A look at the headlines right now:
- Five members of security personnel, six civilians killed in violations of the ceasefire by Pakistan: Congress, North Carolina, lamented the deaths and called the act “modern barbarism.”
- ‘No lawyers, no apologies, no fine, no loss of space,’ Kunal Kamra tweets to SC judges: A petition for contempt of court was filed in the Supreme Court against the comedian.
- India will receive 10 crore doses of the Oxford vaccine next month, says Serum Institute executive director: The institute may also obtain an emergency use authorization, if the outcome of the final stage of the vaccine trial is encouraging.
- Punjab farmers meet with the Center, demand the withdrawal of new laws and the resumption of train services: They also called for the repeal of the punishment for burning agricultural waste.
- US officials reject Donald Trump’s fraud accusations: They added that there is no evidence to show that the electoral process has been compromised.
- The NDA will meet on Sunday to decide the next chief minister of Bihar, says Nitish Kumar: A meeting of the Bihar cabinet will be held on Friday night, Kumar said.
- Kerala CPI (M) Secretary of State Kodiyeri Balakrishnan goes on leave a month before local body polls: The coordinator of the Left Democratic Front, M Vijayaraghavan, will assume the position of party secretary.
- The Supreme Court allows the explosion of green firecrackers in Telangana for two hours: In its submission, the Telangana Fireworkers Dealers Association argued that the ban was imposed without considering its economic impact on firecracker dealers.
- WHO will establish a center for traditional medicine in India: WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the center will implement the UN body’s 2014-2023 traditional medicine strategy.
- “I have nothing to do with drugs,” says actor Arjun Rampal after being questioned by NCB: The actor was subpoenaed after the central agency raided his Mumbai residence on Monday.
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