Rumita Patel
BATHINDA: Carrying out the peace process between India and Pakistan by activists of many shades, now an independent women’s magazine eShe is holding a virtual 2-day ‘Indo-Pak Peace Summit led by women’ from January 16-17. More than 40 successful women from various countries will come together to share their experiences and exchange ideas to find…
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NEW DELHI: As Congress watched a ‘Kisan Adhikar Divas’ against farm laws across the country, party leaders including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, here on Friday gheraoed Raj Niwas, Civil Lines to express their solidarity with farmers. In Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, protesters raised slogans against the Center, demanding the repeal of…
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has no respect for farmers and wants to tire out protesters against the Center’s new farm laws, Congressional Leader Rahul Gandhi alleged on Friday. He also said that the talks that are taking place with the protesting peasant leaders are part of the governmentdelaying tactics. Farmers will not give…
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NEW DELHI: After a decent performance in the 2020 Bihar assembly elections, the head of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), Asaduddin Owaisi, has set his sights on Uttar Pradesh (UP) who will go to the polls next year. In UP, Owai’s main target appears to be the Samajwadi Party (SP) led by Akhilesh Yadav. From…
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Supreme BSP Mayawati during a press conference on his 64th birthday at the party office in Lucknow on Wednesday LUCK: On her 65th birthday, Supreme Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Mayawati announced on Friday that her party will not forge any alliances for the upcoming STATE ASSEMBLY elections in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. “BSP will not…
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NEW DELHI: Foreign Minister S Jaishankar held talks with his Nepalese counterpart Pradeep Kumar Gyawali on Friday, focusing on several key aspects of bilateral relations. The talks are taking place in the framework of the Indo-Nepal joint commission (JCM) meeting, the officials said. Gyawali arrived here Thursday on a three-day visit. He is the first…
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NEW DELHI: Construction work on the new Parliament building began on Friday, more than a month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the project under the government’s ambitious Central Vista redevelopment plan. The new Parliament building will be triangular in shape and is expected to be completed by the 75th anniversary…
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PANAJI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Union Minister Shripad Naik on Friday, who is recovering at the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) near here after sustaining an injury in a traffic accident. Naiks’ office stated that Modi called the BJP leader minutes before Vice President Venkaiah Naidu met with the Union minister at…
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NEW DELHI: India, one of the world’s largest vaccine manufacturers, plans to offer 20 million doses of coronavirus vaccine to its neighbors while drawing up a policy to supply vials to countries around the world, people with knowledge of the matter said. An Indian state company will buy vaccines from the Serum Institute of India…
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High in the Himalayas, thousands of species of medicinal plants have been growing and thriving for centuries. In the Indian Himalayan region, one of the 36 global biodiversity hotspots, 1,748 species of medicinal plants have been identified. But with increasing commercial harvesting, unmonitored trade, habitat loss and unsustainable harvesting, 112 plant species are now threatened,…
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