By: Express News Service | Pune | Updated: December 1, 2020 11:20:27 pm Boats anchored in a coastal area before the arrival of Cyclone Nivar, in Mamallapuram. (PTI Photo / November 25, 2020.) Cyclonic storm Burevi formed in the Bay of Bengal, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) announced on Tuesday …
Read More »In the conversations of the Center-farmers, at the table before the second round: fine for stubble, MSP, electricity subsidy
Written by P Vaidyanathan Iyer | New Delhi | Updated: December 3, 2020 6:55:59 am Farmers gathered at the Singhu border of New Delhi. As the Center prepares to sit across the table with 35 farmer groups at 12 noon in Vigyan Bhawan on Thursday for the second round of …
Read More »China buys Indian rice for the first time in decades amid border tensions
By: PTI | New Delhi | Updated: December 2, 2020 8:27:30 pm A farmer harvests rice by hand in a field in Gaya district, Bihar, India, on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020 (Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan / Bloomberg). China has started importing Indian rice after a two-year gap and has placed orders …
Read More »Conversations with the Center: Rabi sowing, farmers have time on their side
Written by Harish Damodaran | New Delhi | Updated: December 2, 2020 8:04:39 am Farmers at the Singhu border on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 (Express Photo: Gajendra Yadav) Most of the negotiations start from maximalist positions. It is no different in the current confrontation between the Center and the farmers’ …
Read More »Explained: The explanations of the mysterious monoliths of Utah and Romania.
Written by Pooja Pillai, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 2, 2020 7:42:03 am The most popular theory, perhaps only half jokingly being talked about, is that these monoliths, like the mysterious object in Kubrick’s movie, are artifacts left on earth by an alien race. Last …
Read More »‘All problems solved’: TMC’s top brass after meeting Suvendu
By: PTI | Kolkata | Updated: December 1, 2020 10:58:10 pm Suvendu Adhikari Trinamool Congress Leader Abhishek Banerjee and Election Strategist Prashant Kishor met Tuesday Suvendu Adhikari, who resigned as minister in the West Bengal government last week, after which the party claimed that all problems had been resolved. The …
Read More »Former IAS Officer Santhosh Babu Joins Kamal Haasan’s Group
Written by Janardhan Koushik | Updated: December 1, 2020 4:49:07 pm Santhosh Babu, Former IAS Officer and Chief Secretary for Information Technology of Tamil Nadu Former IAS officer and Tamil Nadu Chief Information Technology Secretary Santhosh Babu joined Kamal Haasan’s political party Makkal Needhi Maiam in Chennai on Tuesday. The …
Read More »Naval version of the Brahmos test fired from the Navy’s INS Ranvijay in the Bay of Bengal
By: Express News Service | Pune | Updated: December 1, 2020 10:04:30 pm The BrahMos versions being tested have an extended range of around 400 kilometers, compared to their initial range of 290 kilometers, with more higher-range versions currently in development. (Courtesy: Indian Navy) The naval version of the BrahMos …
Read More »Attorney General allows contempt proceedings against comic artist for his tweets
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 1, 2020 9:44:04 pm Prior to this, AG Venugopal had granted permission to initiate contempt proceedings against comedian Kunal Kamra. Archive) The Attorney General of India, KK Venugopal, has given his consent to initiate contempt of court proceedings against the …
Read More »At the protest site, farmers want the government to provide an MSP guarantee ‘in writing’
Written by Harikishan Sharma | New Delhi | Updated: December 1, 2020 7:27:54 am Protesters mark Guru Purab at the Singhu border in Delhi. (PTI) At the forefront of the protests against three farm laws are farmers who have used the minimum support price (MSP) during the current marketing season …
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