The fate of 23 Indian sailors stuck on a merchant navy ship anchored off a port in northern China appears to be uncertain with Beijing reportedly not allowing them to get off the vessel in the backdrop of increasing imported Covid-19 cases in the country. The bulk carrier Jag Anand […]
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Bihar Election 2020: No dispute regarding NDA leader in Bihar, says state BJP chief
With the NDA leading in 128 of the 243 seats in Bihar assembly, BJP state chief Sanjay Jaiswal said there is no dispute regarding who will lead the government if the alliance returns to power in the state. A party or a coalition requires 122 seats to form the government […]
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UK PM cautiously welcomes cheer around Pfizer vaccine
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has cautiously welcomed the promising results from the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and warned people not to rely on this news as a solution as it is still “very, very early days”. Addressing a briefing from 10 Downing Street here on Monday, Johnson urged the British public […]
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Covid-19 raises serious questions for Denmark’s mink farmers
Mink farms pose a serious threat to human health in the age of Covid, and will continue to do so even if individual mink mutations of the virus are fought back, according to Kare Molbak, Denmark’s top epidemiologist. The arrival of Covid-19 in the Nordic country was a clear “game […]
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Bihar Election results: Celebrations erupt at JD(U), BJP party offices as NDA holds on to lead
The Janata Dal (United) was the first among political parties to get into celebratory mood even before the official announcement of its candidate winning the Supaul seat. JD(U) party workers raised “Nitish Kumar Zindabad” slogans, as soon as trends of the Bihar assembly election results began to throw up a lead […]
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Goa professor booked for ‘outraging religious sentiments’
The Goa police have booked a professor at Panaji’s V M Salgaocar College of Law for allegedly “outraging religious sentiments” in a Facebook post on mangalsutras and burqas. Shilpa Surendra Pratap Singh, the professor, insisted her post was academic in nature and was not intended to hurt sentiments. “…it was […]
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UK trying to resolve issue holding up Vijay Mallya’s extradition as quickly as possible
The UK is trying to resolve as quickly as possible the “confidential” legal issue holding up the extradition of fugitive businessman and former member of parliament Vijay Mallya to India, Britain’s acting high commissioner Jan Thompson said on Tuesday. Extradition proceedings against the liquor baron concluded in May after the […]
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Bihar polls: BJP wins Darbhanga and Keoti, emerges as single-largest party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has tasted first victory in the Bihar Assembly election. Its candidates have won from Darbhanga and Keoti Assembly seats, according to Election Commission. While BJP leader Sanjay Saraogi won the Darbhanga seat defeating Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD) Amar Nath Gami by over 10,000 votes, his party […]
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Bihar Election 2020: Triangular contest could be the ultimate decider once again
The trends in the ongoing counting of the three-phase Bihar polls have reaffirmed the importance of “triangle politics”, where a two-party alliance makes an invincible combination, despite seemingly insurmountable odds. Triangle politics has little room for smaller parties. A single party does not get a majority on its own in […]
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Bihar Polls: Result day becomes ‘golden opportunity’ for vendors at Tejashwi Yadav residence
On the counting day for the Bihar assembly election on Tuesday, many vendors were seen near the residence of Mahagathbandan chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav, trying to encash on the increased footfall. From ice cream vendors to sugarcane juice sellers, even mobile shops near the residence reaped profit due to […]
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Repeated attempts being made to bring bilateral issues into SCO agenda: PM
While speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit on Tuesday, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised on the importance in countries respecting each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. “India has strong cultural and historical ties with Shanghai Cooperation Organisation countries. India believes that to enhance connectivity it is important that […]
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By-poll result : Congress defeats BJP in Haryana’s Baroda assembly seat
Counting of votes of by-polls held in 58 assembly constituencies across 11 states in the country began at 8m on Tuesday. This is being held along the vote-counting process in Bihar where the country’s first major electoral exercise was held amid the coronavirus pandemic. Votes are being be counted for […]
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Arnab Goswami moves SC challenging Bombay HC order denying him bail
Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami moved Supreme Court after the Bombay High Court dismissed his petition for interim bail in 2018 abetment to suicide case on Monday. Goswami was arrested along with two others – Feroze Shaikh and Nitish Sarda – by Alibag Police and remanded to judicial custody for 14 […]
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There’s reportedly a PUBG Mobile ad for India in the works
Krafton, PUBG Corp’s parent company, recently struck a deal with Microsoft earlier this month and announced that it will be using Microsoft Azure to host its portfolio of multi-platform products, including PUBG and PUBG Mobile. While that was a step towards the battle royale marking its return to India after […]
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UK PM Johnson suffers heavy defeat in House of Lords on treaty-breaking Brexit laws
Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a heavy defeat in parliament’s upper chamber on Monday over proposed laws which would allow him to breach Britain’s EU exit treaty – a plan that has been criticised by US president elect Joe Biden. The Internal Market Bill is designed to protect trade between […]