China has started importing Indian rice for the first time in at least three decades due to tightening supplies and an offer from India of sharply discounted prices, Re

Amid border row, China imports Indian rice for 1st time in decades

China has started importing Indian rice for the first time in at least three decades due to tightening supplies and an offer from India of sharply discounted prices, Reuters reported quoted officials.&nbsp;The breakthrough comes at a time when political tensions between the two countries are high because of a border dispute in Ladakh.&nbsp;Beijing imports around 4 million&nbsp;tonnes&nbsp;of rice annually but has avoided purchases from India, citing quality issues.&nbsp;BV Krishna Rao, president of the Rice Exporters Association told the newswire China may increase buying next year after seeing the quality of Indian crop.&nbsp;India is the world&rsquo;s biggest exporter of rice and China is the biggest importer.&nbsp;&nbsp;

China has started importing Indian rice for the first time in at least three decades due to tightening supplies and an offer from India of sharply discounted prices, Reuters reported quoted officials. The breakthrough comes at a time when political tensions between the two countries are high because of a border dispute in Ladakh. Beijing imports around 4 million tonnes of rice annually but has avoided purchases from India, citing quality issues. BV Krishna Rao, president of the Rice Exporters Association told the newswire China may increase buying next year after seeing the quality of Indian crop. India is the world’s biggest exporter of rice and China is the biggest importer.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said his government is committed towards incorporating into the state the areas of Karnataka where Marathi-speakin

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said his government is committed towards incorporating into the state the areas of Karnataka where Marathi-speaking people are in majority.
This will be the &ldquo;true tribute&rdquo; to martyrs of the cause, the Chief Minister&rsquo;s Office said in a tweet.
Maharashtra claims Belgaum and some other areas, part of the erstwhile Bombay Presidency but currently in Karnataka, on linguistic grounds.

Less than 50 per cent of the targeted beneficiaries turned up for coronavirus vaccination in Andhra Pradesh on the second day on Sunday, but that was the highest in the

Less than 50 per cent of the targeted beneficiaries turned up for coronavirus vaccination in Andhra Pradesh on the second day on Sunday, but that was the highest in the country.
According to data released by the Health Department, only 13,041 healthcare workers got the Covid-19 vaccine administered across the state against the targeted 27,233 for the day.
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Eight Rohingyas were caught from different parts of the national capital after they failed to show valid documents, police said on Sunday. In east Delhi, six of them, i

Eight Rohingyas were caught from different parts of the national capital after they failed to show valid documents, police said on Sunday. In east Delhi, six of them, including three minors, were detained from outside the Anand Vihar Railway Station and sent to a detention centre. In Dwarka district, two Rohingyas, found living illegally in Uttam Nagar area, were arrested on Friday.&nbsp;

Uttar Pradesh minister Anand Swaroop Shukla on Sunday called West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee an &ldquo;Islamic terrorist&rdquo; and said she will have to take refuge in 

Uttar Pradesh minister Anand Swaroop Shukla on Sunday called West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee an &ldquo;Islamic terrorist&rdquo; and said she will have to take refuge in Bangladesh after the assembly elections in her state.
The UP Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs alleged that the West Bengal CM "does not believe in Bharatiyata (Indianness)" and insulted Hindu gods and goddesses.
&ldquo;She is an Islamic terrorist. She has worked to break the temples and insult gods and goddesses in West Bengal. She is acting at the behest of Bangladesh,&rdquo; the minister said.
"Mamata Banerjee will be defeated badly in the assembly polls, after which she will have to take refuge in Bangladesh," Shukla added, referring to the upcoming assembly polls in West Bengal.
The minister further said the Muslims who say "Bharat Mata ki Jai" and "Vande Mataram" will be honoured in the country

A total of 17,072 beneficiaries were vaccinated on the second day of the Covid-19 inoculation drive taking the total number of people vaccinated to&nbsp;2,24,301, the U

A total of 17,072 people were vaccinated on the second day of the Covid-19 inoculation drive taking the total number of people vaccinated to&nbsp;2,24,301, the Union Health Ministry said. Vaccinations were conducted only in&nbsp;Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur and Tamil Nadu as it was a Sunday.&nbsp;
The ministry also said that 447 cases of adverse effects after immunisation have been reported so far across the country and only three of them required hospitalisation. Most of those with side-effects reported minor&nbsp;fever, headache, nausea, the Health Ministry added.&nbsp;

Shiv Sena's chief Uddhav Thackeray has decided to contest the West Bengal Assembly Elections, party leader Sanjay Raut announced on Sunday.&nbsp;Taking to Twitter, Raut

Shiv Sena's chief Uddhav Thackeray has decided to contest the West Bengal Assembly Elections, party leader Sanjay Raut announced on Sunday.&nbsp;Taking to Twitter, Raut said, "after discussions with&nbsp;Uddhav Thackeray.&nbsp;This will not be Shiv Sena's debut in West Bengal as the party had contested in the Lok Sabha elections from the state in 2019 and assembly election in 2016.&nbsp;In 2019 Lok Sabha election, Shiv Sena had contested from 15 seats in West Bengal, while in 2016 assembly election, the Maharashtra-based outfit contested from 18 seats but did not win any.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said doubling farmers income was the biggest priority of the Narenda Modi government and that the three farm laws would ensure m

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said doubling farmers income was the biggest priority of the Narenda Modi government and that the three farm laws would ensure manifold hike in their earnings.
He said since coming to power, the Modi government had increased the budget for the farm sector and also the minimum support price &nbsp;for various crops. He listed out various central programmes for the welfare of the farmers at an event in Kerakalmatti village in Karnataka.

