President Xi Jinping effectively neutered the most democratic institution under China’s rule, sending a message to Joe Biden that no amount of pressure will prompt him to tolerate dissent against the Communist Party. China’s top legislative body on Wednesday passed a resolution allowing for the disqualification of any Hong Kong lawmakers who aren’t deemed sufficiently loyal. Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s government immediately banished four legislators, prompting the remaining 15 in the 70-seat Legislative Council to resign en masse. “This move makes it clear that dictatorship has descended onto Hong Kong and that Chinese Communist Party can eradicate all opposing voices…
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US President-elect Joe Biden cemented his electoral victory by capturing the battleground state of Arizona late on Thursday, but the transition to his administration remains in political stasis as President Donald Trump refuses to accept defeat. Biden was projected to win Arizona after more than a week of vote counting, Edison Research said. He becomes only the second Democratic presidential candidate in seven decades to win the traditionally Republican state. Biden’s win in Arizona gives the Democrat 290 electoral votes in the state-by-state Electoral College that determines the winner, more than the 270 needed to claim victory. Biden is also…
Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that the Covid-19 situation can come under control in seven to ten days as the government will be taking several steps by next week. He also said that the reason behind the spike in COVID-19 cases in Delhi is pollution. The Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital was in ‘very poor’ category, as per the data released by System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), on Friday. According to SAFAR, the overall AQI in Delhi was at 326 today morning. As per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the air quality…
Former US President Barack Obama, in his newly published political memoir “A Promised Land” has included Rahul Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, according to a report in the New York Times. According to a review of the book published in the New York Times, former US President called Manmohan Singh as “having a kind of impassive integrity,” while he described Rahul Gandhi as one who is “eager to impress” but “lacked either the aptitude or the passion” to master the subject.Rahul Gandhi has a nervous, unformed quality about him as if he were a student who’d done the…
44,878 new COVID-19 infections reported in the last 24 hours, India’s total cases surged to 87,28,795, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said on Friday. With 547 new deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the toll has mounted to 1,28,688. The total number of active cases in the country stands at 4,84,547 after a decrease of 4,747 in the last 24 hours. Total cured cases are 81,15,580 with 49,079 new discharges in the last 24 hours. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 12,31,01,739 samples have been tested for COVID-19 up…
The High Level Committee (HLC) under the Chairmanship of the Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, has approved additional Central assistance under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to six States, which were affected by cyclone/ floods/ landslides during this year. HLC has approved additional Central assistance of Rs 4,381.88 crore to six States from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF). For cyclone ‘Amphan’, Rs 2,707.77 crore has been approved for West Bengal and Rs.128.23 crore for Odisha. For cyclone ‘Nisarga’ Rs 268.59 crore has been approved for Maharashtra. For floods and landslides during the South-West monsoon, Rs.577.84 crore has been…
Narendra Modi is likely to celebrate Diwali with the jawans at the Jaisalmer border post, as per sources. There are also reports that claimed that the Prime Minister may go to Bhuj in Gujarat instead of Jaisalmer on the occasion.In 2019, PM Modi had visited Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district to celebrate Diwali with jawans deployed at the Line of Control (LoC). Our country was partitioned… lakhs died and became refugees. But we have no ill-will against them (Pakistan). But they hatched a conspiracy to take over Jammu and Kashmir. Our brave soldiers foiled their plans and today we are…
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath attended Promotion Ceremony programme of Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) personnel. 5,042 PAC constables have been promoted to head constable rank. “To keep police personnel motivated, it’s important to take care of their needs,” CM said. Last week, the CM had restored promotions of 896 PAC jawans who were demoted following an order of the Uttar Pradesh police establishment board. ADG, PAC, Binod Kumar Singh, said that as per the promotion orders, as many as 5,042 personnel were promoted from the rank of constables to head constables and as many as 717 head constables were…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated — the Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda (ITRA), Jamnagar and the National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA), Jaipur — today on the occasion of the 5th Ayurveda Day today. World Health Organisation is establishing the WHO Global Centre on Traditional Medicine in India, to strengthen the research on traditional medicines, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Matter of pride that WHO selected India to set up traditional medicine centre; I am confident it will emerge as centre for global wellness: PM WHO global centre for traditional medicine to be established in India: WHO DG in…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi on her electoral victory in the parliamentary polls.Modi lauded the conduct of the polls as “another step in the ongoing democratic transition in Myanmar” in a tweet. “I look forward to continuing to work with you to strengthen our traditional bonds of friendship,” his tweet read. The ruling National League for Democracy party of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi won a majority of seats in Parliament and claimed a resounding victory on Monday in the country’s second election since the end of strict military rule.