Christmas Covid rules: Who are you allowed to see?
In Wales and Scotland, Christmas bubbles will also only be allowed on 25 December. Source link
Day: 19 December 2020
Messi equals Pele record with 643rd goal
Lionel Messi’s header was his 450th La Liga goal, on his 498th La Liga appearance for Barcelona Lionel Messi equalled Brazil legend Pele’s record of 643 goals for a single club by scoring for Barcelona in Saturday’s draw against Valencia. The Argentine, 33, achieved the feat with a diving header just before half-time, immediately after … Read more
Farmers burn copies of Union agriculture minister’s letter
NOIDA (UP): Farmers camping at Delhi-Noida border in protests against the three recent farm laws of the Centre on Saturday burnt copies of an open letter of Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar‘s written to them in a bid to pacify them. A group of transgenders also joined farmers at their protest site at Chilla … Read more
Farmers’ agitation not affiliated to any political party, farmers group writes to PM, Tomar
New Delhi: The All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee on Saturday wrote letters addressing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar where it asserted the ongoing farmers’ protests are not affiliated to any political party. In separate letters in Hindi to Modi and Tomar, the AIKSCC said that the government is wrong … Read more
Act East Policy will help facilitate exchanges with South East Asia: Sarbananda Sonowal, Assam CM
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that Act East Policy has opened newer avenues for the Northeast India to facilitate economic and cultural exchanges with the South East Asian and ASEAN countries Sonowal on Saturday took part in the inaugural function of 8 th North East Festival at a city hotel and gave the … Read more
Indian call center plot fooled Americans into paying more than $14 million
NEW DELHI — Police in New Delhi say they have arrested more than 50 people over a call center scheme that lured victims into thinking their assets were being frozen as part of an elaborate drug investigation and would then transfer money to avoid going to jail. According to authorities, scammers in the plot would … Read more
The Mandalorian season 2 finale recap: Mando and Baby Yoda meet Star Wars heroes
Mando and Boba Fett go recruitin’ in the season 2 finale. Lucasfilm Season 2 of The Mandalorian came to its conclusion on Disney Plus Friday, as episode 8 of the live-action Star Wars show arrived on the streaming service. After getting the location of Moff Gideon’s cruiser and warning the Imperial he’s coming with a … Read more
‘Unplanned lockdown’ did not win battle in 21 days as PM claimed, but destroyed lives: Rahul Gandhi
NEW DELHI: As India’s COVID-19 caseload surpassed the one crore-mark, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that the unplanned lockdown did not manage to “win the battle in 21 days as the prime minister claimed”, but “destroyed” millions of lives in the country. The health ministry‘s data updated at 8 am on Saturday showed … Read more
Farmers’ agitation: Will decide next course of action in 2-3 days, say protesting unions
NEW DELHI: Farmer unions protesting against the three agri laws on Saturday said they will decide their next course of action in the next two-three days, after the Supreme Court earlier this week pointed out it was thinking of setting up an “impartial and independent” panel of agriculture experts and peasants’ unions to resolve the … Read more
French President in stable condition with Covid-19 symptoms persisting
A registered nurse at UCI Health, prepares a dose of Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center in Orange, California, on December 16. Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images While the nation continues to see record levels of new Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths, wealthy patients in Southern California … Read more