Day: January 31, 2021

Three new COVID-19 cases in Noida, tally rises to 25,357

10:52 pm January 31, 2021

Noida (UP): Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded three new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday that pushed the district’s infection tally to 25,357, official data showed. The active cases in the district came down to 51 from 52 the previous day, while its recovery rate stood at 99.43 per cent, according to the data released […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

First part of budget session to end on Feb 13: Sources

10:47 pm January 31, 2021

New Delhi: The first part of the Budget Session of Parliament will end on February 13 instead of February 15 as the Rajya Sabha, on Sunday, decided to change its sitting, sources said. Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu also made a fervent appeal to the leaders of various parties at an all-party meeting to […]

Farmers protest: Despite increasing number of barricades thousands converge at Ghazipur

8:34 pm January 31, 2021

New Delhi: Despite an increasing number of barricades, thousands of farmers have been converging at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border following a tearful Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait’s impassioned appeal to protesters to bolster the stir. The tide of the over two-month protest against the farm laws, which had lost its sheen after the violence in Delhi during the […]

China says 16 Chinese COVID-19 vaccines undergoing clinical trials

8:31 pm January 31, 2021

Beijing: As the demand for the COVID-19 vaccine intensified around the world, China said that it has increased the number of vaccines undergoing clinical trials to 16 from 11 to step up supplies at home and abroad. China is conducting clinical trials of 16 COVID-19 vaccines, seven of which have entered phase-III trials and one has conditionally […]

Tomar counters Pawar’s tweets on agri laws; says it is dismaying coming from veteran leader like him

8:28 pm January 31, 2021

New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday expressed dismay over NCP supremo Sharad Pawar’s tweets criticising the farm laws, saying they were a mix of ”ignorance and misinformation” about the legislation, and hoped that the veteran leader will change his stand after knowing the ”facts”. In a series of tweets, Pawar had on Saturday said the new agriculture laws of […]