Rumita Patel
NEW DELHI: India saw the second steepest weekly drop in fresh Covid-19 cases so far, and the current week’s figures show a 16.6% decline in the previous seven days. This was the 10th consecutive week of decline in Covid-19 cases in the country and the 17th week of declining numbers for the 18 weeks since…
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JAMMU: Noting that development activities are proceeding at a snail’s pace, Apni Party of Jammu and Kashmir (JKAP) Chairman Syed Mohammed Altaf Bukhari said on Sunday that the “bureaucracy” has failed good governance at J&K. Addressing virtually party officials and workers in the Jammu Jammu office of the Jammu East constituency, Bukhari said: “We founded…
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LONDON: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the 47th G7 summit hosted by the UK in June as a guest. The summit, to be held in the popular Cornish coastal region from June 11-13, will also be the setting where various world leaders will meet face-to-face with incoming US President Joe Biden for the first…
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NEW DELHI: A national association of physicians and scientists has demanded that all data related to COVID-19 vaccine trials be made public to allow scientists and healthcare workers to make informed decisions regarding the administration of the vaccine. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Progressive Medicos and Scientists Forum said that Phase 3 Clinical…
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NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait called the current farmers’ turmoil an “ideological revolution”, claiming on Sunday that farmers are willing to protest until May 2024. Farmers have also said they will go ahead with their decision to hold a “tractor parade” in the national capital on Republic Day. This threat comes…
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NEW DELHI: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology (IT) convened officials from the social media companies Facebook and Twitter on January 21 regarding preventing the misuse of social media. According to the notice of the Lok Sabha Secretariat, the agenda of the next sessions of the panel will be “Test of representatives of the…
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KOLKATA: With its sights set on the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal in the coming months, the BJP is ready to eliminate ‘Paribartan Yatras’ across the state, a senior party leader said on Sunday. BJP state chair Dilip Ghosh told a press meeting here that yatras with a message of ‘paribartan’ (change) will be…
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NEW DELHI: Schools in the national capital are set to open outside the containment zones starting Monday after being closed for more than 10 months after the coronavirus outbreak. Several states have already opened schools for some of the restricted classes after reporting a drop in coronavirus cases. Most states have opened physical classes for…
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NEW DELHI: The pace of highway construction posted a record 76 kilometers per day for the last week starting Jan. 8, the Ministry of Roads and Highways said on Sunday. The ministry also recorded the construction or expansion of the 534 km higher NH during the week. Road construction generally peaks during these months due…
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BELAGAVI: Surgical strikes carried out by India inside Pakistan after the terror attacks in Uri and Pulwama had given the public confidence that the nation’s borders are safe under the BJP government led by Narendra Modi, said the Sunday the Minister of the Interior of the Union, Amit Shah. A determined government had responded fiercely…
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