Women speaking about the sexual misconduct of former union minister M J Akbar in the wake of #MeToo movement in 2018 required celebration and not prosecution for defamation, journalist Priya …
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Don’t test tolerance of farmers, protest could spread to other places, Sharad Pawar tells Centre – India News , Firstpost
Pawar added that the farm bills were passed in a ‘hurried’ manner in the Parliament, despite the Opposition parties calling for a detailed discussion on them File image of NCP …
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Seven suspects arrested for attack on JP Nadda’s convoy; Bengal governor tells Mamata to not play with fire – Politics News , Firstpost
Meanwhile, the Union home ministry has summoned West Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay and DGP Virendra over the attack on the BJP president File image of Mamata Banerjee. Image courtesy …
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Can’t disclose details of PM’s flights as it relates to his security apparatus, IAF tells Delhi HC – India News , Firstpost
The IAF was responding to a CIC directive to provide certified copies of Special Flight Returns relating to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ex-prime minister Manmohan Singh File image of …
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Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday raised eyebrows over the arguments of the K. Chandrashekar Rao-led government, when it tried to argue that it was unable to restart registrations …
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Address barriers against access to medicines, India tells UN as concerns grow over global distribution of Covid vaccines
India has called on United Nations to address the issue of barriers against access to medicines, in the backdrop of equitable distribution of COVID vaccines. Indian Diplomat to United Nations, …
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Editors Guild tells media houses not to label protesting farmers ‘Khalistanis’, ‘anti-nationals’
By: PTI | New Delhi | December 4, 2020 10:10:55 pm Farmers entered 9th day of protest at Singhu border. (Express Photo by Amit Mehra) The Editors Guild of India …
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By: Express News Service | Surat | December 4, 2020 2:52:49 am On September 24, three powerful blasts took place at the ONGC terminal in Hazira, Surat. (File) The Gujarat …
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Britain is set to deploy an approved Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine next week, confirmed Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday. This makes it the West’s first country to formally endorse a …
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Russia: President Putin tells officials to start mass vaccinations against Covid-19 next week
By: Reuters | Moscow | Updated: December 2, 2020 8:37:58 pm The Kremlin earlier gave assurances that Russians were first in line to be vaccinated, with Moscow also discussing supply …
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Written by Ananthakrishnan G | New Delhi | December 3, 2020 3:49:12 am The Supreme Court had in the D K Basu vs State of West Bengal case of 2015 …
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The government has directed Wikipedia to remove a link from their platform that has shown a wrong map of Jammu and Kashmir, sources said. The order was issued by the …
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Sputnik V: Vladimir Putin tells officials to start ‘large-scale’ vaccinations against COVID-19 by next week – World News , Firstpost
The Russian president’s announcement came the same day Britain approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for a rollout starting next week File image of Russian president Vladimir Putin. Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin …
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Lame duck President Donald Trump suggested to guests at a White House Christmas party on Tuesday that he’ll seek another term in 2024 if his efforts to overturn his 2020 …
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India slams OIC for making ‘unwarranted references’ to J&K, tells it to refrain in future – India News , Firstpost
In a statement, India said it is regrettable that the OIC continues to allow itself to be used by a certain country ‘which has an abominable record on religious tolerance, …
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By: Deutsche Welle | November 28, 2020 5:12:37 pm The EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier said that any deal would be translated into all other EU languages, but lawyers would …
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By: Reuters | Updated: November 28, 2020 11:15:00 am This photo released by the semi-official Fars News Agency shows the scene where Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in Absard, a small …
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Prepare cold storage for COVID-19 vaccine, PM tells states; SC seeks response on uniform test rates plea – Health News , Firstpost
Modi made the remarks during a virtual meeting with states and UTs to discuss modalities of vaccine distribution strategy and review COVID-19 response, especially in eight states reporting a surge …
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A close friend of Jamal Khashoggi told a Turkish court on Tuesday that the slain Saudi journalist felt threatened by people close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The main …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that health and frontline workers will get priority when it comes to getting the Covid vaccine when it arrives, while asking for better …
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Written by Shaju Philip | Thiruvananthapuram | Updated: November 24, 2020 3:11:21 pm The issue, reported in early September, had snowballed into a major controversy. A case pertaining to the …
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By: PTI | Washington | Updated: November 24, 2020 8:01:26 am President Donald Trump while speaking to reporters in the White House briefing room in Washington on Friday, Nov. 20, …
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WASHINGTON:The U.S. federal agency that must sign off on the presidential transition told President-elect Joe Biden on Monday that he can formally begin the hand-over process. “I take this role …
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J&K State Election Commissioner (SEC) K.K Sharma on Monday instructed top officials “to ensure comfortable campaigning for all candidates,” amid allegations by regional parties that candidates, other than the BJP’s, …
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Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Pat Toomey issued a statement Saturday night declaring that Donald Trump has “exhausted all plausible legal” challenges to the presidential election, and that it’s time for him to concede …
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Narrow Differences, Resolve Disputes Through Dialogue: Chinese President Xi Jinping Tells G20 Summit
China is ready to pursue peaceful coexistence with all countries on the basis of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, President Xi Jinping said on Saturday, and suggested narrowing differences …