CALCUTTA: At the center of a furious dispute over his family in “illegal” possession of land in Visva Bharati, Nobel laureate Amartya sen he accused his vice chancellor of acting at the behest of the Center “with its increasing control over Bengal”. Sen was born in 1933 in Santiniketan, which …
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NOIDA: Dozens of farmers protesting against CenterFarm laws here on beaten plates, bells and plates struck in a demonstration timed with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech. The banging of dishes, the ringing of bells amid slogans against the government for not repealing the three new laws were made in the …
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PUNE: The director of Delhi AIIMS and member of the national task force on the management of Covid, Dr. Randeep Guleria, said here on Friday that the coronavirus had undergone several mutations, an average of two per month, and that the new strains they should not justify unnecessary worry. “The …
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NEW DELHI: The farmers unions on Saturday he accepted the government’s offer to have a dialogue to resolve the stalemate in the new agricultural laws and proposed the next meeting on December 29 at 11 am. The decision was made at a meeting of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, a body that …
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NEW DELHI: In the wake of a mutated variant of coronavirus detected in the UK, a genomic surveillance consortium was formed for epidemiological and laboratory surveillance of circulating SARS-CoV-2 strains in India, the Center said on Saturday. The genomic surveillance consortium, INSACOG, has been formed under the leadership of the …
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MUMBAI: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay raut on Saturday he called for broadening the scope of the UPA bloc led by Congress, saying that the Opposition should unite against the “dictatorial attitude” of the Center and provide a “formidable alternative” to the Narendra Modi government. Speaking to reporters here, Raut also …
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ALWAR / JAIPUR: The Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) on Saturday withdrew its support for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in support of farmers’ agitation against the three agricultural lawsNagaur MP and party convenor announced Hanuman Beniwal. “No one is more important than the farmers of our country. We will …
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NEW DELHI: It’s going to be very cold in North India, and drinking alcohol at home or at New Years Eve parties won’t be a good idea, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IM D). In its latest impact-based advisory, IMD said that a “severe” cold snap is expected over …
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CHENNAI: President of the Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) K Sivan on Saturday it said the space agency was developing ‘green propulsion’ for its ambitious human spaceflight mission, ‘Gaganyaan‘. He also said that it could be adopted for use in all stages of a rocket. He was speaking at the …
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Scientists are puzzled by the rapid evolution of the new strain of the new coronavirus. First detected in the UK a fortnight ago, it has mutated 23 times in a few months. This is rare. One year after the pandemic, the new strain has brought us back to where we …
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