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Peaceful Protests, Internet Access Democracy's Hallmark: US On Farm Row
Thu Feb 04 2021
Unhindered access to information, including the Internet, and peaceful protests are a hallmark of a thriving democracy, the US said...
Mizoram Students' Body Stages Sit-In Against Coup In Neighbouring Myanmar
Thu Feb 04 2021
Mizoram's top students' body staged a sit-in on Wednesday, protesting the recent military coup in Mynamar and the human rights...
Priyanka Gandhi To Meet Family In UP Of Farmer Who Died In R-Day Violence
Thu Feb 04 2021
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi will visit Rampur today to meet the family of Navreet Singh who was killed during...
Greta Thunberg Tweets Toolkit On Farmers' Protest, Deletes, Shares Update
Thu Feb 04 2021
Teen climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who has been nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, has shared a toolkit to...
With Bezos Out As Amazon CEO, Is This End Of His Question-Mark Emails?
Thu Feb 04 2021
For staff at Amazon.com Inc, the departure of CEO Jeff Bezos may spell the end of one of the company's...
'Sensationalist': Govt on foreign entities backing farm protests
Wed Feb 03 2021
Slamming foreign individuals and entities for comments on the ongoing farmer protests, the Ministry of External Affairs Wednesday said it...
Shashi Tharoor, Rajdeep Sardesai move SC over FIRs on ‘misleading’ tweets
Wed Feb 03 2021
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and journalist Rajdeep Sardesai on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court over the multiple FIRs filed...
"Farm Laws Withdrawn During British Rule Too": Opposition In Parliament
Wed Feb 03 2021
Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad today urged Prime Minster Narendra Modi to repeal the...
Rihanna's Tweet Takes Farmers' Protest Global, Spurs Support
Wed Feb 03 2021
Farmers' protest against the centre's three controversial laws, which they say will leave them at the mercy of corporates, has...
Before Coup, IMF Sent Myanmar $350 Million, Refund A Concern
Wed Feb 03 2021
The International Monetary Fund last week sent $350 million in cash to the Myanmar government, part of a no-strings-attached emergency...
For aspirants IPS officer posts his UPSC CSE notes online
Wed Feb 03 2021
IPS officer Akash Tomar who secured an All India Rank of 138 in the UPSC Civil Service Examination (CSE) of...
'Give Diesel, Will Search': UP Woman, Looking for Daughter, Accuses Cops
Tue Feb 02 2021
A differently abled woman in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district has alleged that she paid between Rs.10,000 and Rs.15,000 to local...
Farmer Leaders Say Will Block Roads Across The Country On Saturday
Tue Feb 02 2021
Farmers protesting against the Centre's three farm laws have called for a countrywide "chakka jam" protest on Saturday. The duration...
12 Children Given Sanitiser Instead Of Polio Drops In Maharashtra
Tue Feb 02 2021
n a case of huge negligence, 12 children were given sanitiser instead of oral polio vaccine drops in a village...
Heard in Parliament during Budget speech: ‘Adani, Adani’
Tue Feb 02 2021
India’s first Covid-era budget was delivered from a tablet. The MPs were scattered across the two Houses and the visitors’...
Centre prompts, Twitter blocks accounts using farmer genocide hashtag
Tue Feb 02 2021
Twitter on Monday blocked nearly 250 accounts and tweets after the Narendra Modi government asked it to act against those...
Editors Guild of India demands release of Mandeep Punia
Mon Feb 01 2021
The Editors Guild of India is deeply concerned over the incarceration of freelance journalist Mandeep Punia who was reporting on...
Budget: Focus On Vaccine, Farmers, Polls
Mon Feb 01 2021
Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman is announcing Budget 2021 in Parliament. Ms Sitharaman said the Budget was prepared in circumstances -like...
Myanmar's Suu Kyi Detained In Military Coup, 1-Year Emergency Declared
Mon Feb 01 2021
Myanmar's military staged a coup on Monday, detaining de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and declaring it had taken...
Delhi police arrests freelance journalist
Mon Feb 01 2021
Delhi police on Sunday arrested freelance journalist Mandeep Punia who had in a Facebook Live session on Friday accused BJP...