China said on Wednesday that it has been abiding by the agreements signed with India and that it is committed to maintaining peace in the border areas, a day after Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said that Beijing is not respecting the usual alignment of the border. Singh had told Parliament …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | September 16, 2020 1:01:08 pm The statement comes days after the Delhi Police Special Cell arrested former Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Umar Khalid under strict UAPA. A group of activists issued a statement Wednesday against the “impudence” of the Delhi Police …
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Russia’s sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday that it had reached an agreement with India’s leading pharmaceutical companies, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, to cooperate in clinical trials and distribution of the Sputnik V vaccine for Covid-19 in India. “Following regulatory approval in India, the RDIF will supply Dr. Reddy’s 100 million …
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JAMMU: Claiming that you are fully prepared to wage a full-blown war even in the winters in eastern Ladakh, the Indian army On Wednesday he said that if China creates the conditions for war, they will face better trained, better prepared, fully rested and psychologically hardened Indian troops. In a …
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Congressional leader Rahul Gandhi has repeatedly attacked the government over the China issue (Archive) New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi may not be in the country while Parliament is being held, but the congressional deputy has continued his attacks on the Narendra Modi government over the border confrontation between India and China. …
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The government will hold a crucial meeting with opposition parties on Wednesday evening to devise a strategy for the smooth running of the monsoon session of Parliament. The meeting is scheduled for 5 pm. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi will represent the government. The opposition …
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Canarian actors Diganth and Aindrita Ray were questioned at the CCB headquarters in Bengaluru. Bangalore: With the drug scandal involving prominent names in the Kannada film industry growing, it was the turn of actor couple Diganth and Aindrita Ray to be investigated by Bengaluru police on Wednesday. The two actors …
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In Dispatch 156, I wrote about why it didn’t make sense to use rapid antigen tests all the time, or to rely too much on them, as Delhi is still. In short, these tests return too many false negative results (identifying an infected person as not infected) to be reliable. …
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The Cabinet Economic Affairs Committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the 121-kilometer Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor on Tuesday, which will connect Palwal and Sonipat and decongest the national capital region. The project will provide rail connectivity to all routes originating from Delhi and passing through Haryana, bypassing the …
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Representative image | Photo credit: PTI Key points Himachal Pradesh raises travel curbs, people entering the state no longer need a pass or registration Interstate bus movement to remain suspended until new orders are issued, state government says Himachal Pradesh registers eight more deaths from Covid-19, 419 new cases in …
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