By: Express News Service | Mumbai | December 12, 2020 4:05:45 am Pawar also warned that farmer unrest may spread from Delhi’s borders to other parts of the country if the government does not make a decision soon. (Archive) With the agricultural protests that last until the third week Sharad …
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NEW DELHI: The drug regulator has allowed human trials of the first local Covid mRNA vaccine candidate and preliminary results are likely to be available in March. It assumes importance as Covid-19 vaccines based on this platform, such as those from Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna, are expected to have better efficacy, …
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CHENNAI: More than 103 kg of gold worth at least 45 million rupees seized in a raid by the CBI and kept in his “safe custody” has disappeared. This was made public on Friday when the Madras High Court ordered an investigation into Tamil naduCB-CID. The missing gold is part …
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Written by Raakhi Jagga | Ludhiana | December 12, 2020 4:30:24 am Farmers en route to Delhi near Ludhiana on Friday. (Express Photography: Gurmeet Singh) More than 1,500 vehicles, including some 1,300 truck tractors, from nearly 1,000 villages in seven districts. This is the size of a new convoy of …
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Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses remain parked at a bus station | Photo credit: IANS Bangalore: A day after holding protest rallies, employees of transport corporations in Karnataka on Friday went on strike, pressing for their demands. The strike interrupted the services of the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation …
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MUMBAI: Jeans and T-shirt may mean stress-free wear for some, but they are no longer suitable ‘office attire‘ for Government Employees in Maharashtra. And the government may change the policy from time to time, but employees cannot wear the humble slippers in the office under the new dress code. Additionally, …
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The government that strips the opposition of a uniform discussion on crucial bills should be called a dangerous trend, except that it has been going on for so long that “trend” is a wrong word. It has recently been alleged that “too much democracy in India” makes “tough reforms” difficult. …
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CALCUTTA / NEW DELHI: The Ministry of the Interior of the Union convened on Friday the chief secretary and the DGP of west bengal for a meeting with Interior Secretary Ajay Bhalla next Monday on law and order in the TMC-ruled state in the context of Thursday’s attack on the …
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New Delhi: Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, during a live interaction with students, teachers and other stakeholders on Thursday, said the ministry is considering increasing the number of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) attempts. “We are considering increasing the number of JEE attempts from two to three or four following …
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Tour Match, Day 1: Team India took an 86-run lead in the first inning thanks to a clinical bowling performance by Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Navdeep Saini at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. Mohammed Shami was chosen by Indian bowlers on Day 1 of the Day-Night Tour match …
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