The president of Congress, Sonia Gandhi, formed three committees on Friday to consider and discuss issues and policies related to the economy, foreign affairs and national security, accommodating some congressmen who in recent months have raised questions about the functioning of the party . All committees will be headed by …
Read More »Building a vaccine architecture – editorials
Rarely have the worlds of science, public health, economics, and the global balance of power intersected as they did in the days of Covid-19. And rarely has it relied so heavily on a single variable: developing a vaccine, or a set of vaccines, to provide immunity to all people around …
Read More »HTLS 2020: VIP category should not be created for Covid-19 vaccine, says Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said that while the whole world was eagerly awaiting a Covid-19 vaccine, it was important that a VIP category not be created in India for delivery. He said crown warriors and vulnerable citizens should be at the top of the priority list for vaccine …
Read More »Gurinder Singh Khalsa, Sikh Republican of Indian origin
Gurinder Singh Khalsa, although a member of the Republican Party, did not vote for Trump in 2016 or 2020 Washington: Outgoing President Donald Trump has left the United States more divided than ever and the country’s reputation under his presidency has been damaged on the international stage, taking years to …
Read More »Amid the US-China trade war, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to meet in virtual Asia Pacific meeting
US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will attend a virtual summit of Asia Pacific leaders on Friday to discuss the coronavirus and global economic recovery, with lingering trade differences likely to cloud the meeting. The pair will be at a meeting of 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation …
Read More »Plot to disrupt democratic exercises frustrated at J&K: Narendra Modi
On November 19, four terrorists were killed and two policemen were injured in a shooting at Ban Toll Plaza near Nagrota on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on November 20 that security forces had defeated a “nefarious plot to attack grassroots democratic exercises in Jammu and …
Read More »Explained: World Toilet Day 2020 and the state of sanitation in India
By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: November 20, 2020 10:27:37 am People pass by a public bath in Guwahati on Monday. (Express photo: Dasarath Deka) The United Nations commemorates November 19 annually as World Toilet Day to raise awareness about access to hygienic toilets and the human costs …
Read More »Goodbye Sun! This Alaskan city will see the light of the next day in 2021 | World News
An Alaskan town said goodbye to the Sun and will see the next daylight in 2021. Formerly known as Barrow, in the town of Utqiagvik, the sun last set in 2020 on November 19 over a span of more than 60 days . The small city north of the Arctic …
Read More »‘Quad’ Malabar Exercise Concludes With A Clear Message For China | India News
NEW DELHI: The energy-packed second phase of the world-class Malabar naval exercise, featuring two aircraft carriers, fighter jets and ten other warships from India, the US, Japan and Australia, came to an end in the arabian sea on Friday. With an eye on an expansionist and Aggressive china, the 24th …
Read More »Delhi didn’t collapse like New York, says Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi did not collapse during the pandemic, Prime Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday. Speaking at the 2020 Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, the Prime Minister said: “The spike in New York occurred on April 6, 6,353 cases were recorded and 575 died. Compare this to the death toll in Delhi. …
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