Sun, 06 Dec 2020 10:58:41
After its fifth round of talks on Saturday with farmer group leaders remained inconclusive, the Centre announced another meeting on December 9. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar today reassured the agitating farmers that central government is ready to resolve all their issues. He also said that the Minimum Support Price (MSP) system will continue and there is "no threat to it."
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Sun, 06 Dec 2020 10:56:30
Former Chief Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday said that he would have still been the Chief Minister if he had continued to have good relations with the BJP and said that he lost everything due to the coalition with the Congress party.
Kumaraswamy claimed that Congress destroyed his goodwill. He was the Chief Minister of Karnataka from May 2018 to July 2019, wi
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Sun, 06 Dec 2020 10:51:57
New Zealand completed the first step of its mission for the home summer when it beat the West Indies by an innings and 134 runs Sunday on the fourth morning of the first cricket test.
The win began New Zealand’s drive to win all four of its home tests — against the West Indies and Pakistan — this season which could lift it into the top two in test rankings, depending on the series between Austr
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Sun, 06 Dec 2020 10:50:30
Plagued by injuries, New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson, who once held the record for fastest ODI hundred, called time on his international career and signed a three-year deal with USA’s Major League Cricket (MLC).
The 29-year-old, who has played 13 Tests, 49 ODIs and 31 T20Is for New Zealand, didn’t feature in any of Black Caps’ assignment for the past two years.
In the 93 international
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Sun, 06 Dec 2020 10:34:54
As many as 1.46 lakh children or 64 per cent of those in childcare institutions have been sent back to their families as a precaution against the coronavirus pandemic following directives from the Supreme Court, the UNICEF said on Saturday.
The apex court had taken suo-motu note in April of the condition of the children in protection, juvenile and foster or kinship homes across the country amid
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Sun, 06 Dec 2020 10:32:15
The spokesperson for UN chief Antonio Guterres and a group of 36 cross-party UK parliamentarians have come out in support of the agitating Indian farmers, saying people have a right to demonstrate peacefully and authorities should let them do so.
These reactions came even as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reiterated his support for the protesting farmers despite India's strong reaction
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Sun, 06 Dec 2020 10:30:34
The Congress on Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to test the patience of farmers and said he should immediately repeal the "black" farm laws after apologising to them.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that farmers in Bihar are in trouble without the MSP system and APMC Act and now the entire country has been "pushed into this well".
He also supported the women farmers who hav
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Sun, 06 Dec 2020 10:27:51
India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 96.44 lakh, while the total number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 91 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 94.37 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.
The COVID-19 active caseload plunged to almost 4 lakh after 138 days.
The total coronavirus cases mounted to 96,44,222 with 36,011 new infection
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Sat, 05 Dec 2020 18:37:17
Several former sportspersons from Punjab including Padma Shri and Arjuna awardees left for Delhi on Saturday to return their awards in support of the farmers' protest against the Centre's three agriculture reform laws.
They will join the farmers camping at the national capital's Singhu border on Saturday before returning their awards to the president the next day.
Farmers from Punjab and Ha
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