Britannia Industries Limited announces the closure of its historic factory, in Taratala neighbourhood, Kolkata on June 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI With FMCG major Britannia Industries Limited notifying the stock exchanges that all permanent workers at its Taratala factory in Kolkata have accepted voluntary retirement, a fresh row has erupted over the flight of industry from … Read more
NCP leader Ajit Pawar. | Photo Credit: ANI With Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar skipping campaigning during the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election, speculation is rife about the rebel NCP faction being in turmoil. Mr. Ajit, who canvassed vigorously in the third phase and went through … Read more
DMK Youth Wing Secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin. | Photo Credit: PTI Udhayanidhi Stalin, DMK minister and son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, on September 2 called for the “eradication’ of the Sanatan Dharma” and equated it with diseases like dengue and malaria, inviting sharp criticism from BJP leaders. BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya … Read more
A park in Patna said to be named after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has now become the cause of controversy. The Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has accused the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department of the Bihar government, which revamped the ‘Coconut Park’ and inaugurated it on Monday, of removing the late leader’s … Read more
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP Sanjay Raut. File | Photo Credit: ANI While the buzz of Ajit Pawar joining the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena dispensation may have apparently subsided, the friction between Mr. Pawar and his Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition ally, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut continued. A … Read more
A spat between the TDP and YSR Congress Party functionaries over the alleged sand mining issue sparked tension at Amaravati town in Pedakurapadu constituency on April 9. The TDP former MLA Kommalapati Sridhar and ruling party MLA Nambur Shankar Rao engaged in a war of words over the alleged illegal sand mining. They challenged each … Read more
UK Health Security Agency says clinics could run out of vaccine supplies by the end of August. Source link
Latest daily figures on Saturday showed 13,902 new Covid cases – the third-highest daily rate since the start of the pandemic – and 33 deaths. Dutch vaccination rates are relatively high, with 82.4% of over-12s having two doses, or 73% of the total population. Source link
The charity Engage Britain polled more than 4,000 British adults on their attitudes to the NHS. Source link
Dec. 21, 2020 — A highly transmissible coronavirus variant had been detected in the United Kingdom, leading Prime Minister Boris Johnson to shut down parts of the country and triggering other nations to impose travel and shipping restrictions on England. Johnson was holding a crisis meeting with ministers Monday on how to go forward … Read more