Month: February 2020

Doctor’s death unleashes mourning, fury at Chinese officials

BEIJING — The death of a young doctor who was reprimanded for warning about China’s new virus triggered an outpouring Friday of praise for him and fury that communist authorities put politics above public safety. In death, Dr. Li Wenliang became the face of simmering anger at the […]

Turkey sends more troops, tanks to Syria amid Idlib assault

BEIRUT — Several Turkish armored vehicles and tanks entered rebel-controlled northwestern Syria early on Friday, the latest reinforcements sent in by Ankara amid a Syrian government offensive that this week brought the two countries’ troops into a rare direct confrontation. The Syrian government, backed by its ally Russia, […]

China probes virus alarm doctor death, cruise ships shunned

BEIJING — China’s top Communist Party investigators are looking into “relevant issues raised by the public” about a whistleblower doctor who was threatened by police after publicizing his concerns about the new virus and has now died from it. The party’s announcement Friday came as the death toll […]

Formula for fixing MSP for Paddy and Wheat

open view news desk Government fixes minimum support prices (MSPs) of 22 mandated crops including paddy, wheat, for every agricultural year and fair & remunerative price (FRP) for sugarcane on the basis of recommendations of Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP), after considering the views of State […]

Exclusion of Households under Public Distribution System

open view news desk Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) is operated as per the provisions of National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) which inter-alia provides coverage for up to 75% of rural population and up to 50% of urban population across the country. NFSA provides coverage for about […]

PM attends celebrations on signing of Bodo Peace Accord at Kokrajhar in Assam

open view news desk In a fervent appeal the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today gave a clarion call to those pursuing the Path of Violence to lay down their arms and return to the mainstream like the Bodo Cadres. Prime Minister was participating the celebrations of the […]

Services of Doctors and Lawyers under Consumer Protection Act

open view news desk As per the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, “service” means service of any description which is made available to potential users and includes, but not limited to, the provision of facilities in connection with banking, financing, insurance, transport, processing, supply of electrical or other energy, […]

Detention without charges worst abomination in democracy: Chidambaram on PSA on Omar, Mehbooba

New Delhi, Feb 7: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday slammed the government for invoking the Public Safety Act against former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah and said detention without charges is the worst abomination in a democracy. Mufti and Abdullah, besides two […]

SC to hear pleas against protest at Shaheen Bagh after Delhi polls

New Delhi, Feb 7: The Supreme Court said it would hear the pleas against anti-CAA protests at Shaheen Bagh next week as it did not want to “influence” the Delhi assembly elections by hearing the matter on Friday. Polls in the national capital will be held on Saturday and […]

Venezuela’s Guaido meets Trump but overshadowed by impeachment

Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido on Wednesday visited the White House like a head of state, but President Donald Trump’s impeachment drama overshadowed the moment. Guaido, who with US support has been seeking for more than a year to topple leftist president Nicolas Maduro, pulled up to the […]

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