Written by Tora Agarwala | Guwahati | Updated: December 15, 2020 7:32:12 am Das and his wife last week. Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha About six months ago, Nyuti Das remembers his father Chandrahar Das bent over his brother’s phone, his one good eye, and the rest of him completely engrossed in …
Read More »Scholarship Scam: Jharkhand CM Grants Approval for Fraud Investigation
Written by Abhishek Angad | Ranchi | Updated: December 15, 2020 7:12:45 am Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren holds up a copy of The Indian Express report at a press conference in Dumka (Express file photo) Clearing the way for a state investigation based on the findings of an investigation by …
Read More »As Air India offers close, Tatas and consortium led by staff in fray
Written by Pranav Mukul | New Delhi | December 15, 2020 4:48:21 am “Multiple expressions of interest have been received in Air India’s strategic divestiture. The transaction will now go to the second stage, ”Tuhin Kanta Pandey, secretary of the Department of Investment and Management of Public Assets, posted in …
Read More »UP ‘Love Jihad’: 22-year-old tells court she’s older, goes with man’s family
Written by Manish Sahu | Lucknow | December 15, 2020 4:33:19 am Speaking to reporters after Rashid’s arrest on Saturday morning, Pinki, who is three months pregnant, had said that the two were going to register their marriage when the police caught them. Rashid’s older brother, Saleem, 25, who was …
Read More »Delhi High Court criticizes CBSE for ‘anti-student attitude’
By: PTI | New Delhi | Updated: December 14, 2020 3:55:07 pm High Court of Delhi. Archive On Monday, the Delhi High Court criticized the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for its “anti-student attitude”, saying that it was “treating students as enemies” dragging them to the Supreme Court on …
Read More »The Supreme Court may hear the petition to remove farmers from Delhi’s borders on December 16
By: Express News Service | New Delhi | December 14, 2020 5:45:18 am The petition said that protesters are “blocking the roads for all medical / emergency services” that are required in the national capital for those affected by the virus. THE SUPREME COURT is likely to hear on December …
Read More »How to measure Mount Everest
Written by Lieutenant General Girish Kumar, Nitin Joshi | Updated: December 14, 2020 2:28:56 pm A bird flies with Mount Everest seen in the background from Namche Bajar, Solukhumbu District, Nepal. (AP / PTI photo) First, how do you measure the height of any mountain? The basic principle that was …
Read More »Child malnutrition worsens in key states 2015-19
Written by Udit Misra, Nushaiba Iqbal | New Delhi | Updated: December 14, 2020 7:26:08 am Child wasting reflects acute malnutrition and refers to children who are underweight for their height. (Archive) Several states across the country have changed course and seen levels of child malnutrition worsening despite dramatic improvements …
Read More »BJP seeks to grow Kerala base with Christian outreach campaign
Written by Liz Mathew | New Delhi | Updated: December 14, 2020 1:06:37 pm Sources said Church leaders are expected to meet with Prime Minister Modi soon with his complaints, including concerns about Muslim students getting more than 80 percent of minority scholarships and the “growing number of Christian girls …
Read More »Night at farmers’ protest: pehredars watch, langars give relief
Written by Amil Bhatnagar | New Delhi | Updated: December 14, 2020 7:46:34 am On the Singhu border on Saturday night, one of the 3 key border points that have become the epicenter of the protests. Praveen khanna A little after 7 p.m., a thick fog comes in and the …
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