In focus, 12th Oct 2020, News & Stories from India

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12 Oct 2020

In focus, 12 Oct 2020

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu and chief minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy.

Edit | India's judiciary must be above suspicion

The political rivalry between YSRC chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and his arch-rival Telugu Desam chief N Chandrababu Naidu is irrelevant here

12 Oct 2020 11:33 PM

Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane and Harsh V Shringla, Foreign Secretary along with Saurabh Kumar called on State Counsellor H.E. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. (Via Indian Embassy in Myanmar)

Sunanda K Datta Ray | Tackle Xi in Myanmar but don’t forget the Rohingyas

The electoral outcome is bound to leave a heavy imprint on Myanmar’s place on the chequerboard of Asia’s power politics

12 Oct 2020 11:21 PM

Aakar Patel | If you do not admit there’s a crisis, you can’t solve it

The problem is a major one, and it affects not just the Prime Minister but hundreds of millions of people across the country.

12 Oct 2020 10:55 PM

Indian PM Narendra Modi with US president Donald Trump. (PTI)

Edit | India must not buy into United States' rhetoric on China

The tenor of the US criticism of Xi’s China has of late taken on a sharp political and ideological dimension.

12 Oct 2020 10:40 PM

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das

Edit | India's economic recovery is contingent on curbing COVID-19

A full recovery in the economy, therefore, would be incumbent on how fast the world defeats the coronavirus.

12 Oct 2020 6:40 PM

Model Valery Altamar witnesses social media hike; thanks fans for love and support

Valery started her career at the age of 16 and is now one of the renowned influencers and models who is a coveted name in the fashion world

12 Oct 2020 4:44 PM

Aaron William Benjamin: UAE Pro cricketer transferring to Sri-Lanka

Aaron's colleagues say that he is very invested in his education and would never give that up under any circumstance

12 Oct 2020 4:37 PM

Congress supporters at a public rally during Kheti Bachao Yatra against the new farm bills, in Kurukshetra. — PTI photo

SC seeks Centre's reply on pleas challenging constitutionality of farm laws

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, in a hearing conducted via video conferencing, issued notice to the central government

12 Oct 2020 4:26 PM

A pedestrian walks past a poster of a person wearing a face covering, in the high street in west London. — AFP photo

Ill, Boris had a harder time; virus blow to James Bond

The only constant is that like the scientists, the government is also at a loss

12 Oct 2020 3:58 PM

Farmers light candles in support of the Haryana farmers organisations as they announced to protests against three farm laws on the outskirts of Amritsar. — PTI photo

Manish Tewari | How farm laws might hurt national security

After the 1965 war the MSP regime and public procurement were introduced in 1966-67 for wheat and later expanded to other commodities

12 Oct 2020 3:22 PM

Balwinder Singh, a Sikh man whose turban was allegedly pulled by the police and later detained during recent protest rally, arrives to appear in a court, in Howrah district, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. The police, however, argued that the man was carrying a firearm and that his headgear "had fallen off automatically in the scuffle that ensued". (PTI)

Mamata government alleges ‘communal twist’ in turban row

The statement came a day after members of the Sikh community rallied across the city demanding an explanation and apology from the police

12 Oct 2020 2:37 PM

The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) had chopped more than 2,600 trees at Aarey colony on October 25 last year to construct a car shed for the Rs 32,000 crore underground Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro corridor. (ANI)

Uddhav Thackeray shifts Metro car shed from Aarey

Citizens and green activists had protested the project citing the felling of trees and perceived damage to Aarey due to the project

12 Oct 2020 2:28 PM

The IRDAI committee has also suggested that a Risk-based capital (RBC) approach should be adopted to enable the progressive growth of the microinsurance business while maintaining the highest prudential standards.

IRDAI panel bats for lower capital, liberal norms for floating microinsurance companies

The changes would require amendments to the Insurance Act, 1938 to bring the standalone microinsurance business under its purview

12 Oct 2020 2:18 PM

Congress MP Suresh Dhanorkar said that around 11 people had been attacked by the tiger. Of these, eight were dead, two persons are very serious and one has injuries.

Congress MP demands death for man-eater tiger

According to him, the people of over a dozen villages in Rajura tehsil were terrified and it was affecting agricultural work

12 Oct 2020 2:06 PM

Women, who were given free training, pose for photographs in front of auto rickshaws distributed by Shiv Sena Women Cell, at Pachpakhadi in Thane district. — PTI photo

Shiv Sena settles for trumpet as poll symbol in Bihar

According to Sena leaders, the party had contested the 2015 assembly polls too, in which it had polled more than two lakh votes

12 Oct 2020 12:58 PM

US President Donald Trump greets supporters after speaking about law and order from the South Portico of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 10, 2020. (AFP)

Claiming COVID-19 immunity, Trump hits the election trail again

Twitter on Sunday hid a tweet from Trump in which he claimed he was immune, saying the post violated its rules about misinformation

12 Oct 2020 12:55 PM

Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan. (AFP)

FATF keeps Pakistan on 'Enhanced Follow-up' for meagre progress against terror financing

The development came only a few weeks ahead of the meeting of the FATF to decide on Pakistan's grey list status

12 Oct 2020 12:38 PM

Republic TV CEO Vikas Khanchandani leaves after being questioned by Mumbai Police in a probe related to TRP manipulation case, in Mumbai on Sunday. — PTI photo

Mumbai crime branch summons 5 more in TRP scam case

Alleged manipulation in the TRPs by soliciting and paying certain viewers for watching the said news channels round the clock is under radar

12 Oct 2020 12:27 PM

Indian and Chinese Corps Commanders will be holding 7th round of military level talks.

India, China corps commanders' talks today

Both sides are prepared to keep their armies at these high altitude mountains during winters when temperatures dip below zero degrees

12 Oct 2020 12:06 PM

An employee walks in the water tank of the metropolitan outer underground discharge channel in Kasukabe, Saitama prefecture. - It has been called Japan's underground "Parthenon," a cavernous complex charged with protecting Tokyo and surrounding areas from catastrophic flooding -- a risk experts warn is growing as climate change advances. (AFP)

The underground 'Parthenon' protecting Tokyo from floods

In Tokyo alone there are 10 other underground reservoirs and three flood tunnels, and more flood-protection structures are being built

12 Oct 2020 12:03 PM

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