By: Express News Service | Gandhinagar | December 8, 2020 1:10:36 pm Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi. On Tuesday, Gujarat’s Chief Minister Vijay Rupani challenged the Congress party for backing a nationwide strike over farm laws, and challenged former party chairman Rahul Gandhi to differentiate …
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Written by Raakhi Jagga | Ludhiana | Updated: December 8, 2020 8:49:51 pm Dr. Varinderpal Singh coming up alongside “We Support Farmers” from the stage while the Union Minister (third from left) In more symbolic support for the farmers’ protest on the fringes of Delhi, a senior agricultural scientist refused …
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By: New York Times | Washington | Updated: December 8, 2020 9:10:37 pm The finding is one of several important new results presented in the informational materials, which span 53 pages of analysis of data from the agency and Pfizer. The coronavirus vaccine manufactured by Pfizer and BioNTech provides strong …
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By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: December 8, 2020 6:13:44 pm In 1954, the Survey of India determined that the elevation of Everest is 8,848 m (29,028 ft). This became recognized worldwide. Except for China. (Archive) On December 8, Mount Everest had a new elevation announced at 8,848.86 …
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By: Desk Explained | Kolkata | December 8, 2020 12:41:24 pm Caregivers at the Imam Reza holy shrine carry the flag-draped coffin of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, an Iranian scientist linked to the country’s dissolved military nuclear program, who was killed Friday during a funeral ceremony in the northeastern city of Mashhad, …
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Written by Manoj CG | New Delhi | Updated: December 7, 2020 7:22:46 am N Uttam Kumar Reddy has resigned as head of the state Congress. THE POOR performance of Congress in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections, immediately after its defeat in the Dubbaka by-elections, where it came …
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Written by Raakhi Jagga | Ludhiana | December 8, 2020 9:30:25 am Warm jackets are distributed to farmers during their ongoing ‘Delhi Chalo’ agitation against the new farm laws, at the Singhu border in New Delhi on Sunday, December 6, 2020 (PTI Photo: Manvender Vashist). “Ab ki baar, kisan aur …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 7, 2020 8:49:08 pm The Indian Navy has a fleet of around 40 MiG-29K fighter jets and some of them operate from INS Vikramaditya Eleven days after a MiG-29K training plane crashed in the Arabian Sea Off the coast of …
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By: PTI | Kolkata | December 7, 2020 2:26:40 pm Mamata Banerjee. (PTI) West Bengal’s chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, said on Monday that the BJP government in the Center should immediately withdraw “anti-people” farm laws or resign. Addressing a demonstration in the West Midnapore district, Banerjee stated that he would …
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By: Express News Service | Jammu | December 7, 2020 2:55:21 pm Laiba Zabair, 17, and Sana Zabair, 13 Army troops on Monday repatriated two girls from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir who inadvertently crossed to the indian side from across the Line of Control in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. …
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