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Senators eye $579 billion in new infrastructure spending, $1 trillion plan

WASHINGTON: A bipartisan group of senators is eyeing an infrastructure deal with $579 billion in new spending as part of…

5 years ago

Florida bans ‘critical race theory’ from its classrooms

TALLAHASSEE: Florida's state Board of Education banned "critical race theory" from public school classrooms Thursday, adopting new rules it said…

5 years ago

UK, US back ‘timely, transparent’ WHO-convened Covid-19 origins study

LONDON: The United States and the United Kingdom on Thursday extended support to a "timely, transparent and evidence-based independent process"…

5 years ago

Calls for reform grow in Congress with Prasada’s exit

NEW DELHI: A day after Jitin Prasada switched to BJP, senior Congress functionaries M Veerappa Moily and Kapil Sibal reiterated…

5 years ago

Congress panel on Punjab suggests rejig to accommodate key netas

NEW DELHI: Organisational revamp and accommodation of key party leaders is reportedly the substance of the Kharge committee which reviewed…

5 years ago

35 aspirants for ‘9 berths’ in Rajasthan rejig

New Delhi: Besides nominating new ministers, Congress may also appoint ‘parliamentary secretaries’ in Rajasthan in a bid to accommodate aspirations…

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Govt ropes in minority orgs to fight vaccine rumours

NEW DELHI: Minority affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday announced that a nationwide campaign will be launched by social…

5 years ago

New rules discourage mask use in U-5 kids

NEW DELHI: New guidelines for management of Covid-19 infection in kids discourages use of masks in children, particularly aged 5…

5 years ago

Health experts to PM: No need to vaccinate those who’ve had Covid; review ‘liberalised’ policy

NEW DELHI: There is no need to vaccinate people with documented coronavirus infection, a group of public health experts has…

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Rahul Gandhi bats for walk-in vaccination, Irani says already done

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday demanded that every person walking into a Covid-19 vaccination centre should get…

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