CHANDIGARH / NEW DELHI: In his 28 years as a defense man, Colonel Prithipal Singh Gill (retired) saw everything from World War II to the 1965 India-Pakistan War. On Friday, the only survivor official serving in all three wings of the military turned 100 years old. “I was lucky. Today, …
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NEW DELHI: In another attempt to allay apprehensions of turmoil farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared a video on Friday containing views of Senior Ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Piyush Goyal in the three agricultural laws. Modi and other high-level leaders have argued that farm laws are in the interest …
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NEW DELHI: One day before the virtual speech scheduled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to global climate action summitIndia said on Friday that the country, which is among the historically low contributors of carbon dioxide emissions, is not responsible for climate change but, as a responsible nation, has joined others …
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MUMBAI: leader of Congress Sanjay nirupam on Friday he claimed that there is a grand plan to end Congress and the “shigufa” on doing NCP Leader Sharad Pawar as president of the UPA he is part of the “Delhi to Mumbai” campaign against Rahul gandhi. “The campaign that is being …
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NEW DELHI: After Islamabad reclaimed the EU’s DisInfoLab claim citing a disinformation campaign from India, the government attacked on Friday Pakistan saying that disinformation is not practiced by responsible democracies, but by those who have a history of harboring international terrorists such as Osama bin Laden. “As a responsible democracy, …
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Minister of food and consumption Piyush Goyal tells TOI that the government is open to addressing farmers’ concerns, but adds that the amendments are intended to benefit growers across the country. He also says that the movement appears to have been infiltrated by ultra-leftists. Excerpts from a conversation with Sidhartha, …
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NEW DELHI: Although protesting farmers had previously announced that they would intensify their agitation against the three December 14 farm laws, they are likely to do so two days earlier, on Saturday, blocking the Delhi-Jaipur highway. This, even as the government said there was no need for farmers to announce …
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NEW DELHI: In a new diplomatic outburst with China, India claimed on Friday that the situation in LAC was the result of BeijingEfforts to unilaterally change the status quo along the border in eastern Ladakh with actions that violated bilateral agreements aimed at ensuring peace and tranquility in the border …
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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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