By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: September 26, 2020 7:54:41 am The Bidens’ connection to Ukraine began in April 2014, when Hunter Biden joined the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian natural gas company. (Photo: Elizabeth Weinberg / The New York Times) Six weeks before the …
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By: Desk Explained | Pune | Updated: September 26, 2020 9:59:50 am A worker stands near the word Safety while monitoring the production of the SARS CoV-2 vaccine for COVID-19 at a SinoVac factory in Beijing on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 (AP Photo / Ng Han Guan). Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker: …
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By: Trends Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 26, 2020 1:22:20 pm Johnson had trained the women’s rights warrior for more than 20 years and kept her strong (source: @rbgworkout, @ cspan / Instagram). How did Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died at the age of 87, stay so …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 26, 2020 8:15:53 pm The economist Isher Judge Ahluwalia. (Express file) Renowned economist Isher Judge Ahluwalia passed away on Saturday after a 10-month battle with brain cancer. She would have turned 75 on October 1 and is survived by her …
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Written by Anju Agnihotri Chaba | Jalandhar | Updated: September 26, 2020 8:04:11 pm Farm workers planting rice seedlings at Kajjal Majra Village in Fatehgarh Sahib district. Express photo of Jasbir Malhi In order to nullify the negative impact of the Draft Farm Bill on the Trade and Trade of …
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Written by Harikishan Sharma | New Delhi | September 26, 2020 1:38:46 pm Farmers at Ludhiana-Jalandhar NH1 in Ludhiana during the Bharat Bandh on September 25, 2020 (Photo Express: Gurmeet Singh) Following farmers’ protest against three contentious agricultural laws, the Center on Saturday ordered the start of kharif paddy / …
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By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: September 26, 2020 7:09:40 am Farmers gesture as they block a national road during a protest against agricultural bills in Punjab (REUTERS / Adnan Abidi) On Friday, farmers’ organizations across the country called for a bandh to protest the three bills approved …
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Written by Raakhi Jagga | Ludhiana | Updated: September 26, 2020 8:18:31 am In the village of Bhuttiwala in Mukatsar. (Photo Express) At the forefront of several farmer protests in Punjab on Friday were some unusual numbers: two 20-year-old college students, a 33-year-old activist and a teenage girl who dropped …
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Written by Aashish Aryan | New Delhi | Updated: September 26, 2020 7:28:14 am Pedestrians pass a Vodafone India Ltd. store in Mumbai. (Bloomberg photo: Dhiraj Singh) In a unanimous decision, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled on Friday that India’s retrospective claim for Rs 22,100 crore …
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Written by Shubhajit Roy | New Delhi | September 26, 2020 4:35:10 am Modi is expected to speak at around 6.30pm IST Saturday (9am New York time) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday night and is likely to call for an “effective response …
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