Written by Amitabh Sinha, edited by Explained Desk | Gaya | Updated: October 25, 2020 2:12:45 pm A crowded wholesale market in New Delhi on Saturday, October 24, 2020 (AP Photo: Altaf Qadri) Daily Coronavirus Tracking in India: While many countries in the West have reported record numbers of new …
Read More »Explained: What is Libya’s historic ceasefire agreement about?
By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | October 24, 2020 12:00:01 pm In this Sept. 22, 2016 file photo, fighters from the Libyan forces affiliated with the Tripoli government rest and reload during an offensive against Islamic State militants in Sirte, Libya. (AP Photo: Manu Brabo, file) Rival matches were …
Read More »TRP Manipulation Case: News Broadcasters Association Urges Government To Withdraw CBI Investigation
By: PTI | New Delhi | October 24, 2020 10:27:42 pm The NBA statement comes days after the IWC filed an FIR on the alleged tampering with TV Rating Points (TRPs) based on a referral from Uttar Pradesh police. The Association of News Broadcasters on Saturday urged the government to …
Read More »Explained: What determines the price of the onion?
Written by Parthasarathi Biswas | Pune | Updated: October 24, 2020 7:11:49 am At the APMC Market in Navi Mumbai on Friday. (Express photo: Narendra Vaskar) With less than a week to go Bihar elections, the Center on Friday reintroduced the onion stock limit, a measure aimed at curbing rising …
Read More »The government intervenes in the DU line, snubs VC, discards his order at the registrar
Written by Aranya Shankar, Ritika Chopra | New Delhi | Updated: October 23, 2020 9:47:01 am The DU Registrar’s office remained double-locked Thursday. (Proceedings) In a dramatic turnaround in the ongoing dispute between Delhi University (VC) Vice Chancellor Yogesh Tyagi and Pro VC PC Joshi, the union government rejected Tyagi …
Read More »‘Air quality is disgusting’: how Indians reacted to Trump’s comment during the presidential debate
By: Trends Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 23, 2020 1:31:57 pm Americans are ready to elect a new president on November 3. In the final presidential debate before the November 3 election, President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden touched on various topics, but many Indians reacted …
Read More »Explained: Is the death of volunteers in the Brazil trial another blow to the AstraZeneca vaccine candidate?
Written by Prabha Raghavan, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | October 23, 2020 2:06:04 pm A pedestrian walks past signage outside an AstraZeneca Plc research and development facility in Shanghai, China, Monday, June 8, 2020 (Bloomberg Photo: Qilai Shen). There it’s been a death in the last-stage clinical …
Read More »Ishrat Jahan encounter case: CBI court refuses to drop proceedings against four accused officers
Written by Sohini Ghosh | Ahmedabad | Updated: October 23, 2020 2:33:42 pm Ishrat Jahan, his friend Javed Sheikh alias Pranesh, Amzad Ali Rana and Zeeshan Johar were killed in an alleged hoax encounter by Ahmedabad police on the outskirts of the city in June 2004. (Archive) On Friday, a …
Read More »The country will be based on the Constitution, not the BJP manifesto: Mehbooba in first presser after launch
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi, Srinagar | Updated: October 23, 2020 6:41:52 pm PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti addresses her first press conference after being released from 14 months in detention. (Express Photo by Shuaib Masoodi) At his first press conference after being released from 14 months in detention, …
Read More »Explained: When Eknath Khadse joins NCP, what does Sharad Pawar’s group gain?
Written by Manoj Dattatrye More, edited by Explained Desk | Pune | Updated: October 23, 2020 12:26:21 pm Eknath Khadse arrives in Mumbai on October 22, 2020 (Express Photo: Ganesh Shirsekar) Maharashtra politician veteran Eknath Khadse will join the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led by Sharad Pawar at 2pm on …
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