[ad_1] Written by Apurva Vishwanath The | New Delhi | Posted: May 12, 2020 5:03:57 am Former Supreme Court Justice B N Srikrishna at Idea Exchange (file photo Express) Former Supreme Court Justice B N Srikrishna, who chaired the committee that came up with the first draft of the Personal …
Read More »Wary of lifting the blockade, states ask the Center for more authority to categorize areas
[ad_1] Written by Liz Mathew Abantika Ghosh , Dipankar Ghose , Manoj CG, Sourav Roy Barman The | New Delhi | Updated: May 12, 2020 7:02:05 am Photograph released by GDP of Prime Minister Modi, Ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh at a meeting with the CM on Monday. Fifty …
Read More »National Technology Day: Remembering the Pokhran-II nuclear tests
[ad_1] By: Desktop explained | New Delhi | Updated: May 11, 2020 9:18:43 pm The Shakti-II site after the Pokhran nuclear tests on May 11, 1998. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Today (May 11) is National Technology Day, celebrated on the day that India successfully tested its first nuclear bombs in 1998. …
Read More »COVID-19: Karnataka district-level information on red zones and deaths
[ad_1] By: Express Web Desk | Bengaluru | Published: May 10, 2020 11:18:41 pm Belagavi has seen a major rise in coronavirus cases in the last few days with the total crossing 100 on May 10. The northern district in Karnataka had most of its cases linked to the Tablighi …
Read More »ExplainSpeaking: Are Indian labor laws as inflexible (or pro-worker) as is often claimed?
[ad_1] Written by Udit Misra The | New Delhi | Updated: May 11, 2020 9:21:02 pm In the coming days and weeks, we could see the impact of summary suspension of labor laws on both job creation and job well-being. (Express photo: Arul Horizon) Dear readers, Last week, three states …
Read More »Explained: Can the United States sue China for damages related to the coronavirus?
[ad_1] By: Desktop explained | Updated: May 11, 2020 6:15:10 pm U.S. courts do not have jurisdiction as countries are protected from being sued in U.S. courts by the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), which was first enacted in 1976. Late last month, the US state of Missouri filed a …
Read More »As thousands of migrants return, Bihar worries about limited Covid testing capacity
[ad_1] Written by Santosh Singh | Patna | Updated: May 11, 2020 12:07:11 pm Migrants from UP are screened and registered before leaving Chandigarh on a special train to Gonda on Sunday. (Express Photo: Kamleshwar Singh) With 1.10 lakh migrants having returned home to Bihar since May 1, and an …
Read More »PNB fraud case: Nirav Modi’s extradition trial to begin in the UK today
[ad_1] By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Posted: May 11, 2020 10:32:19 AM The 49-year-old man has been housed in Wandsworth Prison in southwest London since his arrest last year. (File photo) The extradition trial of fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud …
Read More »Indian and Chinese troops clash in Sikkim, Ladakh
[ad_1] Written by Man Aman Singh Chhina Krishn Kaushik The | Chandigarh | Updated: May 11, 2020 6:05:46 am About the Ladakh incident, Army sources said there was a physical altercation between the Indian and Chinese troops on the night of May 5-6 near the Pangong Tso. (Representative image / …
Read More »Living with the virus, preparing local governments will be key, says WHO’s Covid envoy
[ad_1] Written by Amitabh Sinha The | Pune | Updated: May 11, 2020 7:12:23 am Nabarro said that the way India had handled the epidemic thus far gave him enormous confidence that he could also successfully manage the next stage. While applauding India’s “remarkable success” in containing the spread of …
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