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MUMBAI: While Disha ravithe concern for farmers and her alleged connection to the “seditious” farmers protest toolkit has led the 22-year-old climate activist behind bars, Delhi police are now going after two young environmental activists from Maharashtra – Nikita Jacob, 29, a Bombay High Court attorney who also works as …

Toolbox: Two other activists: Nikita Jacob and Shantanu Muluk are wanted by the police. New Delhi: Disha Ravi, the 22-year-old activist arrested in the Toolkit case, and two other wanted activists held a Zoom meeting ahead of Republic Day to plan a social media buzz about the tractor rally, police …

Tripura CM Biplab Deb said Amit Shah spoke of plans for BJP’s expansion to Nepal and Sri Lanka (archive) Guwahati: Tripura Prime Minister Biplab Deb has run into another controversy for his comments on politics and politics, and this time it is international politics. At a BJP event in the …

Hundreds of thousands of farmers are escalating protests along the main roads towards the capital and other cities in India. Police and paramilitary forces have deployed up to 50,000 troops, in addition to barricades, barbed wire and riot control vehicles. The United Nations urges restraint. And every day more farmers …

Shaheen Bagh of Delhi became the epicenter of protests against the CAA. New Delhi: The right to protest and express dissent comes with certain duties and cannot be carried out “anytime, anywhere,” the Supreme Court said in an order, dismissing a petition for review on protests against the citizenship law …

Arora Akanksha, 34, works as an audit coordinator for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) United Nations: An Indian-origin employee at the UN has announced her candidacy to be its next Secretary General, the first person to throw her hat in the ring against incumbent Antonio Guterres, who is seeking …

Social media companies will have to follow Indian laws or face strict action, Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in Parliament on Thursday, adding that the government is working on new rules for companies to like Twitter and Facebook are more responsive to instructions and responsible for …

NEW DELHI: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has criticized the Indian government for protests by farmers, called on Prime Minister Modi to request Covid vaccines. In a tweet late at night, Modi said: “I was happy to get a call from my friend @JustinTrudeau. He assured him that India …

Rising Sun Holdings, controlled by Adar Poonawalla, will acquire a 60 percent stake in non-bank finance company (NBFC) Magma Fincorp by underwriting a prime issue of Rs 3,456 crore. After the capital infusion, Magma and its subsidiaries will be renamed and renamed Poonawalla Finance. Poonawalla Finance is an existing finance …

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau on Wednesday that India would do everything possible to facilitate supplies of the Covid vaccines sought by Canada. Trudeau, who made a phone call to the prime minister, said that if the world succeeded in conquering Covid-19, it …