Day: February 7, 2020

Marked by the BJP aggressively pushing the anti-CAA protests in Shaheen Bagh as a poll issue, the AAP hardselling development and the Congress conspicuous by its near absence, the bitter, often divisive campaign for the Delhi elections ended on Thursday.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has unveiled a sweeping plan for the Amazon rainforest that would open indigenous lands to mining – a ”dream” for the far-right leader, but a ”nightmare” for environmentalists and tribal leaders. Bolsonaro proposed a new bill Wednesday that would allow mining, farming and hydroelectric power projects on formerly protected land in the world’s largest rainforest, saying: ”I hope this dream… comes true.”

Poverty in Britain has risen among workers despite the country’s lowest unemployment in 45 years, an organisation for social change said Friday, while urging the new government to take action.

India’s Ambassador-Designate to the United States Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Thursday presented his credentials to President Donald Trump in his Oval Office of the White House. Trump, during the Oval Office credentials ceremony, warmly welcomed Sandhu, a career foreign service official, back to Washington DC and wished him success in his responsibilities as India’s ambassador to the US.