Trouble for Biplab Deb: What is happening in Tripura?

Trouble for Biplab Deb: What is happening in Tripura?

Days after claiming that the BJP-led government would last 30-35 years in Tripura, Chief Minister Biplab Deb faces a rebellion within his own party. Biplab Deb had added a rider saying the BJP can have a long-lasting rule if it works to have 80 per cent households with spiritual leader Vivekananda’s photograph on their walls. … Read more

Neighbourhood First: Bangladesh to get priority when COVID-19 vaccine is ready, says MEA

Neighbourhood First: Bangladesh to get priority when COVID-19 vaccine is ready, says MEA

India is known globally to produce over 60% of the world’s vaccine. (Representational Image; Courtesy: Reuters)Bangladesh Company Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited has tied up with Serum Institute of India to produce Covid-19 vaccine; this follows the recent visit of the Indian Foreign Secretary to Dhaka. While welcoming the tie-up between two enterprises, responding to a question … Read more

Tripura seeks SC permission to appoint 10,000 terminated teachers as peons

Tripura seeks SC permission to appoint 10,000 terminated teachers as peons

(This story originally appeared in on Jul 29, 2020) NEW DELHI: In an unprecedented move, the Tripura government on Tuesday sought the Supreme Court’s permission to re-appoint over 10,000 postgraduate, graduate and under-graduate teachers whose appointments were quashed on court orders, as peons, night guards, gardeners, cooks and lower division clerks. The Tripura government in … Read more