President of the Congress Sonia Gandhi | Photo credit: PTI Key points Congress forms three new committees to discuss economic affairs, foreign affairs, and national security policy. Four congressional “ dissidents, ” including Shashi Tharoor and Anand Sharma, received a spot on new panels in a bid to avoid further …
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The eldest son of US President Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr, tested positive for Covid-19 and has been in quarantine without symptoms, a spokesman said Friday. “Don tested positive at the beginning of the week and has been quarantined in his cabin since the result,” his spokesman said. Click here …
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Rs 130 million were sold at the SBI branch in Mumbai. Election bonds worth 282.29 million rupees were sold in October ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, the State Bank of India said on Friday in response to a query on the right to information (RTI). The bank was responding …
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Punjab’s Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh invited the leaders of the agricultural unions to a meeting on Saturday to resolve the ongoing confrontation over the stop of passenger trains by unions in the state. Farmers are in arms against three agricultural laws passed in Parliament. They say these laws deter …
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Anil Vij receives a test dose of Covaxin in Ambala hospital | Photo credit: ANI Key points The third phase of the Covaxin trial has started in Haryana as of today. It is the largest clinical trial conducted for a COVID-19 vaccine in India. Ambala: Haryana’s Health Minister Anil Vij …
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The celebrated civil servant couple of Tina Dabi, leader of the UPSC civil service exam in 2015, and Athar Amir, who came second in the same exam, recently filed for divorce in Jaipur. The couple married in 2018. Tina was the best on the 2015 UPSC Civil Services Exam and …
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New Delhi: In the wake of the increase in COVID-19 cases in the national capital, the Maharashtra government led by Uddhav Thackeray plans to halt flights from Delhi to Mumbai. Furthermore, train services between the two metropolitan cities could also be suspended. Also read: Tina Dabi, Athar Khan file for …
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While President-elect Joe Biden’s 306-232 lead in electoral college votes was reaffirmed Thursday in a recount in the state of Georgia, President Donald Trump once again launched efforts to reverse the outcome of the U.S. election after of failing to mount a credible legal challenge on the battlefield, he says …
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Friday was an important day in the global fight against Covid-19. The day was held an informal meeting of the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to discuss a proposal made by India and South Africa in October, and that since …
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MUMBAI: More than a month after the city police launched an investigation into the TRP manipulation scam, the police-based Enforcement Directorate FIR registered a money laundering case. An FIR is a prerequisite for the Department of Education to register a money laundering case as required by the Money Laundering Prevention …
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