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The demands of the farmers are yet to be met in full. It is despite the announcement of repeal, followed by its getting passed in the Parliament, which was completed in just few minutes disallowing all debates.

The first day of the winter session of parliament revealed a great deal of what the Modi government’s attitude to parliament is – outright contempt for parliament and its democratic functioning.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s comments on the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) led presently by Sonia Gandhi, after her meeting with NCP supremo Sharad Pawar in Mumbai on Wednesday has created a big row in the political circles, especially among the opposition parties who are opposed to the BJP and are looking for a strong alternative to fight Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha elections in 2024.

BHOPAL: In the midst of all out massive organisational efforts, Madhya Pradesh BJP faced a sort of mini revolt by four Ministers. These four ministers conveyed their annoyance by staying away from an organisational meeting headed by BJP national organisational general secretary B. L. Santosh who was on a three day visit to MP.

Eco-friendly electric-vehicles might have had a slow start in the country and perhaps faced some policy hiccups as well. But like solar power and other renewable energy, the slow and delayed start notwithstanding, EV manufacturing has been making rapid progress lately. In certain cases solar power has become a preferred first choice and its tariff has become highly competitive to conventional power. In the case of electric vehicles, the start has been slow and tardy and the covid pandemic pushed it down further. With the economy witnessing revival in recent months, it is now quite evident that the automotive industry might witness sea-change and internal combustion engines will become a thing of the past in the not too distant future.

Pune: Abhijit Singh Chadha fired seven-under 63 that earned him the clubhouse lead on the rain-marred opening day at Rs. 40 lakh Pune Open Golf Championship here on Wednesday.

New Delhi: A delegation from eight different countries concluded their week-long stay in India. The delegates were from Bhutan, Jamaica, Malaysia, Poland, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tanzania and Uzbekistan.

There are many examples like Mahender Kumar, an autorickaw owner in Delhi. He has grown some 20 varieties of medicinal plants on the roof of his vehicle. He says it is his contribution to the efforts to improve Delhi’s air quality and weather. It also keeps the vehicle cool during summer.

In West Bengal, the ongoing tirade against the Border Security Force (BSF) coming from the ruling Trinamool Congress(TMC) is essentially old wine in new bottle.

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Member of Parliament Keshava Rao sat to the right of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, who had a Covid-19 mask on. As far as the TRS was concerned, all masks were off, Keshava Rao was at the Opposition MPs’ meeting in Parliament with instructions from TRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao to dump the BJP and join the Opposition ranks.