Farmers Movement
Month: March 2021
Farmers Movement
Farmers withdraw dharna on rail tracks near Amritsar after 169 days
Amritsar (TIP): A group of farmers squatting on railway tracks near here to protest the Centre’s new farm laws withdrew their agitation on Thursday, March 11, after 169 days, as suspension of trains caused losses […]
Farmers Movement
Farmers ready to protest till Modi govt lasts, says Narendra Tikait
New Delhi (TIP): Farmers are ready to continue protests on the borders of Delhi, against the three agricultural laws, for the remaining three and half years of the Narendra Modi government’s second term, said farmer […]
India
‘Vocal for Local’ tribute to Mahatma, freedom fighters: PM Modi
Announcing the beginning of the ‘Amrit Mahotsav’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that ‘Vocal For Local’ is a wonderful tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and other great freedom fighters. “Today’s #AmritMahotsav programme begins from […]
India
Try 16+ as adults in child sex abuse cases, says panel
New Delhi (TIP): The Union government should reduce the age for trying people as adults under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act from 18 to 16 to check increasing crimes against children, […]
India
Air Force Set to raise second squadron of Rafale jets in Bengal
New Delhi (TIP): The Indian Air Force is set to raise a second squadron of the Rafale combat aircraft in mid-April and it will be based in Hasimara air base in West Bengal, official sources […]
India
Another activist gets relief in toolkit case
New Delhi (TIP): After Nikita Jacob and Shantanu Muluk, another climate activist Shubham Kar Chaudhari was given interim relief by a Delhi court in the toolkit case related to farmers’ protest. Chaudhari has been given […]
India
Govt employees can’t be election commissioners: SC
New Delhi (TIP): The Supreme Court on Friday, March 12, ruled that any persons employed with the central or state governments could not be appointed as election commissioners “across the length and breadth of the […]
India
Covid: Nagpur first city to see 2nd lockdown; Centre sends alert to surge states
Nagpur (TIP): Amidst a sharp spike in coronavirus cases in Maharashtra, Nagpur on Thursday became the first city in nine months to return to a state of complete lockdown. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray warned […]
India
India
India no longer a democratic country, claims Rahul
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday, March 11, claimed India was “no longer” a democratic country, quoting media reports on Swedish Institute’s democracy report that downgraded India. “India is no longer a democratic country,” he […]
Coronavirus
Denmark, Norway, Iceland suspend AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine over concerns about blood clots
Denmark, Norway, and Iceland have paused use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine while investigators look into several cases of blood clots among vaccinated people. Denmark has halted its use of the coronavirus vaccine for at least […]
Coronavirus
Global Covid-19 caseload tops 118.4 million
The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 118.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.60 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Friday, March 12, […]
Coronavirus
World
Flower protest in Paris for Iranian no-headscarf activist
Paris (TIP): Activists laid flowers near the Iranian Embassy in Paris on Monday to show support to a women’s rights campaigner sentenced to prison after handing out flowers to women on the Tehran metro while […]
World
20 killed, 600 hurt in Equatorial Guinea blasts
Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) (TIP): A series of explosions at military barracks in Equatorial Guinea killed at least 20 persons and wounded more than 600 others, the authorities said. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema said the explosion […]
World
World
‘We’re not racist’, says Prince William after Meghan and Harry interview
London (TIP): Prince William said on Thursday that Britain’s royals were not racist after Meghan, wife of his younger brother Harry, said one unnamed member of the family had asked how dark their son Archie’s […]
World
Britain’s cats and dogs face pet-food pouch shortage
London (TIP) : Britain’s growing ranks of cats and dogs could be left staring at empty bowls after Sainsbury’s, the nation’s second biggest supermarket group, warned of a shortage of pet food pouches. In emails […]
World
Asia
Asia
Pakistani court orders govt to ban social media app TikTok
Peshawar (TIP): A Pakistan high court on Thursday said it would order the government to ban social media app TikTok in the country, a lawyer representing Pakistan’s telecommunications regulator said. A high court in the […]
Asia
Pakistan’s former premier accuses Imran Khan of receiving PKR 700 million for Senate seat
Lahore (TIP): Pakistan’s former premier and senior Opposition leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has accused Prime Minister Imran Khan of receiving PKR 700 million from a business tycoon of Balochistan to make him a Senator. “Mohammad […]
Asia
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