Stating that Mr. Modi had failed to address any of the issues raised by MPs, Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam questioned his claim that the minimum support price was part of the contentious farm laws. Communist Party of India (CPI) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech in Parliament was a “masterclass in political whataboutery and rhetoric”.Stating that Mr. Modi had failed to address any of the issues raised by MPs, Mr. Viswam questioned his claim that the minimum support price (MSP) was part of the contentious farm laws.“Once again the Hon’ble…
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A large part of the total pay-out went to Chrome as Google had raised its reward amounts in July. Due to this, the rewards totalled $2.1 million, an increase of 83% as compared with 2019. (Subscribe to our Today’s Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click here to subscribe for free.)Google paid over $6.7 million in reward to security researchers for spotting security and abuse bugs in its products last year.The prize paid by the tech giant to 662 researchers across 62 countries is the largest prize paid to researchers. In 2019, Google had paid…
He called for governments to reset an economic model that was exploiting the poor and the Earth. Pope Francis urged governments on Monday to use the coronavirus crisis as a revolutionary opportunity to create a world that is more economically and environmentally just — and where basic health care is guaranteed for all.Pope Francis made the appeal in his annual foreign policy address to ambassadors accredited to the Holy See, an appointment that was postponed for two weeks after he suffered a bout of sciatica nerve pain that made standing and walking difficult.He urged the governments represented in the Apostolic…
Netanyahu was indicted last year for fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate cases. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in a Jerusalem courtroom on Monday to respond formally to corruption charges just weeks before national elections in which he hopes to extend his 12-year rule.Netanyahu was indicted last year for fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate cases. In recent months, Israelis have held weekly protests calling on him to resign over the charges and criticizing his government’s response to the coronavirus crisis. Protesters gathered outside the courthouse could be heard inside the…
Vietnam has culled more than 100,000 poultry so far this year in a bid to contain the spread of bird flu in the Southeast Asian country, the government said on Monday.The country has reported outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 and H5N6 bird flu strains in 14 provinces, the government said in a statement on its website.Also read: Flu in full flight | On the avian flu outbreak“The risk for the outbreaks to spread on a larger scale is very high,” the statement said.Vietnam has a poultry flock of around 460 million birds, and small-scale bird flu outbreaks have occurred…
England were 119 for five at tea after bowling out the hosts for 337 for a massive first-innings lead of 241 runs Indian bowlers scythed through the England top half, including picking the vital wicket of Joe Root, but the visitors still extended their overall lead to a formidable 360 runs on the fourth day of the opening Test in Chennai on February 8.England were 119 for five at tea after bowling out the hosts for 337 for a massive first-innings lead of 241 runs.Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin picked up three wickets to lead India’s fighbtback before Jasprit Bumrah sent back…
Ms. Cheng was an anchor for CGTN’s BizAsia programme China has formally arrested a Chinese-born Australian journalist for CGTN, the English-language channel of China Central Television, on suspicion of illegally supplying state secrets overseas, Australia’s foreign minister said on Monday.The arrest of Cheng Lei last Friday starts an official criminal investigation and came six months after she was detained.“The Australian government has raised its serious concerns about Ms. Cheng’s detention regularly at senior levels, including about her welfare and conditions of detention,” Foreign Minister Marise Payne said in a statement.“We expect basic standards of justice, procedural fairness and humane treatment…
Thousands march in the coastal city of Dawei, in the southeast, and in the Kachin state capital in the far north Police fired a water cannon at protesters in the Myanmar capital on Monday as tens of thousands of peopleacross the country joined a third day of demonstrations against the military’s removal of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi a weekago.Calls to join protests and to back a campaign of civil disobedience have grown louder and more organised since last Monday’s coup, which drew widespread international condemnation.The Hindu explains | Why did the Myanmar military stage a coup?”We health workers…
Expelled AIADMK leader V.K. Sasikala, aide of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, left towards Tamil Nadu from Prestige Golfshire Resort on Monday where she was put up after release from the Central Prison after completing a four-year sentence in a disproportionate assets case. Amidst tight private security followed by several vehicles of her supporters, the SUV left the resort in a low key affair as the police had denied permission for a procession.The convoy headed towards Jujuwadi checkpost where hundreds of her supporters had gathered to give her a grand welcome.The city police are also escorting Ms. Sasikala’s convoy. Sources said…
At least 15 persons have been killed and over 150 are missing after a portion of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday, triggering an avalanche and a deluge in the Alaknanda river system.The sudden flood in the middle of the day in the Dhauli Ganga, Rishi Ganga and Alaknanda rivers — all intricately linked tributaries of the Ganga — triggered widespread panic and large-scale devastation in the high mountain areas.Two power projects – NTPC’s Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project and the Rishi Ganga Hydel Project – were extensively damaged with scores of labourers trapped in tunnels…