Not On Any Party Or Government’s Side; Present Your Views To Us: SC-Appointed Panel To Farmers
The panel appointed by the Supreme Court to resolve grievances over the new farm laws held its first meeting today and aims to take the view of farmers and agriculture sector stakeholders besides central and state government, member Anil Ghanwat said on Tuesday. The committee will maintain objectivity and not let personal views on these […]
Centre Writes To WhatsApp, Says Will Not Accept Unilateral Changes To Privacy Policy
The Indian government wrote to WhatsApp on Tuesday and said that any unilateral changes to the social messaging app’s terms of service or privacy will not be acceptable to the government. The moves comes after the instant messaging app received a lot of backlash in India over its new privacy policy. The new policy has […]
Exclusive: China Has Built Village In Arunachal, Show Satellite Images
New Delhi: China has constructed a new village in Arunachal Pradesh, consisting of about 101 homes, show satellite images accessed exclusively by NDTV. The same images, dated November 1, 2020, have been analysed by several experts approached by NDTV, who confirmed that the construction, approximately 4.5 kms within Indian territory of the de facto border, […]
Health worker dies in Moradabad day after receiving Covid shot
A 46-year-old health worker died here a day after receiving the coronavirus vaccination, officials said on Monday. While Mahipal’s family is blaming the death on vaccination, the authorities said that he suffered from a cardiac disease. According to sources, he was working as a ward boy in the surgical ward of the Moradabad government hospital. […]
We Welcome SC Order But We Will Continue With Our Protests: Farmers’ Unions
Hours after the Supreme Court stayed the implementation of the Centre’s new agriculture legislations, farm union leaders while welcoming the apex court’s decision said they will not call off their stir until the central government completely repeals the new laws. The SC in its Tuesday order said it will form a committee to look into […]
Farmers’ protest: Security increased along Delhi borders
Security was increased along the borders of the national capital ahead of a tractor rally of farmers on Thursday morning. The farmers will hold the rally at 11 am at four borders of Delhi in protest against the Centre’s agriculture laws. They had on Tuesday deferred their proposed tractor march from January 6 to January […]
Farmers to hold tractor rally in Delhi on Republic Day if ‘demands not met’
Hardening their position ahead of the next round of talks with the government, protesting farmer unions on Saturday said they will take out a tractor parade towards Delhi on January 26, when the country will celebrate Republic Day, if their demands are not met. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be in the national […]
India likely to extend ban on flights from UK
Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said he foresees a slight extension of temporary suspension of passenger flights between India and the UK, where a new variant of the coronavirus has been detected. The Civil Aviation Ministry had last week suspended all flights between that country and India from December 23 to December 31 […]
Decline in India’s active COVID-19 caseload due to rise in recoveries, lower daily cases: Govt
The exponential rise in COVID-19 recoveries in tandem with lower daily infections has resulted in a consistent decline in India’s active caseload, which presently stands at 2,81,667, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. The active cases comprise 2.77 per cent of the country’s total infections, it said. India’s total number of recovered cases is nearing […]
Farmers protesting at Delhi borders remain resolute in seeking repeal of new agri laws
Braving harsh cold, thousands of agitating farmers at the Delhi borders on Thursday remained steadfast in their demands to repeal the Centre’s three new agri laws. Dense fog reduced visibility to just 100 metres in parts of Delhi on Thursday, affecting traffic movement, the India Meteorological Department said, adding that the minimum temperature at the […]
