By: Express News Service | Kolkata | Updated: October 20, 2020 11:47:54 am BJP President JP Nadda while addressing a meeting in Bengal. (Twitter / @ JPNadda) BJP President JP Nadda said Monday that the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) was delayed due to the pandemic and that …
Read More »Chinese soldier arrested in eastern Ladakh after “wandering” through LAC; to be delivered to PLA soon
Written by Krishn Kaushik | New Delhi | Updated: October 19, 2020 4:10:29 pm In this file image, an Indian Army soldier is seen standing watch on top of his vehicle as his convoy moves along the Srinagar-Ladakh highway in Gagangeer, northeast of Srinagar, Kashmir. (AP Photo) The Indian army …
Read More »Most powerful in Asia: China closes in on the US and India lags behind
By: Bloomberg | Updated: October 19, 2020 12:48:16 pm It could take until 2024 for the US economy to recover to pre-pandemic levels, the institute said. (Proceedings) China is closing in on the United States as the most powerful country influencing the Asia-Pacific as the United States’ handling of the …
Read More »Watch: Doctor in PPE Gear Dances to ‘Ghungroo’ Beats to Cheer COVID-19 Patients in Assam
By: Trends Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 19, 2020 1:50:34 pm The now-viral video shows the surgeon, working at Assam’s Silchar medical college, effortlessly dressing in protective gear, including the song’s hook steps. A video of a doctor dancing in a protective suit to spread positivity among Covid-19 …
Read More »India rushes to buy US winter wear amid dispute with China
By: Bloomberg | Updated: October 19, 2020 10:20:19 am Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi pledged in September to reduce tensions along the 3,488-kilometer limit known as the Royal Line of Control. (File photo) India has urgently purchased high-altitude war kits from the United States, officials …
Read More »Punjab Agricultural Fires Send Smog Signal to Delhi; hope in the action of the panchayat
Written by Anju Agnihotri Chaba | Jalandhar | Updated: October 19, 2020 8:14:07 am Despite the state’s ban on burning straw, fields have caught fire every 100-200 meters in the Jandiala Guru, Tarsikka, Tarn Taran, Khadur Sahib and Ajnala blocks of Punjab’s Majha belt. (Representative image) In the late afternoon …
Read More »Prashant Kishor: He promised ‘Baat Bihar Ki’, now he’s making more noise for his silence
By: Express News Service | Updated: October 19, 2020 8:30:12 am This was supposed to be the election where Prashant Kishor made his way from the back room to the front line. This was supposed to be the election where Prashant Kishor made his way from the back room to …
Read More »‘There are economic problems but throughout the country … That is not a problem in the elections’: Sanjay Jha
Written by Dipankar Ghose | Updated: October 18, 2020 4:10:05 pm Bihar’s Minister of Water Resources, Sanjay Kumar Jha (File photo) In an interview for The Indian Express, Bihar’s Minister of Water Resources Sanjay Kumar Jha talks about how CM Nitish Kumar, following the announcement of the closure, helped prevent …
Read More »Education tech companies grab nearly all $ 100 million support funding after Covid
Written by Pranav Mukul, Sandeep Singh | New Delhi | Updated: October 19, 2020 7:21:19 am Byju raveendran From school students to working professionals, the pandemic has created a large addressable market for startups in educational technology, or ed-tech, attracting significant interest from private equity and venture capital investors over …
Read More »‘The pain of migrants will translate into votes in the Bihar elections’: Sanjay Nirupam
Written by Sandeep A Ashar | Updated: October 18, 2020 8:11:31 am Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam, the only star activist of the Maharashtra party for the Bihar Assembly elections Congressional leader Sanjay Nirupam, the Maharashtra party’s only star activist for the Bihar Assembly elections, talks with Sandeep Ashar about how …
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