By: Trends Desk | New Delhi | Updated: August 29, 2020 1:37:01 pm The actor’s tweet about attending classes left everyone in an online frenzy. Bollywood star Sunny Leone’s name has appeared on a merit list for an undergraduate course at a Kolkata university. It wasn’t just a viral photo …
Read More »Explained: Why have violent riots broke out in the Swedish city of Malmo?
By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Posted: Aug 29, 2020 2:05:51 pm Protesters burn tires during a riot in the Rosengard neighborhood of Malmo, Sweden, on August 28, 2020 (TT News Agency via Reuters). On Friday, violence broke out in the Swedish city of Malmo, where more than 300 …
Read More »Ideas Explained: How India Can Force China to Amicably Resolve Border Issue
By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: August 29, 2020 9:23:45 am A poster of Chinese Prime Minister Xi Jinping burns down in Ahmedabad in June 2020 (Express photo: Javed Raja). After the loss of lives of Indian soldiers in Galwan, there have been calls for a boycott of …
Read More »Explained: Why are there different voter lists and why the government wants a common electoral roll
Written by Ritika Chopra, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Published: August 29, 2020 7:40:28 am An election official applies ink to a voter’s finger at a polling station in Panchkula in 2019 (Express photo: Jaipal Singh). The Prime Minister’s Office earlier this month held a meeting with …
Read More »Program on Muslim ‘infiltration’ into civil service: SC refuses to stay, HC stops broadcasting
Written by Anand Mohan J, Ananthakrishnan G | New Delhi | Updated: August 29, 2020 7:53:25 am Suresh Chavhanke, owner and editor-in-chief of Sudarshan News. (Proceedings) Delhi High Court on Friday prevented the private television channel Sudarshan News from broadcasting a program that Jamia Millia Islamia university students said he …
Read More »It pains me to hear about the poor health of my dear friend Shinzo Abe: PM Modi
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Posted: August 28, 2020 8:00:42 pm Prime Minister Narendra Modi with former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Photo: Twitter @Narendra Modi) Hours after the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his resignation Citing a chronic health problem, his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi …
Read More »Kerala MP calls Tharoor ‘guest artist’ in Congress without ‘political maturity’
By: Express Web Desk | Kochi | Updated: August 28, 2020 7:29:21 pm “Shashi Tharoor had come to Congress as a guest artist. Even today, he is running as a guest artist,” Suresh added. Mavelikkara’s top congressional leader and Lok Sabha deputy Kodikunnil Suresh mocked his colleague Shashi Tharoor on …
Read More »Coronavirus Cases in India, Death Update
Written by Amitabh Sinha, edited by Explained Desk | Pune | Updated: August 28, 2020 6:25:48 pm At the Sector 25 cremation ground in Chandigarh. (Express photo: Jaipal Singh) Cases and deaths from coronavirus in India: For three consecutive days, the number of coronavirus-related deaths in the country has exceeded …
Read More »SC refuses to impose pre-broadcast ban on Sudarshan TV show
By: PTI | New Delhi | Updated: August 28, 2020 10:15:16 pm Suresh Chavhanke, owner and editor-in-chief of Sudarshan News. (Proceedings) On Friday, the Supreme Court refused to impose a pre-broadcast ban on Sudarshan TV on broadcasting the ‘Bindas Bol’ program, the latest promotion of which claimed the channel was …
Read More »Five pregnant girls among 57 Kovid-positive prisoners in Kanpur shelter
Written by Manish Sahu. Lucknow | Updated: June 22, 2020 7:20:10 am “Pregnant girls are victims of crimes committed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO)… two of them were pregnant when they arrived home in December. She is about eight months pregnant, ”said Shruti Shukla, Deputy …
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