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Rahul Gandhi accuses PM of shedding crocodile tears on Covid deaths

11:46 pm May 22, 2021

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said a crying prime minister is the government of India’s response to ”the highest Covid deaths” in the country, devoid of vaccines and having the lowest GDP. Gandhi made the frontal attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the grim pandemic situation in the country, leading two other senior Congress leaders, P Chidambaram and Jairam Ramesh, too to […]

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Mandatory 14-day quarantine for Delhi residents returning from Haridwar Kumbh

Lakhs of devotees holy dip in Ganga on Maha Shivratri in Haridwar Kumbh

11:55 pm March 11, 2021

Haridwar: Lakhs of devotees Thursday took a holy dip in the Ganga river on the occasion of Maha Shivratri, marking the beginning of the Haridwar Kumbh. The ritual of taking the dip had begun before the dawn itself with over 30 lakh devotees taking baths at various stretches of the riverbank, including the Brahmkund at Har Ki Paudi, overcoming the fear […]

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Biden urged not to accept India, South Africa’s proposal at WTO on COVID-19 vaccine

11:07 am March 6, 2021

Washington: Four top Republican senators have urged US President Joe Biden not to accept a proposal by India and South Africa to the WTO to waive anti-Covid vaccine patents, saying that waiving all rights to intellectual property would end the innovation pipeline and stop the development of new vaccines or boosters to address variants in the virus. Mike Lee, Tom Cotton, Joni Ernst, and Todd Young, in a […]

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Vaccine approval hailed as decisive turning point in India’s fight against pandemic; Leaders laud scientists, corona warriors

10:46 pm January 3, 2021

New Delhi : The approval given to two COVID-19 vaccines is a ”decisive turning point” in the spirited fight against the pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday as the development was greeted with a sense of relief and hope in the country that has been reeling from the impact of the virus for […]

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Allahabad HC stays arrest of 'Mirzapur' web series directors, writers

Allahabad needs to be turned into fort during Magh fair: HC

11:29 pm December 19, 2020

Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has favoured turning the entire city into a fort with an absolute ban on the entry of Covid positive people into during the upcoming Magh fair on the bank of the confluence of rivers Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati. A bench of justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar made the observation while hearing a public interest lawsuit […]

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