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03 Oct

Police use water cannon to disperse farmers protesting outside Haryana CM Khattar’s house

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Haryana police on Saturday sprayed water cannon on a group of farmers who had gathered outside Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar's residence to protest against the farm laws and the Centre's decision to delay paddy procurement in Punjab and Haryana till October 11. They were seen shouting slogans and waving flags angrily while standing on top of barricades to force their way inside the CM's residence. This was the third consecutive day when police and protesting farmers have clashed in Haryana. Paramilitary forces have been deployed outside Khattar’s residence, while roads leading to his house have also been barricaded by…

01 Oct

PM Modi to launch flagship schemes today to make all cities ‘garbage free’, ‘water secure’

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched the second phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation. In line with the vision of the prime minister, SBM-U 2.0 and AMRUT 2.0 have been designed to realise the aspiration to make all cities garbage free and water secure, according to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). At an event at the Ambedkar International Centre here, the prime minister launched the flagship missions. The aim of Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 is to make the cities garbage-free. "With this second phase, we are aiming to achieve sewage and…

30 Sep

Piyush Goyal urges U.S. firms to push for trade agreement

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India and the US should engage in a much bigger way and New Delhi is ready and willing to expand the economic partnership with America, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday. He also called for setting an ambitious bilateral trade target of $1 trillion in the next 10 years. Addressing the 4th Annual Leadership Summit of the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), Piyush Goyal said though a lot of effort had gone into negotiating a trade agreement between the two countries during the previous US administration, unfortunately it did not work out. The minister said India is…

30 Sep

Border incidents with China will continue till boundary agreement is reached: Army chief

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Developments along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh have added to the ongoing legacy challenges on India’s active and disputed borders on the western and eastern front, Chief of the Army Staff General Manoj Naravane said on Thursday. According to him, such incidents will continue till such time a long-term solution is reached, which is to have a boundary agreement. He also said that the unprecedented developments at the Northern Borders necessitated large scale resource mobilisation, orchestration of forces and immediate response, and all this in a Covid infested environment. Recent developments in Afghanistan “have definitely been…

28 Sep

Modi greets Lata Mangeshkar on her 92nd birthday, sings paeans to her melodious voice and humility

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday greeted ‘Queen of Melody’ Lata Mangeshkar on the occasion of her 92nd birthday singing paeans to her melodious voice and humility. In a tweet, the Prime Minister referred to her melodious voice and humility and her passion for the country’s culture. He also prayed for a long and healthy life for her. “Birthday greetings to respected Lata Didi. Her melodious voice reverberates across the world. She is respected for her humility & passion towards Indian culture. Personally, her blessings are a source of great strength. I pray for Lata Didi’s long & healthy life,”…

27 Sep

PM Modi launches Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission

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A campaign of strengthening health facilities that had been going for the last seven years was entering a new phase today, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi while launching the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission via videoconferencing on Monday. “Today we are launching a mission that has the potential of bringing a revolutionary change in India’s health facilities”, he stated. The Arogya Setu app helped a lot in preventing the spread of corona infection, he noted and lauded Co-WIN for its role in making India achieve a record administration of about 90 crore vaccine doses, under the free vaccine campaign. Currently, the…

26 Sep

Meet Sneha Dubey, the young diplomat hailed for her fiery response to Pakistan’s Imran Khan at UN

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India again castigated Pakistan as it gave blistering retort to Prime Minister Imran Khan raking up the issue of Kashmir in his address to the UN General Assembly. India said in its response that Pakistan, where terrorists enjoy free pass, is an "arsonist" disguising itself as a "fire-fighter". Khan in his address spoke about the 2019 decision of India to abrogate Article 370 as well as the death of pro-Pakistan separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani. "The worst and most pervasive form of Islamophobia now rules India," Khan said in an address, delivered by video due to Covid precautions. In…

26 Sep

“Your Right…”: Chief Justice On 50% Representation For Women In Judiciary

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Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Sunday exhorted women lawyers to strongly raise their demand for 50 per cent reservation in the judiciary while assuring them of his "total support". "I don't want you to cry but with anger, you have to shout and demand that we need 50 per cent reservation," he said. The CJI said that it's an issue of thousands of years of suppression and women are entitled to the reservation and added, "It's a matter of right, and not a matter a charity." The CJI paraphrased Karl Marx to say, “Women of the world,…

25 Sep

Biden reiterates US support for India’s permanent seat in UNSC,

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US President Joe Biden has reiterated America’s support for India's permanent membership in a reformed United Nations Security Council and its entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group during his first in-person bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House. President Biden, in his talks with Prime Minister Modi, applauded India’s “strong leadership” during its UN Security Council Presidency in August 2021, according to the US-India Joint Leaders’ Statement issued after their meeting in the White House on Friday. “In this context, President Biden also reiterated US support for India’s permanent membership on a reformed UN Security Council…

25 Sep

“Loss To Women’s Movement”: Feminist Icon Kamla Bhasin Dies At 75

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Eminent women’s rights activist, poet and author Kamla Bhasin passed away on Saturday. She was 75. News of her demise was shared on Twitter by activist Kavita Srivastava earlier today. “Kamla Bhasin, our dear friend, passed away around 3am today 25th Sept. This is a big setback for the women’s movement in India and the South Asian region,” she tweeted. “She celebrated life whatever the adversity. Kamla you will always live in our hearts. In Sisterhood, which is in deep grief.” She was a regular in peace conferences and despite suffering from cancer she used to appear at various platforms…