Asserting that if the upcoming Assembly poll in West Bengal was held in a free and fair manner, the BJP would be reduced to zero, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that forces from the BJP-ruled States were being sent to West Bengal from to influence voting.“Why are you sending police from Uttar Pradesh to influence votes? I am well aware that forces are being sent here from BJP-ruled States,” Ms. Banerjee said, addressing a public meeting in Purulia.With the State gearing up for an eight-phase Assembly poll, beginning March 27, more than 300 companies of the Central Armed…
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In a match of odd equivalences, captains Latham and Iqbal were the respective top-scorers for their teams. Iqbal made 78 in Bangladesh’s 271-6 and Latham made an unbeaten 110 as New Zealand reached 275-5 with 10 balls to spare Tom Latham’s fifth one-day international century outweighed rival captain Tamim Iqbal’s 50th half century as New Zealand beat Bangladesh by five wickets Tuesday to take a winning 2-0 lead in the three-match series. In a match of odd equivalences, captains Latham and Iqbal were the respective top-scorers for their teams. Iqbal made 78 in Bangladesh’s 271-6 and Latham made an unbeaten…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the proceedings in High Courts in cases seeking regulation of content shown on over-the-top (OTT) platforms.A Bench led by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud listed the case for hearing after the Holi break.The hearing was based on a plea by the Centre to transfer the cases in the High Courts to the Supreme Court.The Bench was informed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that despite the apex court’s earlier order issuing notice on the transfer plea filed by the Centre to club all such petitions filed in various High Courts, the Punjab and Haryana High Court is…
A Bangladeshi court on Tuesday handed down the death sentence to 14 Islamist militants for attempting to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her southwestern constituency in 2000.”The verdict will be executed by a firing squad to set an example, unless the law barred it,” Judge Abu Zafar Md Kamruzzaman of Dhaka’s Speedy Trial tribunal-1 pronounced the verdict as nine of them were brought to the court from jail to face the trial in person.Otherwise, the convicts could be hanged in line with prevailing practice, subject to the approval of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court following mandatory…
AstraZeneca reported on Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine provided strong protection among adults of all ages in a long-anticipated U.S. study Results from a U.S. trial of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine may have used “outdated information,” U.S. federal health officials said in a statement early on March 23.Also read: U.S. data shows AstraZeneca’s vaccine is effective for all agesThe Data and Safety Monitoring Board said in a statement that it was concerned that AstraZeneca may have provided an incomplete view of the efficacy data.AstraZeneca reported on Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine provided strong protection among adults of all ages in a…
No single party list of candidates has been able to form a governing majority in Israel’s 72-year history. Israelis began voting on Tuesday in the country’s fourth parliamentary election in two years — a highly charged referendum on the divisive rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Public opinion polls forecast a tight race between those who support Israel’s longest-serving premier and those who want “anyone but Bibi,” as he is widely known.Facing an electorate worn down by a series of campaigns and the coronavirus pandemic, candidates made their final push in recent days with a series of TV interviews and public…
The Department of Labour has observed that the annual H-1B cap was reached within the first five business days each year from fiscal 2014 through fiscal 2020. The Biden Administration has proposed an 18-month delay in the effective date of a final rule on calculating the prevailing wages of certain immigrants and non-immigrant workers, including those on the popular H-1B visas.The proposed delay will provide the Department of Labour with sufficient time to consider the rule’s legal and policy issues thoroughly and issue an upcoming Request for Information and gather public comments on the sources and methods for determining prevailing…
The COVID-19 pandemic boosted prospects of gaming companies as people stayed at home and turned to video games for entertainment during lockdowns. (Subscribe to our Today’s Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click here to subscribe for free.)Discord Inc is exploring a sale that could value the messaging platform for online gamers at more than $10 billion, tech news site VentureBeat reported on Monday, citing sources.The San Francisco-based company, which has received interest from multiple buyers, is in final talks with one party, the report said.Discord said the company does not comment on rumors or…
Germany reverses re-opening plans as COVID-19 infection rate rises. Germany is extending its lockdown until April 18 and calling on citizens to stay at home for five days over the Easter holidays to try to break a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said early on Tuesday.In talks that ran deep into the night, Ms. Merkel pushed the leaders of Germany’s 16 states to take a tougher stance to fight the pandemic, reversing plans for a gradual re-opening of the economy agreed earlier this month after a sharp rise in the infection rate.”We are now in…
Video posted on YouTube showed one person on the floor inside the King Soopers store and two more outside on the ground, but the extent of their injuries wasn’t clear. Multiple people were killed including a police officer in a shooting on Monday at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, and a suspect injured in the incident was arrested, authorities told a news conference hours later.Police said they had few immediate details of the shooting and no known motive for the violence, which unfolded at about 3 p.m. at a King Soopers grocery store in the Table Mesa area of Boulder,…