Written by Prabha Raghavan | New Delhi | Updated: September 24, 2020 8:37:06 am Covid testing will take place in Mumbai on September 17, 2020 (Photo Express: Amit Chakravarty) Bharat Biotech announced Wednesday that it would manufacture up to 1 billion doses of a single dose intranasal vaccine. It is …
Read More »Explained: Why have hundreds of whales died in Australia?
By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: September 24, 2020 8:48:14 am A pod of whales is seen stranded on a sandbar in Macquarie Harbor, near Strahan, Tasmania, Australia (Image AAP / The Advocate Pool, Brodie Weeding via Reuters) Since Monday, more than 450 long-finned pilot whales have died …
Read More »Redefining the essentials: why it was necessary and who will affect
Written by Harikishan Sharma | New Delhi | Updated: September 24, 2020 8:29:36 am At the Sealdah Koley market in Kolkata. (Express photo: Shashi Ghosh) On Tuesday, Rajya Sabha passed the 2020 Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, which aims to deregulate products such as grains, legumes, oilseeds, edible oils, onions and …
Read More »Explained: How US Supreme Court Justices Are Chosen And The Dispute Over Justice Ginsburg’s Seat
Written by Om Marathe, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 24, 2020 8:58:44 am The nine-member court of the United States Supreme Court prepared for the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Washington. (Photo: AP) While the death of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader …
Read More »Shivraj Singh Chouhan: ‘Why should we force the farmer to sell only in mandi?’
Written by Iram Siddique | Bhopal | Updated: September 24, 2020 7:56:18 am Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan. (Archive) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan speaks with Iram Siddique about his government’s goals and achievements, and how he is handling the pandemic and related challenges. How is the …
Read More »FinCEN Archives: Before Bankruptcy and Investigation, Bhushan Steel Made it to the US Radar for Latvia and Dubai Flows
Written by Khushboo Narayan | New Delhi | Updated: September 24, 2020 7:10:46 am FinCEN’s files contain a 20-page “intelligence assessment” on the mirror network and list 54 shell companies that they say moved billions of dollars annually from Russia through European stock markets to other jurisdictions starting in 2011. …
Read More »Ravi Shankar Prasad: ‘Our commitment to farmers remains, once people realize it, the opposition will be exposed’
Written by Liz Mathew | New Delhi | Updated: September 23, 2020 7:29:24 am Ravi Shankar Prasad said: “Opposition to the bill is for the sake of politics.” Union Minister and BJP Senior MP Ravi Shankar Prasad talks to Liz Mathew about contentious agricultural bills and opposition protests in Parliament. …
Read More »Explained: Efficacy in 50 pc Boxes and Other CDSCO Preliminary Guidelines for Covid-19 Vaccine Approval
Written by Prabha Raghavan, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 22, 2020 9:16:07 pm Ambulances are delivered to the Karnataka government by a private entertainment outlet to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic, in Bangalore on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. (PTI Photo: Shailendra Bhojak) Companies seeking regulatory …
Read More »Kangana Ranaut office razed: make Sanjay Raut part of your case, HC tells actor
Written by Omkar Gokhale | Mumbai | Updated: September 22, 2020 9:31:40 pm Ranaut denied the civic body’s claim that it carried out “substantial illegal additions and alterations” contrary to sanctioned plans at its Bandra office. On Tuesday, the Mumbai High Court asked actor Kangana Ranaut to name Shiv Sena …
Read More »Parliament Session Day 9: Oppn boycotts Lok Sabha; Rajya Sabha approves 7 key invoices in three hours
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 22, 2020 9:00:47 pm MPs in Rajya Sabha after opposition MPs went on strike demanding the revocation of the suspension of 8 legislators, during the current monsoon session of parliament, at the Parliament House in New Delhi, Tuesday, September 22, …
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