A day after meeting with the union’s interior minister, Amit Shah, to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Delhi, the city’s health minister has declared that there will be no lockdown. “The blockade in Delhi will not be re-imposed. I don’t think this is an effective step …
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Although it is Tim Paine who will lead Australia’s troops in the next home series against India, the questions revolve around Steve Smith. The right-handed hitter was sacked as Australia’s captain in 2018 after he was suspended for 12 months for his role in the ball-handling scandal. But now that …
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NEW DELHI: On Monday, the Supreme Court refused to accept a request for bail from a man who was arrested in Gujarat for posting allegedly objectionable comments in his tweets against Maharashtra’s chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and his minister son Aaditya . A bank of President of the Supreme Court …
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Nitish Kumar is sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar for the fourth term. New Delhi: Nitish Kumar was sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar for the fourth consecutive term today. Along with him fourteen other ministers will be sworn in. Its new MPs, Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi …
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UU Lalit refused to listen to pleas for action against YS Jaganmohan Reddy. New Delhi: Supreme Court Justice UU Lalit recused himself on Monday from hearing allegations seeking action against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy for leveling the charges against the judiciary. “I am having difficulties. As a …
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US President Donald Trump plans several new hardline moves against China in the remaining weeks of his term, according to a senior administration official, which could tie the hands of President-elect Joe Biden. Actions under consideration include protecting American technology from exploitation by the Chinese military, countering illegal fishing, and …
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NEW DELHI: India, the US, Japan and Australia are ready to begin the energy-filled second phase of the top-tier naval exercise Malabar, with two carrier battle groups and other warships, in the Arabian Sea starting Tuesday. India is rolling out its lone carrier, the 44,500-ton INS Vikramaditya with its MiG-29K …
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In an indirect reference to the China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday that India had shaped the debate on the need for transparency and respect for territorial integrity by implement connectivity projects. Jaishankar described Pakistan as a “particularly egregious example of state-sponsored cross-border …
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In the immediate aftermath of his party’s poor performance in the Bihar Assembly elections, Congressman Rajya Sabha, Kapil Sibal, admitted in an interview on Monday that people “do not see Congress as an alternative.” He also blamed the leadership for not recognizing the issues that plague the party, despite knowing …
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Warships from four major Indo-Pacific democracies – the United States, Japan, Australia and India – will maneuver together in the Malabar naval exercise off the coast of Goa on Tuesday, the second round of the QUAD countries’ war games during the last month that marks the evolution of the informal …
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