Day: December 1, 2020

Two battleground states of Arizona and Wisconsin on Monday formally certified Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as the winner. Incumbent Donald Trump had won both the states in 2016.

Dr Scott Atlas has resigned as special adviser to President Donald Trump, a White House official said on Monday, after a controversial four months during which he clashed repeatedly with other members of the coronavirus task force.

A probe has been ordered following the death of four infants, including a newborn, within a span of 24 hours at a government hospital in Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh.

Close on the heels of Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel giving assent to an ordinance against forcible or ‘dishonest’ religious conversions, the Assam government is formulating a new marriage law under which the bride and groom will have to disclose their religion and income in official documents a month before the wedding.

In lieu of the Assembly elections in the State, Rahul Gandhi on Monday chaired Congress meetings on election preparations.

The Centre has issued a fresh set of guidelines, which will come into force from today in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today reportedly decided not to attend the BSF’s Raising Day event as an ‘important official work’ has come up.

The Indian Navy’s operation to locate the second pilot of the MiG-29K, that went down in the Arabian Sea on 26 November, continued with extensive deployment of ships and aircraft, even as it is suspected that he might have ejected moments before the crash.

Polling for the high stake civic elections in Hyderabad began this morning.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today greeted the Border Security Force, which guards the country’s international border, on its Raising Day and said India is proud of it.