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SONIA, RAHUL TO CAMPAIGN IN BENGAL, PROMINENT G-23 LEADERS MISSING FROM CONGRESS STAR CAMPAIGNERS’ LIST

March 13, 2021

Prominent G-23 members including Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma, Kapil Sibal and Manish Tewari have not been included in the Congress list of star campaigners for West Bengal assembly elections. The list of 30-star campaigners includes Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, party leaders Rahul Gandhi,...

Amit Shah to campaign in Bengal and Assam on 14-15 March

March 13, 2021

With electioneering picking up pace in West Bengal and Assam ahead of first poll polling on March 27, Home Minister Amit Shah will campaign in the two states on March 14, 15. On March 14, he will hold a roadshow in Kharagpur and will address two rallies in the state...

No reason to stop using AstraZeneca vaccine: WHO after blood clot fears

March 13, 2021

NEW DELHI: The WHO on Friday said that there was no reason to stop using AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine after several European countries suspended the rollout over blood clot fears. “Yes, we should continue using the AstraZeneca vaccine,” WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told reporters, adding: “There is no indication to not...

TESLA IN TALKS WITH TATA POWER FOR EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE: REPORT

March 13, 2021

BENGALURU: Tesla is exploring an arrangement with Tata Sons’ power generation unit, Tata Power, to set up charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in the country, a news channel reported on Friday, citing sources. Shares of Tata Power rose 5.5% to their best closing level since June 2014 after the report,...

Mamata leaves hospital in wheelchair 2 days after injury

March 13, 2021

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who was admitted to a hospital in Kolkata after suffering injuries in Nandigram, was discharged on Friday. “Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has responded well to the treatment. The six-member board has re-examined her health condition. We have opened the plaster cast. Fresh plaster has...

200 Myanmar cops, families in India, MHA asks N-E states to curb influx

March 13, 2021

The Union Home Ministry on Friday cautioned four Northeastern states—Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh—bordering Myanmar against influx from the neighbouring country in view of the large-scale protests following a military coup there, and asked them to take appropriate actions as per law. In a communication, the Ministry of Home...

FREE AND OPEN INDO-PACIFIC: QUAD’S QUEST TO COUNTER CHINA

March 13, 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga came together on Friday evening in a virtual meeting of the Quad group of nations aimed at countering China’s growing military and economic power. The four leaders at the first Quad...

Commanding Officer of first Rafale squadron transferred

March 12, 2021

The Commanding Officer of the first Rafale fighter squadron based in Ambala air force station in Haryana has been transferred within six month to the headquarters of the Eastern Air Command in Shillong, official sources said on Thursday. Group Captain Harkirat Singh is set to be succeeded by Group Captain...

Denmark halts AstraZeneca’s Covid shots over blood clot, 6th country to do so

March 12, 2021

Denmark has decided to temporarily halt the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine after some patients developed blood clots since receiving the jab. The move came “following reports of serious cases of blood clots among people vaccinated with AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine”, the Danish Health Authority said in a statement on Thursday....

INDIA LIKELY TO BLOCK CHINA’S HUAWEI OVER SECURITY FEARS: OFFICIALS

March 12, 2021

India is likely to block its mobile carriers from using telecom equipment made by China’s Huawei, Reuters quoted two government officials as saying, under procurement rules due to come into force in June. India is wary about awarding new technology business to Chinese firms both because of security fears and...

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