Protesting farmers will enter Delhi on thousands of tractors for a &lsquo;disciplined&rsquo; Kisan Republic Day parade, farm unions leaders said on Sunday. They will co

Protesting farmers will enter Delhi on thousands of tractors for a &lsquo;disciplined&rsquo; Kisan Republic Day parade, farm unions leaders said on Sunday. They will cover around 50km and pass through the national capital&rsquo;s Outer Ring Road, they added. Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav was quoted as saying by news agency ANI&nbsp;that "no disruption will be caused to the official Republic Day ceremony."&nbsp;Farmers from Punjab have left from Ludhiana for Delhi to participate in the tractor parade on Republic Day as a mark of&nbsp;protest against the three contentious farm laws,&nbsp;ANI reported.

The President of Congress' Tripura unit, Pijush&nbsp;Biswas&nbsp;has suffered minor injuries after his car was attacked allegedly by BJP&nbsp;workers. Biswas&nbsp;claim

The President of Congress' Tripura unit, Pijush&nbsp;Biswas&nbsp;has suffered minor injuries after his car was attacked allegedly by BJP&nbsp;workers. Biswas&nbsp;claimed that the attack happened outside the Congress' office in Bishalgarh, near state capital Agartala, despite police presence.&nbsp;
Tripura&nbsp;Congress tweeted pictures of broken window panes and windshield and blamed BJP&nbsp;for the attack. The state unit said that Biswas&nbsp;and his driver were taken to the hospital to receive treatment for their injuries.&nbsp;

Days after she nearly joined a growing list of high-profile leaders to swap the ruling party for the opposition BJP, three-time Trinamool MP Shatabdi Roy was appointed 

Days after she nearly joined a growing list of high-profile leaders to swap the ruling party for the opposition BJP, three-time Trinamool MP Shatabdi Roy was appointed Vice President of the party's Bengal unit Sunday.&nbsp;Roy said she "welcomed the decision" and that she would work hard to ensure the defeat of the BJP in the forthcoming election.&nbsp;On Friday the&nbsp;Trinamool battled to persuade Roy&nbsp;- who retained Birbhum in the 2019 election despite colleagues losing neighbouring seats to the BJP by huge margins - to remain in the party. Roy said she was "mentally anguished".&nbsp;

Criticising Judiciary, and criticising the decision making process is permissible as Indian courts have evolved over the years, said senior advocate Harish Salve while 

Criticising Judiciary, and criticising the decision making process is permissible as Indian courts have evolved over the years, said senior advocate Harish Salve while speaking at the 16th PD Desai Memorial Lecture&nbsp;on Saturday. Salve said judiciary hears cases in certain ways as it is always under the public radar which should make the decision-making process also come under scrutiny. Questioning the maturity of people to understand which allegations are to be taken seriously, Salve says a line needs to be drawn in between whose criticism is to be taken into serious considerations. Salve also took reference from recent events of judges being criticized and said public figures need to accept criticism. Criticism of judges is not 'scandalising the courts' as Constitutional law is not static.

'Curiouser&nbsp;and curiouser,' Congress leader P Chidambaram quoted from 'Alice in Wonderland' to express&nbsp;his bewilderment after the NITI&nbsp;Aayog&nbsp;allegedl

'Curiouser&nbsp;and curiouser,' Congress leader P Chidambaram quoted from 'Alice in Wonderland' to express&nbsp;his bewilderment after the NITI&nbsp;Aayog&nbsp;allegedly rejected a RTI&nbsp;query asking for a copy of the report on the farm laws submitted by the commission's&nbsp;Committee of CMs. The RTI&nbsp;query for was filed activist Anajli&nbsp;Bhagwat, according to the Congress leader. He tweeted that the NITI&nbsp;Aayog&nbsp;had rejected the RTI&nbsp;application on the grounds that while the Commitee&nbsp;of CMs&nbsp;had completed its deliberations on September 19 last year and given a report, the same has not been presented to its governing council.&nbsp;
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51 mild adverse reactions and 1 serious complication have been reported in Delhi after the first day of Covid-19 vaccination drive, Delhi Health Minister Satyender&nbsp

