A string of programmes planned between February 23-27 to underline the government’s ‘repressive’ measures adopted against them. Protesting farmers on Sunday announced a series of events from February 23-27 to further intensify their agitation against the three new agricultural laws as they accused the government of adopting “repressive” measures against them.They also said they will soon devise a strategy to keep the protest going for long.The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), which is spearheading the protests, told a press conference in Delhi that under their proposed escalation programme, February 23 will be observed as ‘Pagadi Sambhal Diwas’ and February 24 as…
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Manchester United’s heads of development Nicky Butt and Mark Dempsey will join manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on the bench in Sunday’s Premier League match against Newcastle United after coaching staff were forced to self-isolate, the club said.The Old Trafford club did not say whether the coaching staff had tested positive for COVID-19.British media reported the players were not affected and the club said the game will go ahead.“The home Premier League game against Newcastle United at Old Trafford will kick off at 19:00 GMT,” the club said in a statement.Solskjaer’s side are second in the standings, 10 points behind neighbouring…
Experts say herd immunity is said to have been developed in a population segment if at least 50-60% of those are found to have the presence of antibodies in a sero-prevalence survey. Herd immunity is “very difficult” to achieve and one should not think of it in “practical terms” in India, especially in the times of “variant strains” of COVID-19 and “waning immunity”, claimed AIIMS director Randeep Guleria on Sunday.Dr. Guleria was speaking at the ongoing edition of Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) in a session on his book Till We Win: India’s Fight Against The Covid-19 Pandemic — co-authored by…
Among the arrested was Qiu Ziming (38), an investigative journalist formerly with The Economic Observer Authorities in China have said they have detained three people for “insulting” Chinese soldiers who died in the Galwan Valley clash last year, a day after Beijing officially confirmed the deaths.Also read: Galwan: Postscript to a tragedyAmong the arrested was Qiu Ziming (38), an investigative journalist formerly with The Economic Observer. Mr. Qiu was arrested on Saturday in Nanjing, where he lives, after questioning China’s official account of the Galwan clash.On Friday, the Chinese military announced honours for five People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers, including…
The airline claims its staff had no direct interaction with the shooter saying this can be corroborated by CCTV footage. State-owned Air India has denied allegation of “harassment” of Tokyo Olympic prospect Manu Bhaker by two of the airline’s staff at Delhi airport.In a statement on Sunday, the flag carrier claimed that “legitimate” documents were asked for from Bhaker when she was boarding its flight along with her mother for Bhopal from Delhi on February 19, contrary to the allegations made by her against the airline.The 19-year-old Commonwealth Games and Youth Olympics gold medallist pistol shooter had sought action against…
On Sunday last week, the U.K. recorded that 15 million people had received at least one of the two anti-COVID-19 doses U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on February 21 set a new July-end vaccination target as he promised that the rollout of jabs against COVID-19 will go “further and faster”, covering every adult in the country.Speaking a day before he is scheduled to table his plan for easing the coronavirus lockdown measures in Parliament on Feb. 22, the U.K. Prime Minister said by July 31 all adults should have been offered the first dose of coronavirus vaccine by the National…
In Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, about 1,000 demonstrators honoured the woman under an elevated roadway. Protesters gathered again Sunday all over Myanmar, a day after security forces shot dead two people at a demonstration in the country’s second biggest city. A funeral was also held for a young woman killed earlier by police.Mya Thwet Thwet Khine was the first confirmed death among the many thousands who have taken to the streets to protest the Feb. 1 coup that toppled the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. The woman was shot on Feb. 9, two days before her 20th birthday,…
Security forces on February 21 busted a militant hideout and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.The cache was recovered after the arrest of the conspirator of the attack on a popular restaurant owner’s son in the city in Srinagar, a police official said.“A hideout was busted in forest area of Anantnag by police and security forces after the arrest of conspirator of Krishna Dhaba attack,” the official said.He said arms and ammunition, including three AK 56 rifles, two Chinese pistols, two grenades, telescope, AK and pistol magazines, and other incriminating…
The death toll in the Uttarakhand’s Chamoli disaster rose to 67 even as the search operations continued there for the 15th day on February 21.Also read: The Hindu Explains | Why are geologists worried about a slew of hydroelectric projects and environmental stress in Uttarakhand?The identities of 37 bodies have been established so far.On Feb. 20, five more bodies were recovered from the Tapovan area — three bodies were recovered from the desilting tank near the project barrage by Feb. 20 evening while two more were extricated late at night, district administration officials said.In all, 28 human body parts have…
The centre had set up a special window to borrow funds and pass on to the states. The GST revenue shortfall faced by states is likely to reduce by about ₹ 40,000 crore in the current fiscal on improved collections over the past four months, an official said. The sharp decline in GST collections was estimated to lead to ₹ 1.80 lakh crore shortfall in GST revenues of states. This includes ₹ 1.10 lakh crore revenue loss on account of GST implementation and ₹ 70,000 crore on account of COVID-19 pandemic. The centre had set up a special window to…