Month: December 2020

Biden warns of Trump officials’ ‘roadblocks’ to transition

WILMINGTON, Del. — President-elect Joe Biden is warning of massive damage done to the national security apparatus by the Trump administration and “roadblocks” in communication between agency officials and his transition team that could undermine Americans’ security. During remarks Monday in Wilmington, Delaware, Biden said his team has […]

Punjab warns farm protesters against telecom mast attacks

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI – India’s major grain-growing state of Punjab on Monday asked police to crack down on farmers and sympathisers vandalising telecommunication masts as they intensify their weeks-long protests against farm deregulation. Protesters have attacked hundreds of masts of companies such as oil-to-groceries conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd that […]

Explainer: How India’s grain policies have stoked FCI’s debt binge

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI – Food Corporation of India (FCI), the state grain procurement agency, buys rice and wheat from growers every season at guaranteed prices but farmers fear that those purchases may end under new agricultural laws at the centre of recent protests. Farmers say the new laws will […]

India finds six cases of coronavirus variant as daily infections drop

BENGALURU – India has found six people who returned from Britain in recent weeks with a more infectious strain of the novel coronavirus that has prompted border closures around the world, even as its daily increase in cases fell to a six-month low. All six patients have been […]

Dry run for COVID-19 Vaccination successfully conducted in Four states

DELHI, DECEMBER 29: Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare conducted a two-day dry run for activities entailed in Covid-19 vaccination in four states Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Gujarat on 28th and 29th December 2020. Backed with the experience of rolling out Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) and conducting […]

PM to lay Foundation Stone of AIIMS at Rajkot on 31 December

DELHI, DECEMBER 29: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will lay the Foundation Stone of AIIMS at Rajkot, Gujarat on 31st December 2020 at 11 AM via video conferencing. Governor of Gujarat, Chief Minister of Gujarat, Union Health Minister and Union MoS for Health will also be present on […]

MISSION SAGAR III – INS KILTAN ARRIVES AT SIHANOUKVILLE, CAMBODIA

DELHI, DECEMBER 29: Indian Naval Ship Kiltan arrived at Sihanoukville Port, Cambodia on 29 December 2020 as part of ongoing Mission Sagar-III. The ship will deliver 15 Tons of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Stores for the flood-affected people of Cambodia, which will be handed over to […]

Moderate snowfall across Kashmir Valley; Gulmarg coldest at minus 7.5 degrees Celsius

Srinagar, Dec 29: There was moderate snowfall at most places in Kashmir on Tuesday, bringing cheer to those associated with tourism and trade as they expect business to pick up in the New Year’s Eve. Officials said snowfall started in Srinagar around 7 am, several hours after it had […]

US House overrides Trump’s veto of USD 740 billion defence bill

Washington, Dec 29:  Delivering a powerful blow to President Donald Trump, the US House of Representatives has voted by an overwhelming majority to override his veto of a USD 741 billion defence bill. Trump last week vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2021, which had bipartisan support, […]

Delhi prepared to face new COVID strain: Kejriwal

New Delhi, Dec 29: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday reassured the city’s residents by asserting that the national capital is prepared to deal with the new mutant strain of the novel coronavirus. Delhi has witnessed three waves of coronavirus and the third wave was an intense […]

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