INDIA
Kovind to inaugurate 60th Goa Liberation Day celebration
Kovind is scheduled to arrive in Goa at 12.55 p.m. at the state's Dabolim international airport and after a brief stay at the Raj Bhavan, the President of India is expected to lay a wreath at the martyr's memorial in Panaji's city square, Azad Maidan.
Season's coldest night in Srinagar, Drass slips to minus 29
"Srinagar recorded minus 6.6 as the minimum temperature today which is the coldest recorded so far this season. This record was surpassed during the last 10 years on December 25, 2018 when the minimum had dropped to minus 7.7
Chidambaram attacks PM on farmers issue
The former Union Minister's remarks came in response to Modi, who on Friday flayed the opposition for supporting the protesting farmers, claiming that the rival parties were using the shoulders of the farmers to attack his government.
MIM leader in Telangana opens fire, two injured
MIM Adilabad district president Mohammed Farooq Ahmed attacked rivals after a tussle between two groups playing cricket in Tatiguda area.
Retd Brigadier, wife suffocated to death in Noida home fire
Brig (retd) R.P. Singh and his wife Malti Singh (75) were found near the entrance door when it was broken by the locals and police. The incident is said to have happened at 9 p.m. on Friday.
Govt preparing a budget 'as never before': Sitharaman
Speaking at the CII Partnership Summit 2020, Sitharaman said that the next Union Budget will help India emerge as the engine for global growth and economic resurgence.
Allahabad High Court refuses to stay 'love jihad' ordinance
The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020 was promulgated in November to prohibit religious conversions in the name of 'love jihad'. A bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Piyush Agrawal asked the state government to file a counter affidavit by January 4 and fixed the case for hearing on January 7, 2021.
Indian Council of Medical Research chief Balram Bhargava admitted to AIIMS after testing Covid-19 positive
Bhargava heads the apex medical body which is responsible for formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research in India. It is at the forefront of the Covid-19 outbreak management in the country.
Fundamental right to health includes affordable treatment: Supreme Court
A bench headed by justice Ashok Bhushan and comprising Justices R. Subhash Reddy and M.R. Shah said: "Right to health is a fundamental right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Right to health includes affordable treatment. Therefore, it is the duty of the state to make provisions for affordable treatment and see that more and more provisions in the hospitals to be run by the state and/or local administration are made."
NIA files charge sheet against 10 Khalistani terrorists, including New York-based Pannun
An NIA spokesperson said that the agency has filed the charge sheet in the Special NIA court in Punjab's Mohali under several sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
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