Bhubaneswar: The winter session of Odisha Assembly began on a stormy note Wednesday as opposition Congress legislators staged a 'dharna' before two entry points and locked another gate of the House over Mamita Meher murder case. They were demanding justice to the victim and removal...
New Delhi: The government will soon bring in a new Bill on cryptocurrency after it is approved by the Union Cabinet. This information was given Tuesday in the Rajya Sabha by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. A Bill on Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency...
Kabul: A blast, obviously a roadside bomb rocked Darul Aman road on the western edge of the Afghan capital Kabul Tuesday morning, leaving no casualties, spokesman for Interior Ministry Qari Sayed Khosti said. "There was a blast today morning but left no casualties," said Khosti,...
New Delhi: The Farm Laws Repeal Bill 2021 was passed by the Rajya Sabha Monday amid heavy sloganeering by the opposition that wanted a debate on the issue. The Bill was passed by a voice just as it was passed by the Lok Sabha two...
New Delhi: A bill to repeal the three contentious farm laws, against which farmers have been protesting for over a year, was passed by the Lok Sabha within minutes of introduction Monday. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar introduced The Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021...
New Delhi: The government will table 'The Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021' in the Lok Sabha Monday to complete the constitutional provisions to repeal three farm laws. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar will introduce the Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021 in the Lower House. The...
New Delhi: The Centre Sunday wrote to the states and UTs over the possible threat of new Covid variant B.1.1.529 which has been designated as the 'Variant of Concern' (VOC) by the World Health Organisation. The Centre has urged states and UTs to do rigorous...
London: The new potentially more contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus has popped up in more European countries, just days after being identified in South Africa, leaving governments around the world scrambling to stop the spread. The UK Saturday tightened its rules on mask-wearing and...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was Saturday briefed about the new 'Omicron' variant of the coronavirus, and he asked officials to review the plans to ease international travel restrictions in light of the "emerging new evidence". At a meeting to review the Covid situation,...
Geneva: The World Health Organization Friday declared the recently-discovered B.1.1.529 strain of Covid-19, first detected in southern Africa, to be a variant of concern and renamed it Omicron. The classification puts Omicron into the most-troubling category of Covid-19 variants, along with the globally-dominant Delta, plus its...
Brazil has come as a surprise at a time when extreme Right parties in Europe, Latin America and elsewhere, helped...
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The Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Shatrujeet Kapur’s remark on 22 October that Indian and Chinese forces are...
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By Aakar Patel Next week, on 3 November, America will have its midterm election. It is so called because it...
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By Dilip Cherian Five extensions in three months, including those of Cabinet Secretary T.V. Somanathan and Home Secretary Govind Mohan,...
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