Tue 15 December 2020: Social activist Anna Hazare on Monday wrote to Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar warning “resumption of a hunger strike” against the centre’s “failure” to fulfil his demands including the implementation of the recommendations made by MS Swaminathan Commission. Mr Hazare’s other demand include granting autonomy to the Commission for Agricultural […]
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Mon 14 December 2020: New Delhi: Vaccinating 100-200 people in each session per day, monitoring them for 30 minutes after administering the shots for any adverse event and allowing only one beneficiary at a time are among the guidelines issued by the Centre for the COVID-19 inoculation drive. According to the guidelines issued to states recently, […]
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Mon 14 December 2020: Despite being tagged by Facebook’s security team as a potentially dangerous organisation that supports violence against minorities across India, the Bajrang Dal has been allowed to thrive on the social network out of political and safety considerations, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Facebook has dithered on acting against the right-wing group […]
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Mon 14 December 2020: The government is planning to buy more COVID-19 vaccines to immunize as many as 70% of Malaysians, the country’s prime minister said on Sunday. “As for Malaysia, we have already got 30%. I have instructed Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba along with Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar (Minister of Science, […]
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Sun 13 December 2020: A blast hit a market area in Rawalpindi district of Pakistan’s east Punjab province on Sunday, leaving at least 15 people injured, police sources said. As per the Rescue official, 22 victims had been shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital, while three were provided first aid on the spot, Dawn reported. […]
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Sun 13 December 2020: The Delhi-Jaipur highway has been partially opened after a three-hour closure that started as farmers began a tractor march from Shahjahanpur on the Rajasthan-Haryana border as part of their escalating 18-day protest against the Centre’s contentious farm laws. A highway was opened as farmers removed blockade from the Delhi-Noida border at […]
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Sun 13 December 2020: Pakistan on Saturday rejected India’s “attempt to deny” responsibility for an alleged global propaganda campaign exposed by a Brussels-based disinformation watchdog. In a statement on Saturday, the Foreign Ministry said the report published this week by EU DisinfoLab supports Islamabad’s stance against New Delhi. “We have already shared extensive and irrefutable […]
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Sun 13 December 2020: Republic TV chief Vikas Khanchandani has been arrested by the Mumbai Police in the fake ratings scam — the 13th person to be arrested in the case so far. The arrest of the top executive came less than a week after the Supreme Court turned down a plea from ARG Outlier […]
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Sun 13 December 2020: Indonesia to raise the excise tax on tobacco products by an average of 12.5% in 2021, the country’s finance minister said on Thursday, citing a need to balance efforts to control smoking with the need to support an industry that is a major employer. The decision to increase its excise tax […]
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Sat 12 December 2020: Thousands of farmers will take out a tractor rally to block the Delhi-Jaipur highway on Sunday, demonstrators protesting the centre’s new agricultural laws said on Saturday, vowing to intensify their agitation despite a fresh appeal from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Protesters will also hold a nationwide demonstration at all district offices […]
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