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Economic Times | 27 Nov, 2020 | 11.53PM IST
LIVE News Updates: BJP picks Sushil Modi for Bihar Rajya Sabha by-election
Putting to rest, the speculations surrounding the role to be offered to former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi, the BJP okayed his name for Rajya Sabha by-polls.
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- The World Health Organization's top emergency expert said it would be highly speculative for the WHO to say the coronavirus did not emerge in China, where it was first identified in a food market in December last year.
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Farmers should end protest, centre ready for dialogue: Narendra Singh Tomar
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- Modi spoke to Palaniswami who apprised him of the situation in the state.
We want govt to discuss issues, address our concerns and prepare a draft for required legislation. We are staying at Meerut toll plaza tonight and will leave for Delhi tomorrow morning
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Indian Sikh pilgrims arrive in Pakistan
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Prakash Javadekar launches 'India Climate Change Knowledge Portal'
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Iran nuclear scientist targeted in assassination attempt near Tehran
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- PM Narendra Modi
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By using teargas, water cannons on farmers, BJP govt has shown its anti-people character
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West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar accepts resignation of Suvendu Adhikari from the post of State Transport Minister
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Congress' Randeep Singh Surjewala tweets in support of farmers
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— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) 1606480485000Nearly 25,000 farmers had sent proposal to PM. The laws have been made for traders saying they'll eventually benefit farmers. If govt has brought laws to support farmers, we welcome it. However, there are drawbacks
- Mohini Mohan Mishra, All India Secretary, Bharatiya Kisan Sangh
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GDP contraction slows to -7.5% in Q2, India officially in recession
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India's Apr-Oct fiscal deficit tops 126% of full year target
Delhi: Traffic congestion at Delhi-Gurugram border
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— ANI (@ANI) 1606473065000Punjab farmers protest: Two trains cancelled, five trains short terminated and five others diverted
PM Narendra Modi to review vaccine work in Ahmedabad, Pune and Hyderabad tomorrow
Farmers enter the national capital through the Tikri border
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— ANI (@ANI) 1606470853000Delhi: College students say their exam got cancelled due to farmers' 'Chalo Delhi' protest march
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Cyclone Nivar makes landfall near Puducherry
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I welcome Centre’s decision to allow farmers to enter Delhi to exercise their democratic right to protest. They should also now initiate immediate talks to address farmers' concerns on the Farm Laws and resolve the simmering issue.
- Capt. Amarinder Singh, Punjab CM
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SC asks Chanda Kochhar to go to Bombay High court seeking discharge of husband from money laundering charges
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- SG Tushar Mehta contests, says only attachment of his property not been affirmed.
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Govt agrees to allow protesting farmers to come to Nirankari Samagam Ground, Burari, inside Delhi, tweets Yogendra Yadav
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Reports PTI
Moradabad: Farmers block Delhi-Lucknow highway in support of 'Chalo Delhi' protest march
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Maharashtra: PM Narendra Modi will visit Serum Institute of India in Pune on November 28 to review the vaccine production
Senior Trinamool Congress leader Suvendu Adhikari tenders resignation as West Bengal transport minister: Sources
Reports PTI
India's palm oil imports set to jump as tax cut lures refiners
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NSA Ajit Doval arrived in Colombo for trilateral India-Sri Lanka-Maldives consultations on maritime and security cooperation
He was accorded a warm welcome by Army Commander Lt Gen Shavendra Silva: High Commission of India in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Delhi Government rejects the request of Delhi Police seeking to convert nine stadiums into temporary prisons, in view of farmers protest
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