In focus, 12th Feb 2021, News & Stories from India

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12 Feb 2021

In focus, 12 Feb 2021

New York City based actress and filmmaker Sameeksha Katyal

NYC based Indian Actor and Filmmaker Sameeksha's success in International

Sameeksha Katyal is awarded with finalist award at the First Time Filmmaker Festival and the Winner of Best Film in Drama category

12 Feb 2021 9:08 PM

Yogesh Batra and Akshay Singh launches ‘Urban Goods’

They have made even brands like T-Series and Zee Music

12 Feb 2021 8:54 PM

Gautam Koyani, entrepreneurs and digital marketers

Gautam Koyani’s Way Of Acing Digital Marketing And Entrepreneurship

He developed several applications for his clients, which has benefitted them in their daily business

12 Feb 2021 8:05 PM

A woman shields another student activist of the Communist Party of India during a rally against the West Bengal government as they demand better education and employment opportunities in Kolkata, Thursday, February. 11, 2021. (AP/Bikas Das)

Normal life partially affected in 12-hour Bengal bandh called by Left Front

Left activists demanding jobs clashed with police in central Kolkata's Esplanade area on Thursday leading to injuries to many participants

12 Feb 2021 12:09 PM

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi (R) with his party members addressing a press conference in New Delhi on February 12, 2021. (Prakash SINGH / AFP)

Rahul Gandhi attacks government over disengagement agreement with China

Gandhi said Singh 'sheepishly' made a statement on the LAC situation in both Houses of Parliament

12 Feb 2021 11:28 AM

David Schoen, lawyer for former President Donald Trump, talks to reporters as he departs the U.S. Capitol on the third day of Trump's second impeachment trial on February 11, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images/AFP)

House rests Trump impeachment case, defense begins Friday

Trump's lawyers will begin their defense on Friday, arguing that he cannot be held personally responsible for the storming of Congress

12 Feb 2021 9:38 AM

Holding simultaneous elections would mean the expansion of the dominance of national parties and slow and gradual shrinking of the political space for regional parties. (Photo:PTI)

Sanjay Kumar | Simultaneous polls to be a blow to smaller parties

If simultaneous elections are held, Indian politics will come to be dominated by the national parties

12 Feb 2021 4:49 AM

The Prime Minister has spoken in the backdrop of the farming community agitating against new laws which, it fears, would make them captive players of the private corporates with deep pockets. (Photo:PTI)

AA Edit | PM’s red herring

Modi's advice of caution against returning the nation to the babus was equally intriguing

12 Feb 2021 4:46 AM

The government’s fear of its image abroad being hammered by celebrities with a large following on the social media has led to it calling for Twitter to take down nearly 1,200 accounts following tweets on farmer protests. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Relief for critics as Twitter snubs govt selective outrage

The fundamental issue with freedom of expression is either you have it or you don’t

12 Feb 2021 4:36 AM

The beef ban was one of the 153 state laws repealed by the Centre under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019. The RPC has since been replaced by Indian Penal Code (IPC). (Photo: Representational | ANI)

J&K HC refuses to entertain plea seeking reenactment of cow slaughter ban law

Since there is no legislature in place in J&K presently, the court held that 'at the moment no such law can be considered for being enacted'

12 Feb 2021 4:30 AM

Amidst a global pandemic, India’s overall allocation for health and well-being increased by 137 per cent in the financial year 2021-22, thus boosting the capacity of the healthcare system to detect and cure new diseases. (Photo: AFP)

Tarun Chugh | A Budget of aspirations, self-reliance

One of the most crucial announcements in the Budget was with regard to infrastructure development projects, across various states and UT's

12 Feb 2021 4:17 AM

In this file photo taken on October 30, 2017 people pass the entrance of the headquarters of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in London. - BBC on Thursday February 11, says it is 'disappointed' at China banning its news channel. (Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)

BBC World News barred from airing in China - regulator

English-language BBC World News is not included in most TV channel packages in China but is available in some hotels and residences

12 Feb 2021 1:05 AM

US President Joe Biden (Image source: Mandel Ngan/AFP)

Biden, Xi face off in marathon two-hour call

The call was to set the stage for the relationship under the new US leader, after it frayed under former president Donald Trump

12 Feb 2021 12:50 AM

The CBSE has directed schools under it to take steps to identify and resolve learning gaps, and conduct examinations for Classes 9 and 11 by following COVID-19 safety protocols (Pictures used for representational purposes only)

CBSE issues guidelines for class 9, 11 exams; recommends new academic session begin from April 1

Schools are requested to follow the suggestions to make the next session streamlined and ensure that learning gaps, if any, are addressed

12 Feb 2021 12:19 AM

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