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Light to moderate rain and a hailstorm with winds gusting up to 50 kilometers per hour is predicted to lash northwest India, including Delhi, next week, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday. The IMD said an active Western Disturbance is very likely to affect northwest India from January 21 to January 25.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday alleged that Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena suffers from a "feudal mindset" and does not want good education for poor children in the city. Addressing the Delhi Assembly on the issue of the LG's alleged interference in his government's work, Kejriwal said, "Not even my teachers checked my homework as the LG scrutinises my files.""The LG is not my headmaster. People have elected me as chief minister," he said.
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the social and economic resolution is being passed in the first session. In 2014 itself, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that his government would work with the spirit of 'Sabka Sath, Sabka Prayas', and that has been proved. Emphasising on digital India, he said, "Many schemes have been started by the government for the accurate price of the things produced by the farmer. Today, the youth of the country are becoming job creators from job seekers through Startup India. Over 100 unicorns have been made. The youth of the country are becoming entrepreneurs".
The government is deliberately delaying the appointment of judges to create a "designed schism and a consequent logjam" till people favourable to its "ideological masters" are appointed, the Congress alleged on Tuesday. The party's fresh attack comes a day after it said the government was intimidating the judiciary in a bid to totally capture it and alleged that Law Minister Kiren Rijiju's suggestion to restructure the Collegium system is a "poison pill" for the judiciary.
India recorded 89 new coronavirus infections, the lowest since March 27, 2020, while the active cases declined to 2,035, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The daily positivity was recorded at 0.05 per cent while the weekly positivity was pegged at 0.09 per cent. A decrease of 84 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
Prominent farmers' leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday announced the farmers movement would be intensified across the country from January 26. Tikait was in Bihar's Buxar to meet farmers in Banarpur village who are agitating for the past 92 days for compensation for their land acquired for thermal power, water pipeline, and railway corridor projects. "We have decided to start an agitation from January 26. The farmers have been appealed to drive tractors and host the national flag in their respective agricultural fields," he said.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday alleged that Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena suffers from a "feudal mindset" and does not want good education for poor children in the city. Addressing the Delhi Assembly on the issue of the LG's alleged interference in his government's work, Kejriwal said, "Not even my teachers checked my homework as the LG scrutinises my files.""The LG is not my headmaster. People have elected me as chief minister," he said.
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the social and economic resolution is being passed in the first session. In 2014 itself, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that his government would work with the spirit of 'Sabka Sath, Sabka Prayas', and that has been proved. Emphasising on digital India, he said, "Many schemes have been started by the government for the accurate price of the things produced by the farmer. Today, the youth of the country are becoming job creators from job seekers through Startup India. Over 100 unicorns have been made. The youth of the country are becoming entrepreneurs".
The government is deliberately delaying the appointment of judges to create a "designed schism and a consequent logjam" till people favourable to its "ideological masters" are appointed, the Congress alleged on Tuesday. The party's fresh attack comes a day after it said the government was intimidating the judiciary in a bid to totally capture it and alleged that Law Minister Kiren Rijiju's suggestion to restructure the Collegium system is a "poison pill" for the judiciary.
India recorded 89 new coronavirus infections, the lowest since March 27, 2020, while the active cases declined to 2,035, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The daily positivity was recorded at 0.05 per cent while the weekly positivity was pegged at 0.09 per cent. A decrease of 84 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
Prominent farmers' leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday announced the farmers movement would be intensified across the country from January 26. Tikait was in Bihar's Buxar to meet farmers in Banarpur village who are agitating for the past 92 days for compensation for their land acquired for thermal power, water pipeline, and railway corridor projects. "We have decided to start an agitation from January 26. The farmers have been appealed to drive tractors and host the national flag in their respective agricultural fields," he said.
The Biden Administration has announced plans to expand the premium processing of some of the important categories of green card applicants and some categories of visas, particularly those related to training of foreign students. The expansion of these categories would be carried out in phases beginning with the premium processing of EB-1 and EB-2 applications of Green cards.
The national capital recorded no new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the first time since the pandemic began in March 2020, stated a bulletin issued by the Delhi Health Department on Monday. The positivity rate was 0.00 per cent. With zero covid cases in the last 24 hours, the active cases in the city remained at 10
The national capital recorded no new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the first time since the pandemic began in March 2020, stated a bulletin issued by the Delhi Health Department on Monday. The positivity rate was 0.00 per cent. With zero covid cases in the last 24 hours, the active cases in the city remained at 10
Ukraine is set to receive 3 billion euros (about $3.25 billion) from the European Union (EU) this week as a part of fresh financial aid, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said. In 2022, Ukraine received $32.1 billion in international aid, with $8 billion of the funds coming from the EU, according to the country's central bank
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First Published: Jan 17 2023 | 8:15 AM IST
