Written by Tora Agarwala | Guwahati | Updated: October 15, 2020 7:01:45 pm A fine print photograph of the 2005 Arunachal rain snake. (Photo courtesy: Abhijit Das) A damaged specimen beyond repair, just a surviving color-printed photograph, and a 15-year pass – the clues were far more challenging than the …
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By: ENS Economic Bureau | New Delhi | Updated: October 15, 2020 7:49:33 pm Global growth is projected to contract 4.4 percent, an upward revision of 0.8 percent since its June update, the IMF said. Kaushik Basu, Cornell University economics professor and former World Bank chief economist Kaushik Basu, has …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 15, 2020 2:24:27 pm Mumbai police are investigating “fradulent” manipulation of TRPs involving three channels, including Republic TV. (Photos: Express, Wikimedia Commons) On Thursday, the Supreme Court ordered Republic TV to address the Bombay High Court with its petition regarding …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 15, 2020 10:54:40 am Akkitham won the 55th Jnanpith award last year. (Source: Wikimedia Commons) Famous Malayalam poet and Jnanpith laureate Akkitham passed away on Thursday at a private Kerala hospital. He was 94 years old. Akkitham, who was admitted …
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By: Desk Explained | New Delhi, Patna | October 15, 2020 11:21:02 am While most of the sections that voted for his father are expected to remain intact, Chirag may also garner upper-caste support in seats where he has run higher-caste candidates. (Proceedings) The national chairman of the Lok Janshakti …
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Written by Shubhajit Roy, Yubaraj Ghimire | Kathmandu, New Delhi | Updated: October 15, 2020 6:53:12 am Chief of the Army, General MM Naravane. (Proceedings) In what would be the first high-level Indian visit to Nepal after the the boundary dispute intensified this summer, the chief of the Indian army, …
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Written by Karishma Mehrotra | San Francisco | Updated: October 15, 2020 7:09:08 am At the ‘Howdy, Modi’ event in Texas in September 2019 (Source: Narendra Modi Twitter) Days before the November 3 US election, a poll found that while nearly half of Indian-Americans approve of the performance of Indian …
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Written by Dipankar Ghose | Patna | Updated: October 15, 2020 7:21:12 am Women volunteers prepare Covid kits in Patna. Dipankar ghose There are 20 minutes until 8pm and the enthusiasm is waning. For more than 11 hours, 500 women have been sorting and wrapping, raising a hand when they …
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Written by Shyamlal Yadav | New Delhi | Updated: October 15, 2020 6:43:03 am The Prime Minister’s Fund for Assistance and Aid to Citizens in Emergencies (PM-CARES) was created in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. (Source: pmcares.gov.in) From the government’s largest employer, Railways to the Space Department, 50 Center departments …
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Written by Manoj CG | New Delhi | Updated: October 14, 2020 7:09:57 pm Subhashini Yadav at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi. (AND ME) The daughter of veteran socialist leader Sharad Yadav, Subhashini Yadav, joined Congress today and sources said she could be run as a party candidate from …
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