51 mild adverse reactions and 1 serious complication have been reported in Delhi after the first day of Covid-19 vaccination drive, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar&nbsp;Jain said on Sunday. A 22-year-old security guard who works at AIIMS&nbsp;had to be admitted to the hospital due to severe adverse effects after taking the jab, he is reported to be stable now.
Jain said that the mild side-effects experience by 51 health workers were observed only for a short while. 4,000 health workers were vaccinated in the national capital yesterday. Except&nbsp;for Centre-run hospitals like AIIMS&nbsp;all hospitals in Delhi were given Oxford's Covishield. The 6 Central hospitals were given Bharat&nbsp;Biotech's&nbsp;Covaxin.&nbsp;

Inspite of passsing a stay order on the new farm laws, the apex court on Monday will hear pleas on the new farm laws and ongoing farmer protest at Delhi borders. One of

The apex court on Monday will hear pleas related to the new farm laws and ongoing farmer protest at Delhi borders, just days after staying the implementation of the laws. The apex court may take into account the matter of recusal of a member of the committee set up by it to hear the grievances of the farmers.
Bhupinder Singh Mann, president of Bharatiya Kisan Union had resigned from the panel saying he would always side with farmers and Punjab. Farmers had approached the court on Saturday asking it to reconstitute the committee as they did not feel the panel could submit an unbiased report when the remaining&nbsp;three members have already backed the new farm laws.
Centre has also filed a plea in the top court, via Delhi Police, seeking a stay on the proposed tractor march on January 26 and any other protest on Republic Day.
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Facing massive criticism from users globally, including India, over privacy concerns after a recent privacy policy update, WhatsApp on Sunday shared its own status on t

Facing massive criticism from users globally, including India, over privacy concerns after a recent privacy policy update, WhatsApp on Sunday shared its own status on the messaging app to assure users of its commitment to their privacy. In a set of four status posts, WhatsApp tried to allay concerns over privacy. The first message on the status read: "We are committed to your privacy". The other three messages were: 'WhatsApp can't read or listen to your personal conversation as they are end-to-end encrypted', 'WhatsApp can't see your shared location', and 'WhatsApp doesn't share your contacts with Facebook'. The Facebook-owned company landed in a soup after it informed users about changes in its terms of service and public policy, through an in-app notification last week. Users had till February 8 to agree to the new terms in order to continue using the platform.

The United Kingdom has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the G7 summit to be held in the country's Cornwall region in June.The G7, which includes the world

The United Kingdom has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the G7 summit to be held in the country's Cornwall region in June. The G7, which includes the world's seven leading democratic economies -- UK, Germany, Canada, France, Japan, Italy, the USA -- and the European Union, will discuss issues such as the coronavirus pandemic, climate change, technological changes, scientific discoveries and open trade. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who had cancelled his India visit for this year's Republic Day event due to the detection of mutant virus strain in his country, is likely to visit the country "ahead of the G7", according to an official press statement.

In an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a group of 100 former civil servants have flagged questions over the transparency of the PM-CARES Fund and demanded t

In an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a group of 100 former civil servants have flagged questions over the transparency of the PM-CARES Fund and demanded that its financial details be made public. The retired bureaucrats said it is necessary that, for reasons of probity and adherence to standards of public accountability, the financial details of receipts and expenditures be made available in order to avoid doubts of wrongdoing. The PM-CARES Fund was set up by the Centre in March last year with the primary objective to deal with the emergency situation caused by the Covid-19 outbreak and provide relief to those affected.
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Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan once again sought to assure citizens on Sunday that the Covid-19 vaccines rolled out in India went under best possible scientific

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan once again sought to assure citizens on Sunday that the Covid-19 vaccines rolled out in India went under best possible scientific scrutiny and people should not believe in 'misinformation' that is being spread. He asked people to take the vaccine 'fearlessly'. Harsh Vardhan added that some people are raising a political problem and the govt is responding to them as well. Congress leader Manish Tewari had raised questions over the emergency use approval given to Covaxin.

The pollution in the national capital remained in dangerous levels on Sunday and the residents continued to choke. The air quality of Delhi was in the 'severe' category

The pollution in the national capital remained in dangerous levels on Sunday and the residents continued to choke. The air quality of Delhi was in the 'severe' category as the overall air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 428. According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), PM10 pollutants were recorded at 436 and PM2.5 pollutants were recorded at 278. Both PM10 and PM2.5 pollutants were in the 'severe' category on Sunday. A thick blanket of fog has also engulfed the national capital reducing visibility in parts of the national capital. Around 80 flights originating from and over 50 flights bound to Delhi airport have been delayed, mainly due to dense fog, Delhi airport officials said.

Six people were killed and 19 injured after a private bus came in contact with an electric cable and caught fire in Rajasthan's Jalore district late Saturday night.
Th

Six people were killed and 19 injured after a private bus came in contact with an electric cable and caught fire in Rajasthan's Jalore district late Saturday night.
The bus, filled with passengers, was travelling from Mandore to Beawar. The driver mistakenly got waylaid and veered towards Maheshpura village in Jalore, where the bus came in contact with the electric cable and caught fire.
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