By: PTI | New Delhi | Updated: September 11, 2020 5:40:12 pm Kangna Ranaut at Chandigarh airport on Wednesday. (Express photo by Jasbir Malhi) Aviation regulator DGCA requested a report from IndiGo airlines on the alleged violation of security and social distancing protocols by the media on its Chandigarh-Mumbai flight …
Read More »NTA Changes Test Centers for NEET Applicants Due to COVID-19 Restrictions
By: Education Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 11, 2020 1:46:38 pm There are no changes in the central cities of the candidates; only the centers have been changed, NTA reported. Representative image / file NEET 2020: Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the National Testing Agency, NTA has changed the …
Read More »Haryana: Farmers block the national highway in Pipli, hold a demonstration against the Center’s agricultural ordinances
By: Express News Service | Chandigarh | Updated: September 11, 2020 2:09:54 am The farmer agitators also blocked traffic on the national road for more than four hours, causing difficulties for thousands of commuters who used the village’s connecting roads to avoid Pipli. (Twiiter / CaptAjayYadav) Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) …
Read More »Maratha fee – turmoil, politics
Written by Omkar Gokhale, Shubhangi Khapre | Mumbai | Updated: September 10, 2020 10:45:07 am The Marathas are a politically dominant community constituting 32% of the population of Maharashtra. The Supreme Court on Wednesday referred to a Bank of the Constitution the question of whether states can exceed the 50% …
Read More »Delhi HC questions Arnab Goswami for conducting a parallel investigation in the death of Sunanda Pushkar, asks to show restraint
By: PTI | New Delhi | September 10, 2020 6:17:09 pm Arnab Goswami, editor-in-chief of Republic TV The Delhi High Court questioned Arnab Goswami on Thursday for conducting a parallel investigation and trial in the death case of the wife of Congressional Leader Shashi Tharoor, Sunanda Pushkar, and ordered the …
Read More »With his sights set on the Bihar elections, Prime Minister Modi launches a 20,050 crore plan for the fisheries sector
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 10, 2020 2:10:32 pm Prime Minister Modi said that PMMSY will transform the fishing sector and add strength to efforts to build an Aatmanirbhar Bharat. (Source: Twitter / @ BJP4India) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched Rs 20.05 crore …
Read More »BMC issues notice to Kangana Ranaut for ‘illegal’ construction at Pali Hill office
Written by Laxman Singh | Mumbai | Updated: September 9, 2020 10:15:09 am Ranaut had bought the bungalow in 2017 and renovated it in January of this year. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation posted a “work stoppage” notice on Tuesday at actress Kangana Ranaut’s office on Mumbai ‘s Pali Hill asking …
Read More »No Maratha Quota On Jobs, Admissions This Year, Supreme Court Says; BJP calls it ‘black day’ for the community
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 9, 2020 7:43:13 pm The high court was hearing petitions challenging Maharashtra law granting reservations to Marathas on jobs and admissions. The Supreme Court, in an interim order on Wednesday, ruled that the Maratha quota would not apply to jobs …
Read More »See: Donald Trump asks a White House reporter to remove his mask, he refuses
By: Trends Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 9, 2020 5:02:59 pm The World Health Organization has promoted the use of face masks to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. A video of US President Donald Trump asking a journalist to remove his mask before asking a question …
Read More »Explained: What stage are candidate vaccines being tested in India?
Written by Prabha Raghavan | New Delhi | Updated: September 8, 2020 12:42:20 pm There have been several announcements from companies that have signed agreements to make Covid-19 vaccines. (AP Photo: Themba Hadebe, file) Bharat Biotech is expected to move into phase II trials of ‘Covaxin’, its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, …
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