Friday, March 12, 2021

Opinion | Rahul must not challenge popular mandates by dubbing them as “electoral autocracy”

On Thursday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, while quoting a Swedish institute’s report, tweeted: ‘India is no longer a democratic country’. He quoted a Swedish institute V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy). V-Dem claims, it works with more than 3,500 country experts and it has a global advisory board.

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Tejashwi serves big blow to Nitish, several RLSP leaders join RJD ahead of merger with JD-U

Ahead of the Rashtriya Lok Samta Party's (RLSP) merger with the Janata Dal (United) in Bihar, several leaders of the party including state president Virendra Kushwaha and general secretary Nirmal Kushwaha joined the Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Friday.

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Quad Summit: India's vaccine to be in focus as Modi, Biden, Morrison, Suga meet virtually

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, United States President Joe Biden, Australian PM Scott Morrison and Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga will engage for the first time in the historic QUAD summit and discuss issues like coronavirus, regional security, economic crisis, climate change, others.

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Delhi records 431 new coronavirus cases, highest in two months

Delhi recorded as many as 431 fresh coronavirus cases on Friday. With this, the tally of COVID-19 cases in the national capital has reached over 6.42 lakh, while the death toll mounted to 10,936. Two fatalities have been recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Delhi health department.

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Andhra CM honours Indian flag designer's daughter, descendants

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday met and honoured the nonagenarian daughter, and descendants of Pingali Venkaiah, the designer of the Indian flag. Reddy honoured Sita Mahalakshmi (99), daughter of Venkaiah in traditional Telugu style by spreading a shawl around her and presented a memento.

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Akola Lockdown: Strict restrictions to be enforced, essential services exempted

A strict lockdown will be enforced in one more Maharashtra city in view of rising Covid-19 cases. After Nagpur, Akola has also been placed under lockdown to flatten the rising graph.

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Pune: Schools shut, only 50 people allowed at weddings as Covid cases surge again

With COVID-19 cases showing an upward trend once again, the Pune administration on Friday decided to impose certain restrictions to prevent the situation from going out of control. Night curfew from 10 pm to 6 am is already in place in Pune. 

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Republic Day 2024: French band, marching contingent and Rafale jets participate in parade | WATCH

Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...