Even when the government invited 40 protesting agricultural unions to another round of talks on December 30, the Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar appeared to draw a hard line on Monday. Stating that the prime minister was dedicated to “improving the economic situation of farmers”, Tomar said that “no power …
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At a time when BJP-ruled states are enacting laws against conversion by marriage, Janata Dal (United), an ally of the saffron party in Bihar, claimed on Sunday that such laws will create social hatred and division in society that will not creates. Approve. “An atmosphere of hatred and division is …
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The 11-month transition period during which the UK and the European Union were supposed to negotiate the nature of their post-Brexit economic relationship it will come to an end on December 31st. A few days before the end of this period, the two parties reached a trade and cooperation agreement, …
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Just as the world began to think that with a vaccine in sight, the pandemic could be under control, a new strain of the virus identified left countries baffled once again. The UK government recently announced that it has found a “highly contagious new variant of the virus” circulating in …
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On Monday, the Congress celebrated its 136th Foundation Day at its headquarters in Delhi, despite party chairperson Sonia Gandhi and former party chief Rahul Gandhi failing the event. Senior leader AK Antony unfurled the flag at the AICC headquarters in the presence of senior leaders such as Ghulam Nabi Azad, …
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The year 2020 will be remembered for the appearance of a new virus: the SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the Covid-19 pandemic that it caused. With a few more days to go, 2020 is projected to close with approximately 84 million confirmed Covid-19 cases and more than 1.8 million deaths. …
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Six people, including students from the government-run KS Saket Degree College in Ayodhya district, were charged with sedition after the headmaster of the college filed a complaint accusing them of raising “anti-national slogans calling for azadi.” According to director ND Pandey, “indecent and anti-national slogans such as Le ke rahenge …
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One day after he admirably mustered his troops on the field, Ajinkya Rahane marked an invaluable century of adversity to put India in a commanding position in the second test at Melbourne Cricket Ground. The undefeated 104 came as a fitting balm after the pain inflicted by humiliation in Adelaide …
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Vartika Bhandari, 40, Allahabad ISC 1998 Board Leader, is a senior software engineer at Google in San Francisco. Chaitra Chandrasekhar, 38, a 1998 ICSE topper from a Bangalore school, is a partner at Oliver Wyman consulting firm in New York. Jerene Mathews, 31, 2006 Topper CBSE Class 12 from Kendriya …
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The Allahabad High Court has observed that a 21-year-old woman, married to a Muslim, “has the option to live her life on her own terms.” Now she has reunited with her husband. In an order approved on December 18, a court of judges Pankaj Naqvi and Vivek Agarwal observed that …
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