Written by Karishma Mehrotra, edited by Explained Desk | San Francisco | November 14, 2020 3:15:28 pm In this Nov. 7, 2020, file photo, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris holds hands with President-elect Joe Biden as they celebrate in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo / Andrew Harnik, file) Almost the day after …
Read More »India To Receive 100 Million Astrazeneca Vaccines By December: Adar Poonawalla
By: Bloomberg | Updated: November 14, 2020 10:58:49 am Laboratory technicians handle capped vials as part of fill and pack testing for large-scale production and delivery of the University of Oxfords COVID-19 candidate vaccine. (Vincenzo Pinto / AFP / Getty Images via Bloomberg) The world’s largest vaccine maker is ramping …
Read More »The world now knows that India will not compromise its interests: Prime Minister Modi tells soldiers in Jaisalmer
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: November 14, 2020 12:09:57 pm Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with soldiers in Jaisalmer on Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with soldiers in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer on Saturday on the occasion of Diwali. For the past seven years, PM Modi has …
Read More »Explained: The importance of Minister Suvendu Adhikari – for Trinamool & BJP
Written by Santanu Chowdhury | Kolkata | Updated: November 14, 2020 7:07:55 am Suvendu Adhikari, Minister of Transport, has sent signals that he is upset with Trinamool’s leadership. (Photo Express: Partha Paul, File) Suvendu Adhikari, a former Trinamool congressional deputy and now a minister in Mamata Banerjee’s West Bengal cabinet, …
Read More »Eight hours later, the farmers and the government agree to “keep talking”; Punjab waits for trains
Written by Harikishan Sharma, Avishek G Dastidar | New Delhi | Updated: November 14, 2020 10:13:20 am Punjab farmers during the discussion session with the Center. (Photo: Twitter / Narendra Singh Tomar) Talks between the government and representatives of the farmers’ unions remained inconclusive on Friday, with both sides declining …
Read More »Former NC MLA stopped flying to Dubai, government to amend order
Written by Deeptiman Tiwary, Naveed Iqbal | New Delhi, Srinagar | November 14, 2020 4:36:59 am Altaf Ahmad Wani. Former National Congress (NC) MLA Altaf Ahmad Wani, aka Kalloo, was prevented Thursday night from flying to Dubai from Delhi International Airport, and was informed by immigration officials that Kashmiri politicians …
Read More »Doubling down on poor minority students: Jharkhand HC will listen to SIT’s petition
Written by Abhishek Angad | Ranchi | November 14, 2020 4:32:36 am In Jharkhand, where Rs 61 million was disbursed under the scholarship for 2019-20, the Dhanbad district administration filed FIRs against more than 105 individuals, including intermediaries and local officials. The JHARKHAND Superior Court has included for this month’s …
Read More »Explained: America and the climate, after Donald Trump
Written by Amitabh Sinha | Pune | Updated: November 14, 2020 6:48:54 am A sign outside a polling station in North Carolina in October. Reuters The annual climate change conference was in session in Marrakech, Morocco, when the results of the 2016 US presidential election came in. Donald Trump’s victory, …
Read More »Narrow-margin seats: Tejashwi wants mail-in vote recount
Written by Santosh Singh | Patna | Updated: November 13, 2020 1:33:57 pm Tejashwi Yadav addresses the MLA party in Patna on Thursday. (AND ME) Tejashwi Yadav said Thursday that the RJD could move the court if the Election Commission cannot satisfactorily respond to inquiries from 20 Mahagathbandhan candidates who …
Read More »Barack Obama: Rahul Gandhi has a ‘formless, edgy quality’, Manmohan Singh ‘impassive integrity’
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: November 13, 2020 9:26:12 am Obama said Gandhi is “like a student eager to impress the teacher, but lacks the aptitude and passion to master the subject.” (Photo: Twitter / @ RahulGandhi) Former US President Barack Obama has described Congressional Leader …
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