NEW DELHI: To intensify the farmers‘movement against agricultural laws, the Sanyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) decided on Wednesday to make all toll plazas in Rajasthan “free” from 12 February and to carry out a rail blockade program across the country from 12:00 to 16:00 on February 18. The SKM also decided …
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NEW DELHI: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has criticized the Indian government for protests by farmers, called on Prime Minister Modi to request Covid vaccines. In a tweet late at night, Modi said: “I was happy to get a call from my friend @JustinTrudeau. He assured him that India …
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau on Wednesday that India would do everything possible to facilitate supplies of the Covid vaccines sought by Canada. Trudeau, who made a phone call to the prime minister, said that if the world succeeded in conquering Covid-19, it …
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NEW DELHI: The outgoing leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said Tuesday that he is among the lucky people who did not go to Pakistan and are proud to be Hindustani Muslims. “I always felt that paradise is India. I was born after independence. I am …
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NEW DELHI: The Center said Monday it will consider changes to the proposed rules under the new labor laws to allow for more flexibility in working hours. Union Labor Secretary Apurva Chandra said that while workers can be required to work a maximum of 48 hours per week, individual companies …
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra modi on Monday he made an ardent call on protesters to give the new farm laws a chance, even as he questioned opposition parties for their sudden “U-turn” on the need for reforms in the agricultural sector. Participate in the debate in the Rajya sabha …
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra modi on monday i spoke with the president of the united states Joe biden and said both leaders are committed to a rules-based international order. The prime minister said on Twitter that he spoke with Biden and conveyed his best wishes for the president’s success. …
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MUMBAI: Union Interior Minister Amit Shah denied on Sunday having promised Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray that the head of the ministry would remain in rotation between the BJP and Shiv Sena after the elections to the assembly of Maharashtra 2019. “No such promise was ever made to them. I …
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NEW DELHI: Calling the glacial outbreak in Uttarakhand a “very rare incident,” scientists said Sunday that satellite images and Google Earth did not show a glacial lake near the region, but that there was a possibility of ‘pockets of water ‘(lakes within glaciers) that could have erupted, leading to this …
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NEW DELHI: NTPC’s 520 MW Tapovan-Vishnugad water project on the Dhauliganga River in Uttarakhand may have disappeared in Sunday’s flash flood on the Rishiganaga River caused by a glacier break in Chamoli State District. Preliminary reports said the flash flood washed away the dam and office, accounting for about 60% …
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