In focus, 23rd Dec 2020, News & Stories from India

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23 Dec 2020

In focus, 23 Dec 2020

BJP's DDC polls in-charge Anurag Thakur along with BJP Mahila Morcha members after the party's candidate performance in the elections, at party office in Jammu, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. (PTI)

J&K elections: Gupkar alliance makes it big but BJP’s vote share is better; independents emerge as key players

Counting was suspended in 2 constituencies- Drugmulla in Kupwara and Hajin-A in Bandipore - over citizenship issue of 2 women candidates

23 Dec 2020 11:45 PM

Britain's Health Secretary Matt Hancock attends a remote press conference to update the nation on the status of the Covid-19 pandemic, inside 10 Downing Street in central London on December 23, 2020. - Britain on Wednesday introduced restrictions on travel from South Africa over the spread of another new variant of coronavirus, UK Health Minister Matt Hancock said. "We're placing immediate restrictions on travel from South Africa," Hancock said, adding that two cases of the "highly concerning" new virus strain had been discovered in Britain. (AFP)

UK quarantines travelers from South Africa as one more Covid variant detected

Hancock said the new variant has ‘mutated further’ than the one that recently prompted the British government to tighten restrictions

23 Dec 2020 10:26 PM

Teamology’s Gulrez Alam Inspires Positivity With His Never-Say-Die Attitude In The Face Of Failure

It was the struggle of a different kind that inspired Gulrez Alam to launch Teamology in August 2020

23 Dec 2020 7:13 PM

Change your tomorrow - Udit Parekh

Udit is the founder of his own film production house 'Manzeel Entertainment'

23 Dec 2020 7:06 PM

Farmers take part in a demonstration to protest against the new agricultural laws in Mumbai on December 22, 2020. (AFP)

Protesting farmers to write to British leaders to stop Johnson's Republic Day visit

At the Singhu border, a group of farmers wrote a letter with their blood to the Prime Minister urging him to immediately repeal the new laws

23 Dec 2020 10:40 AM

The award was received on the PM’s behalf by India’s ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu.

Trump presents Legion of Merit on Narendra Modi

Mr Modi was conferred the award for his “steadfast leadership and vision for India’s emergence as a global power

23 Dec 2020 8:11 AM

Aijaz Hussain (C), the BJP candidate for the District Development Council (DDC) polls celebrates after he won a DDC seat in Srinagar on December 22, 2020. (Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP)

Gupkar alliance poised to win big in DDC polls

The BJP has also performed well by winning an election for the first time from any seat in the predominantly Muslim Kashmir Valley

23 Dec 2020 7:33 AM

Centre spars with Mamata in bid to turn Bengal babus into stool pigeons

Apparently, there is little the Centre can do against civil service officers who are posted under the state government

23 Dec 2020 7:02 AM

Union Home Minister Amit Shah (R) with Subhendu Adhikary (2L), former TMC leader who joined BJP, during an election rally ahead of West Bengal Assembly polls 2021, in West Midnapore district, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. (PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Bhoomi putra for Bengal: Has BJP made a mistake?

Every chief minister of West Bengal has been a national leader first and a local leader as well and most were at loggerheads with the Centre

23 Dec 2020 6:52 AM

Municipal workers in personal protective equipment look on as passengers from United Kingdom arrive at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, in Mumbai (PTI)

COVID-19: Eight from UK test positive after arrival in India

Several states have quarantined all those with recent travel history to the UK and collected their swabs for testing

23 Dec 2020 4:55 AM

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