Written by Janaki Nair | New Delhi | Updated: November 22, 2020 1:30:17 pm How do women navigate in a predominantly “man-made” environment, both inside and outside the home? It is surprising in itself, given that female architecture students outnumber men in contemporary India, although fewer women practice architecture. (Illustration: …
Read More »After comedian Bharati Singh, her husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa arrested in a drug case
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | November 22, 2020 9:24:49 am Haarsh Limbachiya at NCB’s Mumbai office Comedian Bharti Singh’s husband, Haarsh Limbachiyaa, was arrested Sunday morning after being questioned by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), the ANI news agency reported. Limbachiyaa was arrested hours after his wife’s …
Read More »Covid surge: Maharashtra considers suspending Mumbai-Delhi rail and air services
By: Express News Service | Mumbai | Updated: November 22, 2020 7:10:58 am The sources said Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has ordered officials to “act swiftly” to contain a new wave of infections in the state. As cases increase in Delhi, Maharashtra is considering reducing or suspending flights and trains …
Read More »5 years in prison for ‘offensive’ post: Kerala’s chilling law
Written by Shaju Philip | Thiruvananthapuram | Updated: November 22, 2020 7:54:34 am Much has been said about our generation’s screen addiction and how social media isolates us. Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan has endorsed a draconian LDF government ordinance amending the Kerala Police Law establishing the jail sentence for …
Read More »Haryana Will Increase Testing, Targeting 7 Districts With Higher Covid Positive Rate Than State Average
By: Express News Service | Chandigarh | Updated: November 20, 2020 10:53:23 pm The Haryana government has now decided to conduct at least 1,000 daily tests per district in these seven districts. (Figurative) To combat a further increase in coronavirus infections in the state, Haryana has decided to increase testing …
Read More »Greater Hyderabad Civic Polls: What’s at Stake for TRS and BJP?
Written by Sreenivas Janyala, edited by Explained Desk | Hyderabad | Updated: November 21, 2020 7:16:38 am Workers prepare a campaign vehicle for the BJP, ahead of the GHMC elections in Hyderabad. (PTI photo) Elections to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation wwill take place on December 1. Civic elections are …
Read More »Pfizer Covid Vaccine Faces Hurdles After FDA Submission Friday
By: Bloomberg | November 21, 2020 11:51:38 am Pfizer and state and federal government officials have been preparing to help distribute the vaccine within days of an emergency clearance from the FDA. (Bloomberg) Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE applied for emergency clearance for their Covid vaccine on Friday, and it …
Read More »UP government over Siddique Kappan: had pamphlet of the daughter of India, anti-riot plan
Written by Kaunain Sheriff M | New Delhi | Updated: November 21, 2020 9:48:32 am Siddique Kappan (wearing cap), secretary of the Kerala Workers’ Union of Journalists, and three other people detained with him were brought before a court in Mathura. (PTI) * The “pamphlets thus recovered, that is, I …
Read More »On a bench, under a tree … missing jobs in times of Covid, Mumbai hospitals his new home
Written by Tabassum Barnagarwala | Mumbai | Updated: November 21, 2020 9:33:12 am Laxmi Gangadhar Parate, 60, is a familiar face at BYL Nair Hospital. (Express photo of Tabassum Barnagarwala) FROM EARLY last month, when he visited Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital (LTMG) to treat a leg injury, Shakti Kumar …
Read More »J&K: Four militants killed in Srinagar road encounter, had plans to ‘disrupt’ DDC polls
By: Express News Service | Jammu | Updated: November 19, 2020 10:37:44 am Tightened security in Nagrota while a meeting takes place near Ban Toll Plaza Images of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. (AND ME) Four militants were killed in an encounter with security forces near Ban Toll Plaza along the …
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