U.S. President Joe Biden’s immigration Bill, which aims to create a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants, will be unveiled on Thursday to begin its legislative process, senior White House officials said.Two Democratic legislators, California Congresswoman Linda Sanchez and New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, will present the initiative in the House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively.The Bill aims to create a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants who can prove they were in the U.S. on January 1. The legislation will benefit the so-called Dreamers, people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children…
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Ma Xiaolin frequently wrote about current affairs on one of China’s leading microblogging sites, where he has 2 million followers. But recently, the Weibo site called and asked him not to post original content on topics ranging from politics to economic and military issues.“It looks like I can only go the route of entertainment, food and beverage now,” the international relations professor wrote on January 31.Beginning next week, the Cyberspace Administration of China will require bloggers and influencers to have a government-approved credential before they can publish on a wide range of subjects. Some fear that only state media and…
Hackers targeted Myanmar government websites on Thursday to protest against the military coup, as the junta pressed on with its attempts to stymie nationwide opposition with Internet blockades and troop deployments.The cyberattacks came a day after tens of thousands of people rallied across the country to protest against the generals toppling Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government earlier this month.A group called Myanmar Hackers disrupted websites including the Central Bank, the Myanmar military’s propaganda page, state-run broadcaster MRTV, the Port Authority, and the Food and Drug Administration.“We are fighting for justice in Myanmar,” the group said on its Facebook page.“It…
This is the ninth meeting the panel has held so far. The three-member committee is holding consultations with stakeholders both online and in person. The Supreme Court-appointed panel on the new farm laws on Thursday said it held consultations with top officials of the ministries of agriculture, food processing industries and consumer affairs on the legislations against which farmers have been protesting at Delhi’s borders for nearly three months now.This is the ninth meeting the panel has held so far. The three-member committee is holding consultations with stakeholders both online and in person.In a statement, the committee said it held…
The council will deliberate on issues related to agriculture, infrastructure, manufacturing, human resource development, service delivery at grassroots level and health and nutrition Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair Niti Aayog’s Governing Council meeting on February 20 where issues related to agriculture, infrastructure, manufacturing and human resource development will be discussed, according to an official statement. The council, the apex body of Niti Aayog, includes all chief ministers, lieutenant governors of Union Territories (UTs), several union ministers and senior government officials. The sixth meeting of the Governing Council will witness the entry of Ladakh for the first time, in addition…
Another person was killed in the attack whose identity was not known yet, but media reports said he was a professor too A Kabul University professor was killed when a bomb hit his car in Afghanistan’s capital on Thursday, police officials said, the first attack in days after a series of such incidents in recent weeks.Mubasher Muslimyar, an Islamic law professor, was killed in Kabul along with another person, said Ferdaws Faramarz, a police spokesman. The identity of the second individual killed was not immediately known, but media reports said he was a professor too.Kabul has seen a series of…
The daily COVID-19 positivity rate has also seen a constant decline in the last seven days. India is third globally, after the U.S. and the U.K., in highest cumulative vaccination numbers, the Union health ministry said on Thursday.Till 8.00a.m. on Thursday, the cumulative vaccination coverage of healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) against COVID-19 in the country has crossed 94 lakh, the ministry said.Also read: Coronavirus | COVID-19 vaccines safe, don’t believe rumours: ModiThe daily COVID-19 positivity rate has also seen a constant decline in the last seven days. From 1.89% on February 1, it has dropped to 1.69%…
Born in Mumbai and raised in the small town of Hata in Uttar Pradesh, Manya was crowned VLCC Femina Miss India 2020 runner-up in a ceremony last week. The beauty queen rode an autorickshaw to her alma mater on Tuesday, her father in the driver’s seat and her mother holding her hand sitting at the back, a family that dared to dream big and gave it their all to make it come true.Miss India 2020 runner-up Manya Singh’s father Omprakash led the 18-vehicle strong autorickshaw rally for the one kilometre-long stretch, from the end of Thakur village area to her…
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said his Assam counterpart Sarbananda Sonowal, caught between two power centres, has been running a systematic syndicate instead of a government.While the BJP has been seeking votes in the name of cow protection, the Sonowal government has encouraged cattle trade across the border with Bangladesh, Mr. Baghel, in Assam to campaign for the Congress, told journalists in Guwahati on Wednesday.“Since the BJP came to power in Assam in 2016, cow trade and exports of cow meat to Bangladesh went up by 211% in just two years and even BJP MP Maneka Gandhi has written to…
Quad ministerial is an informal grouping of four countries, namely, Australia, India, Japan and the United States. India is a critical partner, especially when one considers all the challenges in the Indo-Pacific region, the Pentagon said on the eve of the maiden Quad ministerial meeting under the Biden administration.Quad ministerial is an informal grouping of four countries, namely, Australia, India, Japan and the United States.“India is a critical partner, especially when you consider all of the challenges in the Indo-Pacific region,” Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby told reporters at a news conference on Wednesday.State Department Spokesperson Ned Price told reporters…