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Kaunain Sheriff MSep 21, 2021
The UK has changed its Covid-19 travel rules. Who can travel to the country from India? What does excluding Covishield from the list of approved vaccines mean?
Charanjit Singh Channi becomes the Punjab Chief Minister at a time when the ruling Congress is ridden with factionalism, faces anger on the street, and has barely four months to get its act together before
Vishnu VarmaSep 20, 2021
A Kerala bishop triggered controversy when he raised the twin issues of 'love jihad' and 'narcotic jihad' as grave threats to young men and women of Christian and other non-Muslim faiths. What did he say,
Sanjay KumarSep 20, 2021
How far can Congress gain from its selection of Charanjit Singh Channi as Punjab’s first Dalit CM? Survey data show it was already the popular choice among both Sikh and Hindu Dalits, but it needs
Explained DeskSep 20, 2021
The revelations have led to the resignations of three top-level employees of the charity, including Charles’ close aide Michael Fawcett. The chief executive of The Prince’s Foundation “temporarily stepped down” from his post.
APSep 20, 2021
German citizens age 18 and above are entitled to vote and to be elected. About 60.4 million people in the nation of 83 million are eligible to vote, about 2.8 million of them for the
ReutersSep 20, 2021
Justin Trudeau, who has led a minority government since 2019, called an early election in a bid to capitalize on the Liberals' handling of the pandemic and swing to a majority.
The New Education Policy 2020 stressed the need to give foundational skills high priority. Now, as never before, this is the urgent need of the hour, for young children and for all age groups in
New York TimesSep 20, 2021
The initial investigation has spawned several more into three previous deaths in proximity to the family, and Alex Murdaugh himself ended up in handcuffs on Sept. 16 after concocting a bizarre scheme to stage his
Udit MisraSep 20, 2021
Several academic studies — both in India and elsewhere — have found a strong link between economic indicators such as per capita income and electoral performance
C. Raja MohanSep 20, 2021
A defence deal among Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom that seeks to check China in the Pacific has enraged France, which has lost a lucrative submarine contract with Australia. Why are democratic
Two chicks were born this year in Mumbai’s Byculla Zoo. Humboldt penguins are endemic to the Pacific coasts of Chile and Peru.
Experts believe there's a lot to read between the lines in the tweet Sunil Jakhar made about Rahul Gandhi finding an "Alexandrian solution" to the "Gordian knot" into which the the Punjab Congress crisis had
Channi will also be the first Dalit CM of a state where this post had become the monopoly of Jat Sikhs.
The 67-year-old former Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president is a straight-talking politician not prone to making tall promises.
New York TimesSep 19, 2021
We explain what stablecoins are, why they may be risky, the possible regulatory solutions and the government’s likely next moves when it comes to policing them.
Aswathi PachaSep 19, 2021
Dr. Brown mentioned in his tweet that the data only tells us the orbital path of Planet Nine but not where in the orbital path it is. “It is more likely to be at its
Anuj BhatiaSep 19, 2021
Here is what adaptive refresh rate means, how it changes user interaction with the smartphone.
As many as 33 newly elected MLAs wrote him a letter seeking a probe into the alleged role of former Akali minister Bikram Singh Majithia in a drugs case citing statements to the Enforcement Directorate.
APSep 18, 2021
Justin Trudeau called the early election in hopes of winning a majority of seats in Parliament, but has faced criticism for calling a vote during a pandemic in order to cement his hold on power.
The effective tenure of the next Chief Minister of Punjab will be very limited keeping in view the impending assembly elections in the state in February 2022 and the fact that the model code of
One of the major gripes of Congress MLAs was that it was impossible to meet CM Amarinder Singh who surrounded himself with a coterie
Explained DeskSep 18, 2021
Delhi-Mumbai Expressway: The 1380-km eight-lane expressway — passing through Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat — will reduce travel time between the cities to 12 hours.
The GST Council met in Lucknow on Friday, the first physical meeting in nearly two years. A look at the key decisions the Council made. 
Pranav MukulSep 18, 2021
The GST Council has approved a proposal to make food-delivery platforms like Zomato and Swiggy responsible for collecting and depositing the 5 per cent GST applicable on food with the government, effective January 1.
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