NEW DELHI: Offer to hold discussions with farmers to allay apprehensions about farm bills, BJP on Thursday accused Congress of the “double-sided” policy and said Rahul gandhi He should first unlink his party from his 2019 electoral manifesto in which he had promised what the Modi government has done. At …
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LUCK: The UP government is planning ‘Operation Durachari‘, which will be released soon to name and shame habitual offenders in cases of crime against women. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has also instructed the police to strengthen ‘anti-romeo squads’ across the state. Although the modalities and other details of ‘Operation Durachari’ …
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China has stepped up controls on frozen food imports amid the pandemic. Beijing: Health authorities in eastern China’s Qingdao city found coronavirus contamination in some packages stored by a seafood importer after two of its handlers tested positive for the virus but showed no symptoms. China has tightened controls on …
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By: Sports Desk | Updated: September 25, 2020 10:09:55 am Virat Kohli also dropped KL Rahul twice, leading KXIP to score big. (BCCI / IPL) Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli has been fined Rs. 12 lakh on Thursday for holding a slow excessive rate against King XI Punjab. …
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India’s economy showed signs of stabilization in August and manufacturing and services gradually improved even as coronavirus cases spiked across the country. Five of the eight high-frequency indicators compiled by Bloomberg News gained last month, while two were unchanged and one deteriorated. That kept the needle on a dial that …
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Written by Harish Damodaran | New Delhi | Updated: September 25, 2020 9:38:15 am A wheat field in Punjab. Wheat is one of 23 agricultural products for which the Center currently sets PMS. (Express photo: Jasbir Malhi) The recently enacted law dismantling the APMC (agricultural produce market committee) mandis monopoly, …
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Farmers’ unions across the country have called for a ‘Bharat Bandh’ in view of the passage of controversial farm bills in Parliament. The Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the Trinamool Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal are among the 18 opposition parties that support the call for a …
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India recorded 86,052 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total count to close to 5.9 million. Active cases have risen to 9,70,116, while more than 4.75 million have been recovered so far. During the last six days, the number of recoveries recorded per day in the …
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A prominent Pakistani journalist has revealed that the country’s Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) has registered cases against 49 mediators and social media activists under the Prevention of Electronic Crime Act (PECA). “The biggest crackdown on journalists and social media activists to date in Pakistan. The FIA records cases against 49 …
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Farmers place a temporary shade on the train tracks to protect themselves from the sun as they block the train tracks during a protest against agricultural laws in the village of Devi Dasspura, on the outskirts of Amritsar. (Reuters) Farmers in Punjab and Haryana have protested against three land reform …
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