Written by Kaunain Sheriff M | New Delhi | Updated: December 22, 2020 8:43:46 am Flights from Great Britain are canceled at Cointrin Airport, in Geneva, Switzerland, on December 21, 2020 (Reuters Photo: Denis Balibouse) Monday India suspended all flights to and from the UK through December 31, amid concerns …
Read More »The day after celebrating 93 birthday, the leader of the Motilal Vora Congress dies
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 21, 2020 8:12:57 pm Vora, a loyal loyalist of the Gandhi family, had served several terms as a member of the Rajya Sabha and was also the governor of Uttar Pradesh. (Express Photo by Anil Sharma) A day after celebrating …
Read More »Maharashtra: night curfew in all municipalities until January 5
By: Express News Service | Mumbai | Updated: December 21, 2020 8:17:21 pm Covid testing in progress at a civic clinic in Mumbai on Monday morning (Express photo: Amit Chakravarty) Against the backdrop of a new strain of coronavirus emerging in the UK, the Maharashtra government decided on Monday to …
Read More »night curfew in Mumbai
Written by Zeeshan Shaikh | Mumbai | Updated: December 21, 2020 11:05:03 pm Neither will the movement of people be allowed after 11 at night. (File photo) Maharashtra on Monday decided impose night curfew in all its cities starting Tuesday night. An explanation of what precipitated this movement and what …
Read More »Shigella explained: intestinal infection is not fatal in most cases
Written by Vishnu Varma, edited by Explained Desk | Kochi | Updated: December 21, 2020 6:26:19 pm Shigella infection is spread by contaminated food and water. (Image via ieMalayalam.com) Health officials in Kerala’s Kozhikode district called emergency meetings and initiated preventive measures last week after six cases of shigella infection …
Read More »‘Sick man from Europe’: UK isolated over fears over new Covid-19 strain
By: Reuters | Dover | Updated: December 21, 2020 7:59:54 pm British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a press conference in response to the current situation with the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), inside 10 Downing Street, London, on Saturday, December 19, 2020 (Toby Melville / Pool Photo via AP) The …
Read More »After his wife joins TMC, BJP MP Saumitra Khan says she will send a divorce notice
Written by Sweety Kumari | Kolkata | Updated: December 21, 2020 2:50:25 pm Sujata Mondal Khan is inducted into the Trinamool Congress fold. (Photo: Videograb / Twitter @AITC) Minutes after his wife Sujata Mondal Khan joined the Trinamool Congress, Bishnupur BJP MP Saumitra Khan described his decision as a “big …
Read More »The government invites agricultural leaders to more talks, on a date they choose
Written by Harikishan Sharma | New Delhi | Updated: December 21, 2020 8:59:26 am Maan claimed that the organization also receives vegetables from Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. With farm unions intensifying protests to press their demand for the repeal of the three farm laws, the government on …
Read More »CBI in violation of Hathras: defendant ‘frustrated’ after victim’s rejection
Written by Amil Bhatnagar | New Delhi | Updated: December 21, 2020 7:26:10 am A bench from the Pankaj Mithal justice division and Judge Rajan Roy will hear the matter on December 16. (Archive) The 19-year-old Dalit woman killed in Hathras was allegedly raped by four men after she rejected …
Read More »Farmers’ protest Day 25: Hunger strike tomorrow; more talks in a day or two, says Amit Shah
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 20, 2020 9:50:50 pm Peasant leader Rakesh Tikait, at a press conference, said that farmers would celebrate Kisan Diwas on December 23 and “we ask people not to cook lunch for a day.” (Express photo by Amit Mehra) Stepping up …
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