two premier industrial units at the forefront of vaccine manufacturing in India. The visit was organised by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, to familiarise the foreign ambassadors and...

FARMERS REJECT CENTRE’S PROPOSALS, THREATEN TO INTENSIFY PROTEST

10 Dec 2020

NEW DELHI: Farmer unions on Wednesday rejected the Central government’s proposals on changes in three farm laws and said they would intensify their protest for the repeal of these laws. The government communicated its stand through a written draft proposal to the farmers in which it agreed to two main...

Opposition protesting under guise of farmers’ protest: Smriti Irani

09 Dec 2020

As farmers called the Bharat Bandh supported by Opposition parties, Union Textiles Minister spoke exclusively to The Daily Guardian and hit out at Opposition, saying that it is riled about the fact that the Modi government has decisively undertaken reforms which the Opposition failed to do when they were in...

Govt not ready to repeal farm laws: Farmer leader after meeting with Amit Shah

09 Dec 2020

New Delhi: Leaders of farmers unions on Tuesday held a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal over their demands and said there will be no meeting with the government on Wednesday and they will get a proposal from the...

BANDH GETS MIXED TO POOR RESPONSE ACROSS BHARAT

09 Dec 2020

New Delhi: The Bharat Bandh called by farmers’ organisations against the farm laws evoked mixed to poor response in several states on Tuesday. Several Opposition parties had also extended support to the call for the farmers’ call for nationwide shutdown. Except for Punjab, parts in Uttar Pradesh and some parts...

India’s active Covid cases drop below 4L, lowest in 5 months

08 Dec 2020

New Delhi: India detected 32,981 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s overall tally to 96,77,203. Out of the total cases, active cases further dropped to 3.96 lakh, a level last seen in the third week of July. Over 91.39 lakh people have recovered with over...

Can’t build new century with old laws: PM Modi

08 Dec 2020

NEW DELHI:Amid protest over the three farm laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that reforms are needed for the country’s development and we “cannot build the next century with the laws of the previous century”. PM Modi was speaking at the launch of Agra Metro through video conference....

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