By: Express Web Desk | Updated: October 27, 2020 2:34:40 pm United States President Donald Trump and Joe Biden. (Proceedings) By Tuesday of next week, Donald Trump will continue to serve in the White House for four more years, or the United States will have Joe Biden as its new …
Read More »UP’s cow slaughter law is being misused against innocents: Allahabad HC
Written by Manish Sahu | Lucknow | Updated: October 27, 2020 11:28:18 am The UP Cow Slaughter Prevention Act prohibits the slaughter of cows and their progeny in the state, with a penalty of up to ten years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of up to Rs 5 lakh. …
Read More »Explained: The Plasma Therapy Debate
Written by Anuradha Mascarenhas | Pune | Updated: October 27, 2020 9:22:04 am A 28-year-old man donates his blood plasma for Covid-19 treatment at the Delhi Plasma Bank at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences. (Express photo: Tashi Tobgyal) Recently published findings on convalescent plasma therapy in Covid-19 patients …
Read More »The New Urban Poor in Mumbai: Lost Wages, Gold Pawn to Pay School Fees, NGO Meals, Unpaid Rent
Written by MAYURA JANWALKAR, Sadaf Modak | Mumbai | Updated: October 27, 2020 7:09:18 am Measures like MNREGA, which helped in rural areas, are not feasible in cities, as there is little work that is not based on contractors, said Abhay Pethe, professor of economics at the University of Mumbai. …
Read More »Coal scam: former minister Dilip Ray was sentenced to 3 years in prison
By: PTI | New Delhi | October 26, 2020 11:33:37 am Ray was Minister of State (Coal) in the government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. (Proceedings) Former union minister Dilip Ray was sentenced to three years in prison by a Delhi court on Monday in a coal scam case related to …
Read More »J&K: Hurt by Mehbooba Mufti’s comment on the tricolor, three PDP leaders resigned from the party
By: Express News Service | Jammu | Updated: October 27, 2020 1:10:10 am Sources told PTI that the trio was unhappy with Mehbooba’s statement about not holding the tricolor until Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, including its separate state flag, is restored. Three days after the PDP president and former …
Read More »Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt Move Defamation Lawsuit Against Actor, Seeking Rs 1 Million Damages
By: Express News Service | Mumbai | October 26, 2020 6:59:35 pm In addition to the damages, the lawsuit filed by Mahesh Bhatt and his brother Mukesh Bhatt also sought to remove the content in dispute from the social media platform. (Proceedings) The Mumbai High Court on Monday prevented actress …
Read More »TRP Tamper Case: Republic TV Must Be Liable; don’t victimize your journalists, says Editors Guild
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | October 26, 2020 5:30:32 pm The Mumbai Police Crimes Division informed the Metropolitan Magistrates Court on Saturday that the owners and other officials affiliated with Republic Media Network, News Nation, and Mahamovie have been named as defendants in the alleged TRP scam …
Read More »Gujarat High Court begins live broadcast of trial proceedings
Written by Sohini Ghosh | Ahmedabad | Updated: October 26, 2020 5:06:47 pm A view of the Gujarat High Court. (File photo) The Gujarat High Court on Monday began live streaming the court proceedings, from the first court comprising the division bank led by the Chief Justice, on YouTube on …
Read More »Akshay Kumar shares FAU-G trailer, players respond with PUBG memes and comparisons
By: Trends Desk | New Delhi | October 26, 2020 1:34:58 pm While players were looking forward to the Indian game, not everyone was impressed. A month after it was announced, actor Akshay Kumar tweeted a preview of an Indian alternative to banned PUBG called Fau-G, on the occasion of …
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