In focus, 28th Feb 2021, News & Stories from India

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28 Feb 2021

In focus, 28 Feb 2021

Digital news portal 'Gujarat khabar' makes a mark in digital news world

Gujarat Khabar was initiated with an intention to reduce the fake news circulating on social media

28 Feb 2021 9:03 PM

Daily Horoscopes - Career and Business

We spoke to Dr Vinay Bajrangi - one of the best astrologers in India, regarding the importance of daily horoscopes in all prominent dailies

28 Feb 2021 8:59 PM

One of the worst reasons Matt Tommy hears and hears often, “is the limiting belief of not wanting to appear too pushy, and letting this prevent you from contacting prospective client’s multiple times over a year.”

It's All in The Follow Up: Matt Tommy Shows You 3 Ways To 2x Your Revenue

You need to realize that in the world of entrepreneurship or business it takes multiple touch points to acquire clients

28 Feb 2021 8:47 PM

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and the party’s national general secretary landed in Guwahati and held a series of meetings with top leaders of some regional parties. — PTI

RJD eyes Bihari voters in West Bengal, Assam, Kerala

Senior RJD leaders reportedly in touch with Badruddin Ajmal of AIUDF, Assam Congress president Ripun Bora, TMC

28 Feb 2021 6:59 AM

Government health facilities which will be used as CVCs include medical college hospitals, district hospitals, sub divisional hospitals, CHCs, PHCs, health sub centres and health and wellness centres. (AP)

Covid vaccine to cost Rs 250 per person, per dose

From March 1, all citizens above 60 years and those within the age bracket of 45 to 59 years with comorbidities can get the vaccine

28 Feb 2021 6:56 AM

The BJP, which has set an ambitious target of 200-plus Assembly seats, out of the total 294, is highlighting how the state under Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government is facing politicisation of the administration, criminalisation of politics and institutionalisation of corruption. — PTI

Poster war between TMC, BJP intensifies in West Bengal

The BJP is going to polls under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership as the state unit faces a leadership crisis to take on Banerjee

28 Feb 2021 6:54 AM

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Shreya Sen-Handley | Ode to sleep, and sleepless spirits

Lack of sleep not only fuels fatigue, however, and bodily dissonance, it could also introduce a psychological kink

28 Feb 2021 4:42 AM

Subject to weather conditions, the blastoff is scheduled at 10.24 am from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, where the countdown for the mission commenced at 8.54 am on Saturday. (Representational Photo: PTI)

Brazil's Amazonia-1 on board with Bhagavad Gita

A picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will remain engraved atop the panel of a co-passenger satellite

28 Feb 2021 4:35 AM

Jaipur Literature Festival (Photo: Facebook @JaipurLitFest)

Sucheta Dasgupta | JLF 2021: Tharoor skewers Sandel

It’s not just about creative writing; the Jaipur Literature Festival is a festival of ideas

28 Feb 2021 4:35 AM

One plausible reason could be that China itself has told Pakistan to hold off. (Photo: AFP)

Manish Tewari | The Pak arithmetic: Strategy over ideology

Why didn’t Pakistan take advantage of the Sino-Indian stand-off?

28 Feb 2021 4:17 AM

Modern South India — A History from the 17th Century to Our Times By RAJMOHAN GANDHI (Photo: Twitter @AlephBookCo)

Mohan Ramaswamy | The ocean, not Himalayas: Presenting the South India story

It was most fascinating to pore over the book on modern South India which is a history from the 17th century right up to the modern times

28 Feb 2021 4:11 AM

Our Hindu Rashtra: What It Is. How We Got Here By Aakar Patel. (Photo: Facebook @westlandbooks )

Ranjona Banerji | How atavism became ideology and Hindutva ambushed India

'Our Hindu Rashtra' is more a presentation of our recent history from the perspective of democracy

28 Feb 2021 4:09 AM

Pinderpal Singh Madan, of the Sri Guru Singh Sabha, distributes packets of food (Photo: By arrangement)

Lekha Shankar | Thailand’s Indians give back

The Thai-Indian community came out in full strength, to make a mega-contribution to their adopted homeland, during the Covid 19 crisis

28 Feb 2021 4:02 AM

Chennithala alleged Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was lying about everything related to the recent controversy over the MoU between the CPI(M)-led government and a US-based firm. (Photo: Twitter @chennithala)

UDF to take out coastal rally from March 1 to 'save fisherfolk'

Shibu Baby John will lead the rally from Vizhinjam in Thiruvananthapuram and T N Prathapan MP will lead the rally from Kasaragod

28 Feb 2021 1:16 AM

Doubtful voters are those persons who are identified during electoral roll revision as D-voters, cases of which are pending with the Foreigners Tribunals or declared as foreigners by the Tribunal. (Photo: AFP)

1.08 lakh 'D' voters will not be allowed to vote in Assam polls: CEO

The figure of D-voters has decreased in comparison to the number of 1.13 lakh provided in the state assembly last year

28 Feb 2021 1:04 AM

Tikait, the national spokesperson of the BKU and a prominent face of the farmers' protest, will begin the tour from March 1. (Photo: PTI)

Rakesh Tikait to tour 5 states in March to drum up support for farmers' protest

Farmers' meetings will be held in Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana

28 Feb 2021 12:47 AM

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