In focus, 14th Feb 2021, News & Stories from India

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14 Feb 2021

In focus, 14 Feb 2021

Sudhish Koloth, developer of an android app called Feedom

Mr. Sudhish a noteworthy Software Professional!

He was perturbed by how people are struggling to feed themselves and their families

14 Feb 2021 7:38 PM

Navi Grewal’s journey from ordinary Marketer to becoming one of the best Digital Marketer of India

A multifaceted digital marketer transforms the traditional marketing world

14 Feb 2021 7:15 PM

Protesters carried signs urging people to boycott businesses linked to the military (AP)

Myanmar anti-coup protesters keep pressure on junta

They accuse Beijing of propping up the military regime and applaud Washington's actions sanctioning the military

14 Feb 2021 6:34 PM

Congress will never implement CAA if voted to power in Assam: Rahul

He also added, Assam needs a chief minister from their 'own people' who will listen to their issues and try to resolve them

14 Feb 2021 5:51 PM

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) had held a pan-India relay hunger strike from February 1-14 on the issue (PTI)

IMA announces petition movement against govt's move allowing ayurveda doctors to perform surgery

The 'impractical, unscientific and unethical notification' should be immediately withdrawn, read the statement during their strike

14 Feb 2021 5:33 PM

The corpses of three victims were retrieved from the tunnel, where at least 30 people are thought to have been trapped by mud and rocks (Twitter@VyvahareHarshal)

First bodies recovered from Indian flood disaster tunnel

Two more bodies were found in a devastated village nearby, police said, bringing the total recovered over the past week to 43

14 Feb 2021 4:28 PM

A demonstrator shines his cellphone flashlight as an other waves a poster reads "I'm not afraid, Freedom for Navalny" during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow, Russia on January 23, 2021. (Evgeny Feldman/Meduza via AP)

Russians set for candle-lit Valentine's Day protests after Navalny jailing

Russian law enforcement agencies said on Thursday that people taking part in unsanctioned rallies could face criminal charges

14 Feb 2021 1:32 PM

The new cases, the first since Jan. 24, forced Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to return to the capital Wellington, skipping a gay pride event in Auckland that she was due to attend on Sunday afternoon. (AP)

New Zealand reports three new COVID-19 local cases, first since January

The country remains on alert level 1 for COVID-19, its lowest level, with no restrictions

14 Feb 2021 12:43 PM

Delhi Police had asked Google and some social media giants to provide information about email id, URLs and certain social media accounts related to the creators of the "toolkit" shared by teen climate activist Greta Thunberg. (Representational image : AP)

21-year-old activist arrested in Bengaluru for sharing Greta Thunberg's 'toolkit'

Disha Ravi was arrested by a Cyber Cell team of the Delhi Police from Bengaluru on Saturday

14 Feb 2021 12:16 PM

In this 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump gestures to the crowd as he arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Williams Arena in Greenville, N.C. (AP /Carolyn Kaster, File)

Trump acquitted, again, by US Senate

President Biden said that despite the acquittal the charges against Trump are 'not in dispute' and called on Americans to defend democracy

14 Feb 2021 11:38 AM

The Ladakh de-escalation may just be both sides stepping back, having tested each other’s “red lines”, to try rebuilding trust and resume the usual path of cooperation, competition and calibrated friction. (Representational Photo: AFP)

K.C. Singh | De-escalation at LAC: Is a real solution in sight?

It is unimaginable that a nationalist Indian government will concede Chinese hegemony

14 Feb 2021 4:58 AM

The voters were seen in a long queue in the morning to cast their votes even after efforts by Potangi block development officer (BDO) and tehsildar to convince the villagers not to participate in the electoral process.

Andhra Pradesh holds panchayat polls in disputed Kotia region

In presence of Andhra electoral officials, the voting began at 6.00 AM in five villages of Kotia clusters and continued till 3 PM

14 Feb 2021 4:46 AM

For citizens, at the receiving end of the pipe, what matters most is the efficiency and effectiveness of the last-mile expenditure management by the state governments. (Photo: PTI)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | A bottom-up view of the annual Budget

Despite the hoopla around the Union government’s Budget, for citizens, allocations in their state budgets matter more

14 Feb 2021 4:35 AM

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (PTI)

FM slams critics who saw Budget tilting to ‘cronies’

Calls Rahul ‘doomsday man of India’

14 Feb 2021 4:15 AM

Concrete collaborations are, and will be, undoubtedly difficult, they will face obstacles, which in the end can only help deepen bilateral relations. (Photo: AP)

Claude Arpi | Trusty old allies India, France can bond over big research

What is required for France and India is to take their relations to the next level

14 Feb 2021 4:14 AM

Observing that democracy and dissent go hand in hand, the apex court had said constitutional scheme comes with the right to protest and express dissent, but with an obligation towards certain duties. (Photo:AP)

The right to protest cannot be anytime, anywhere: SC

SC had said occupation of public ways in the anti-CAA protests at Shaheen Bagh locality here was not acceptable

14 Feb 2021 4:01 AM

A screen capture from a video (Twitter@Mario_4411)

Strong quake hits Japan's northeast coast; no tsunami alert

The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake had a magnitude of 7.3, raising it from a preliminary magnitude of 7.1.

14 Feb 2021 1:32 AM

Haryana Agriculture Minister Jai Prakash Dalal (Facebook/Jai Prakash Dalal)

Farmers would have died even while staying back home: Haryana minister

He said 'wrong meaning' was given to his statements

14 Feb 2021 1:10 AM

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