Month: February 2021

Agri-tech start-up Clover has launched its direct to consumer brand ‘Deep Rooted.Co’ with an app available on Andriod and iOS platform.

With the Election Commission of India announcing elections to Tamilnadu and Puducherry on 6 April, model code of conduct has come into immediate effect.

The poll scene in Tamilnadu will gain momentum in the coming days as exactly two weeks time is available for the political parties to work out their alliances and finalise the seat sharing formalities.

Everyone on election duty for the upcoming polls for five assemblies will be vaccinated against Covid-19 before polling day, the Election Commission said.

The Home Ministry has confirmed that the existing Covid-19 guidelines will remain in force till 31 March.

The Tamilnadu Assembly today passed the Vanniyar’s Reservation Bill. It provides 10.5 per cent internal reservation to Vanniyars within the Most Backward Classes category.

The Indian coast guard has found a boat adrift in the Andaman Sea carrying Rohingya refugees, including eight people who had died, the Ministry of External Affairs said.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is encouraged by India and Pakistan’s decision to strictly observe all agreements on a ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) and hopes that the ‘positive step’ would ‘provide an opportunity for further dialogue’ said Secretary General’s spokesperson Stephane Dujarric.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that his country is faced with foreign pressure in the form of a continued policy of containment aimed at provoking internal instability, weakening the economy and interfering in the country’s internal affairs.

Facebook announced on Friday preliminary agreements with three Australian publishers, a day after the Parliament passed a law that would make the digital giants pay for news.