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The SKM, an umbrella body of over 40 farmers unions, has been spearheading the farmers movement against the three contentious agricultural reform laws and their other demands, including a legal guarantee for MSP. (Representational Image. PTI)

Centre asks Samyukt Kisan Morcha to give 5 names for MSP committee

This move comes a day after both Houses of Parliament had passed a bill to repeal the three contentious farm laws

1 Dec 2021 6:48 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee comes out of the Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. (PTI/Kunal Patil)

Mamata flies to Mumbai, to meet Sharad Pawar, bizmen today

However, Ms Banerjee will not be able to meet Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray due to his ill-health

1 Dec 2021 6:45 AM IST

The manufacturing sector, which contracted by 1.5 per cent in Q2 FY21, staged a robust comeback with a growth of 5.5 per cent in the second quarter. (Representational Photo:AFP)

GDP grows 8.4% in Q2 amid positive signals in economy

The official data Tuesday also showed that the economy has surpassed the pre-Covid level

1 Dec 2021 1:43 AM IST

Not surprisingly, a majority of teachers facing challenges in teaching said that children were unable to catch up with the curriculum (65.4 per cent). (Representational Image. PTI)

Rukmini Banerji and Wilima Wadhwa | Covid effect: Changes in schooling...

The drop in private school enrolment was accompanied by more children not being in school rather than a shift to...

1 Dec 2021 1:30 AM IST

Students wearing masks sit inside a classroom as schools reopened in Kochi, Kerala. (Photo: AP)

Amid Omicron threat, BMC pushes reopening of schools in Mumbai to Dec...

The state education department has asked all local bodies to seek the consent of parents before reopening schools

30 Nov 2021 4:40 PM IST

In Tswane, the municipality that includes the capital Pretoria, 52 children under the age of 2 diagnosed with the coronavirus have been admitted and one has died. (Bloomberg Image)

Toddlers make up 10% of hospital cases in Omicron epicenter in...

More kids are being admitted than during the early stages of the country entering the current fourth wave of infections

30 Nov 2021 3:42 PM IST

Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan advised state and UTs not to let their guard down and keep strict vigil on the international passengers coming through various airports, ports and land border crossings. (Representational image: PTI)

Omicron vigil stepped up at airports, Centre asks states to ramp up...

RT-PCR tests for all from 'at risk' nations; government says dont lower guard

30 Nov 2021 2:09 PM IST

Parag Agrawal (Twitter)

Twitter's Agrawal is youngest CEO in S&P 500, nudging out Zuckerberg

Agrawal, who was appointed to succeed Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey, is 37, the same age as Meta Platform Inc. CEO...

30 Nov 2021 1:58 PM IST

Retired ISA Harsh Mander and activists participate in a rally to protest against CAA, NRC. (PTI Photo)

No decision on nationwide NRC yet: Govt in Lok Sabha

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said this in a written reply to a question

30 Nov 2021 1:54 PM IST

The law aimed at bringing the Char Dham of Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri and 49 other temples under the purview of a proposed shrine board. (Photo: PTI)

Uttarakhand govt withdraws Char Dham Devasthanam Management Board law

The move comes after months of protests by Char Dham Teerth-Purohit Hak Hakookdhari Mahapanchayat Samiti and other...

30 Nov 2021 1:18 PM IST

SC rejects Mallyas plea seeking review of 2017 order in contempt case. (PTI Photo)

SC proposes to go ahead with hearing on sentencing Vijay Mallya in...

The apex court had earlier dismissed his plea seeking review of its 2017 verdict which held him guilty of contempt

30 Nov 2021 1:18 PM IST

This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. (AP)

Covid long-haulers may experience abnormal breathing, chronic fatigue:...

The researchers noted that many COVID-19 patients have reported persistent symptoms after they recover

30 Nov 2021 12:59 PM IST