Universities in Maharashtra to reopen from February 15: Uday Samant New Delhi: Universities in Maharashtra will reopen from February 15 with 50 percent of total capacity following COVID-19 protocols, said Uday Samant, the State Minister for Technical and Higher Education today. For university students, the minimum attendance rule of 75% …
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Coronavirus cases in India: a total of 11,039 new cases were registered on Wednesday (archive) New Delhi: About one in four of India’s 135 million people may have been infected with the coronavirus, said a source with direct knowledge of a government serosurvey, suggesting that the country’s actual case burden …
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A large number of farmers, including women, showed up at a farmers’ meeting at the Landhdi toll plaza on the Hisar-Sirsa National Highway on Tuesday. (Express photo) Referring to the multiple layers of barricades placed at the borders by Delhi police and the reduction of internet services, Samyukta Kisan Morcha …
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On Tuesday, both the Upper House and the Lower House of Parliament witnessed dramatic scenes about farm laws on Tuesday. Opposition parties, including Congress, Left, TMC and DMK, went on strike four times by the Upper House after their demand for suspension of activities for the day was rejected to …
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Parliament Updates LIVE: Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said large convoys of farmers protesting on tractors tried “ furiously ” to force their way past police barricades to enter Delhi on Memorial Day Republic RajyaSabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu suspends three AAP members for creating uproar in …
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Farmers’ Protest: Pop star Rihanna shared a report on the internet ban on protest sites. New Delhi: The farmers’ protest against the center’s three controversial laws, which they say will leave them at the mercy of companies, has seen a huge outpouring of support on social media in recent hours …
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NEW DELHI: A four to five foot wide concrete wall, built by the Delhi police, now cuts across the Delhi-Chandigarh national highway, isolating the Samyukta Kisan Morcha protesters from the capital. Behind this wall are five layers of barricades in an area of approximately 1.5 km, preventing farmers from accessing …
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Pushing for a swift resolution of the farmers’ unrest, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh invoked the state’s troubled past to remind an all-party meeting here on Tuesday that protracted negotiations also over a list of Lawsuits led to Operation Blue Star in 1984, the Center’s Military Action at the Golden …
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“We stand in solidarity with #farmersprotest in India,” Greta Thunberg tweeted. (Archive) New Delhi: Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has extended her support for farmers’ protest on the Delhi borders against controversial farm laws. “We stand in solidarity with #farmersprotest in India,” Ms Thunberg tweeted on Tuesday night. We stand …
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Navalny’s team immediately called on supporters to protest in central Moscow. (Archive) Moscow: A Moscow court on Tuesday jailed the Kremlin’s most prominent critic, Alexei Navalny, for nearly three years, prompting fierce condemnation from the West and calling for his immediate release. The court’s decision to convert a 2014 suspended …
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