INDIA
All is not well among 4 coalition partners in Bihar
The recent bomb explosion in a Madrasa in Banka district was an example of ideological differences between the BJP and the JDU. A crude bomb explosion in Madrasa claimed one life -- Maulana Abdul Monmin on Tuesday (June 8). After the incident, BJP leader Hari Bhusan Thakur jumped on it and issued statement that may divide society.
GOI's most efficient ministry of Lies & Empty Slogans: Rahul
Rahul Gandhi on Sunday tweeted, "Which is GOI's most efficient ministry? The secret Ministry for Lies & Empty slogans." The Congress leader has been attacking the government on vaccine shortage, GST and the fuel price hike. On Friday, the Congress protested against fuel price hike across the country, when Rahul Gandhi alleged that the government is looting the country.
As Congress turns 'Left', its leaders march 'Right' in UP
The party is getting increasingly isolated in the state that was once its bastion. The party, its own leaders claim, is being taken over by young leaders from the Left-wing outfits. "The new leadership that is being imposed in the party is left-oriented and the party high command thinks that they can revive the Congress.
States/UTs to get over 4L Covid vaccine doses in next 3 days
Under the strategy, in every month 50 per cent of the total Central Drugs Laboratory (CDL) cleared vaccine doses of any manufacturer would be procured by the Central government. It would continue to make these doses available to the state governments totally free of cost as was being done earlier.
Delhi unlock: Restaurants allowed with 50% seating from Monday
Restaurants in Delhi will be allowed to operate with up to 50 per cent seating capacity from Monday. Kejriwal said Delhi's Covid situation is under control as daily cases have reduced below 200, and at present, the big concern is to improve economic situation and to prepare for possible third wave of Covid-19 pandemic in the national capital.
India handed over 577 intruders to Bangladesh since 2018
Officials in the Border Security Force (BSF) said these intruders were caught and handed over to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) -- the border guarding force of the neighbouring country, which shares 4,096 km borders with India. Most of the times, these illegal infiltrators sneaked into the Indian territory by crossing the International Boundary (IB) in search of jobs.
Over 80K new Covid cases, 3,303 deaths in 24 hrs in India
This is the sixth consecutive day when India has reported less than one lakh Covid cases. After battling a brutal second wave for weeks, fresh Covid cases came down below the three lakh-mark for the first time on May 17 after touching record high of 4,14,188 on May 7. According to the Health Ministry 19,00,312 samples were tested on Saturday.
Check ideological background before appointing people in govt: BJP to states
Though sources in the saffron camp claim that this is a verbal advisory and not a written one, the BJP-ruled states have been asked to do background check of individuals before appointing them to government positions, including their political opinions and previous actions related to the government as well as the party.
PM Modi seeks waiver of vaccine patents at G7 summit
Official sources said the Prime Minister sought support for a proposal moved by India and South Africa at the WTO for a TRIPS waiver. Australia and others came out strongly in support of his proposal, sources added. His emphasis on keeping open supply chains for vaccine raw materials and components to help enhance vaccine production in countries like India received widespread support at the summit.
After Digvijaya Singh row, Congress asks its leaders to go by CWC resolution on Art 370
In the purported audio clip of Digvijaya Singh conversing with a Pakistani journalist in a Clubhouse chat, which has been doing the rounds on social media, the Congress leader is heard saying, "The decision of revoking Article 370 and reducing the statehood of Jammu & Kashmir is extremely, I would say, sad decision, and the Congress party would certainly have a relook on the issue."
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