Seven lawmakers in the United States, including Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to address the ongoing farmers’ protest in Delhi with his Indian counterpart, PTI reported Friday. In a letter dated Dec. 23, US lawmakers told Pompeo that while the upheaval is of particular concern …
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Earlier this year, according to a submission to British broadcasting regulator Ofcom, Arnab Goswami Republic of Bharat The team conducted “a comprehensive briefing for senior management and the production team on hate speech and how to identify pejorative statements.” Anyone familiar with Goswami’s television shows knows that he and his …
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The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Internal Affairs recommended on Monday that emergency use authorization should be granted to any coronavirus vaccine in the country only after proper consideration and conducting its trials with a sufficient sample size. Meanwhile, the Maharashtra government decided on Monday to send flyers from Europe and …
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In another unfounded accusation against coronavirus vaccines, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro suggested Thursday that the Pfizer-BioNTech injection could turn people into crocodiles or cause women to grow beards, AFP reported. “If you turn into a crocodile, it’s your problem,” Bolsonaro said, referring to Pfizer’s disclaimer that the company was not …
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Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has ‘good news’ for all Dilliwalas amid the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic. Retweeting the post of Delhi’s Senior Deputy Minister Manish Sisodia, Kejriwal wrote: “What good news for all Dilliwalas. All Dilliwalas have worked so hard in the last six years to make this happen. …
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The American biotechnology company Moderna announced on November 16 that its Covid vaccine is 94.5% effective. The US-German collaboration of Pfizer and BioNTech had previously made a similar announcement. These two “mRNA” vaccines are the most promising candidates undergoing phase 3 human trials now, and the vaccines could begin in …
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In his forthcoming memoirs, former US President Barack Obama said that he thought Rahul Gandhi had “a nervous and reportable quality about him” as if he were a student who had done coursework and was “eager to impress. to the teacher”. But deep down, Gandhi “lacked the aptitude or passion …
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US President Donald Trump on Saturday refused to accept defeat in the 2020 presidential election, reiterating that it was “far from over.” Several major media outlets projected that Democratic leader Joe Biden will be the 46th US president with more than 270 electoral votes. The vote count is still in …
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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden took the lead over President Donald Trump in the states of Georgia and Pennsylvania on Friday, setting him up for more than the 270 electoral votes needed to become the next president of the United States. In Pennsylvania, Biden led Trump by 8,867 votes, while …
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With the winner of the presidency yet to be declared, attention has now shifted to a handful of states that remain too close to call. Democrat Joe Biden is closing in on the 270 Electoral College votes needed to run the White House, securing victories on the battlefields of Wisconsin …
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