J P Nadda was elected unopposed as the BJP national president today after he emerged as the only leader in the fray following the nomination process in which his candidature was endorsed by top party leaders.
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In a bid to strengthen the fight against Narendra Modi government in Parliament, the CPI(M)’s West Bengal unit is keen to nominate party general secretary Sitaram Yechury to Rajya Sabha from the State, with the help of the Congress.
In a first-of-its-kind in India, the Telangana State Election Commission will be using facial recognition app in a bid to counter impersonation by voters on a pilot basis in 10 selected polling stations.
BJP leaders today hailed J P Nadda for his ‘simplicity’ and also his vast organisational experience to express confidence that the party will do well under him, as he appeared set to be the new national president of the party succeeding Amit Shah.
A mysterious SARS-like virus has spread around China — including to Beijing — authorities said, fuelling fears of a major outbreak as millions begin travelling for the Lunar New Year in humanity’s biggest migration. The new coronavirus strain, first discovered in the central city of Wuhan, has caused alarm because of its connection to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which killed nearly 650 people across mainland China and Hong Kong in 2002-2003. Wuhan has 11 million inhabitants and serves as a major transport hub, including during the annual Lunar New Year holiday which begins later this week and sees hundreds of millions of Chinese people travel across the country to visit family.
World leaders committed Sunday to ending all foreign meddling in Libya’s war and to uphold a weapons embargo at a Berlin summit, as part of a broader plan to end the spiralling conflict. The presidents of Russia, Turkey and France were among global chiefs signing up to the plan to stop interfering in the war — be it through weapons, troops or financing. But the talks failed to deliver “serious dialogue” between the warring parties — strongman Khalifa Haftar and the head of Tripoli’s UN-recognised government Fayez al-Sarraj — or to get both sides to sign up to a permanent truce.
President Donald Trump hailed the trade deal signed last week with China for dramatically improving relations with Beijing, saying it was ‘much better’ than he expected. The “phase one” deal marks a truce in the two countries’ trade war after nearly two years of tensions. But with tariffs still in place on two-thirds of more than $ 500 billion worth of imports from China, US consumers and businesses will be left to foot the bill.
The Supreme Court today sought response of the Centre and the Election Commission on a plea seeking stay on the electoral bond scheme meant for funding political parties.
Reaching out to students in their own language, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed 200 of them during a “Pariksha Pe Charcha” and said his conversations with them will be “#withoutfilter”.