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EU leaders agree to keep borders open, want to limit travels
PTI
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 04:26 PM IST
European Union leaders agreed that borders should remain open and assessed more measures to counter the spread of coronavirus variants during a video summit as the bloc's top disease control official said urgent action was needed to stave off a new wave of hospitalisations and deaths.
Strange hyperactivation in brain can be early sign of Alzheimer's
ANI, Montreal [canada]
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 04:26 PM IST
A research led by psychology and neuroscience professor of the University of Montreal highlights that abnormally hyperactive areas in the brain may help better predict the onset of Alzheimer's disease.
Denmark bans flights from UAE for five days due to unreliable coronavirus tests
Reuters, Copenhagen
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 04:23 PM IST
- On Friday, Denmark's Transport Ministry announced that they will be halting all flights from United Arab Emirates for five days.
Fraudsters calling up senior citizens for Covid-19 vaccines, alerts Centre
Written by Poulomi Ghosh
UPDATED ON JAN 22, 2021 04:27 PM IST
Though the Centre has not yet revealed when the vaccination of senior citizens will begin or what the price for each dose will be for the senior citizens, the health department has made it clear that there will be no third-party registration.
‘Talibani’: Opposition slams Nitish Kumar over order against offensive posts
By Avinash Kumar | Edited by Abhinav Sahay, Patna
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 04:18 PM IST
- A directive by the Bihar police said it was imperative that appropriate action should be taken against persons putting social media posts having offensive or abusive tenor.
Essay: Shamsur Rahman Faruqi - drawing out the colossus
By Mahmood Farooqui
UPDATED ON JAN 22, 2021 04:19 PM IST
In this excerpt from a forthcoming valedictory essay, SR Faruqi’s nephew writes about the Urdu poet, critic, and scholar’s last days
Scope for growth, no nepotism in BJP: Nadda tells party workers in Lucknow
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Smriti Sinha
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 04:15 PM IST
Addressing the party booth presidents of Lucknow district on the second and final day of his visit to the city, Nadda told them that the sky was the limit for them when it came to growth within the party
Sensex tanks 746 points; Nifty ends below 14,375
PTI, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 04:15 PM IST
Axis Bank was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding over 4 per cent, followed by Asian Paints, SBI, IndusInd Bank, ICICI Bank, Bajaj Finance, HDFC and Reliance.
Elected Congress president by June 2021, announces KC Venugopal
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Karan Manral
UPDATED ON JAN 22, 2021 04:18 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi, the last full-time party chief, resigned in July 2019 after the party's second successive Lok Sabha election loss.
Hong Kong pushes for surveillance cameras in classrooms
ANI, Hong Kong
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 04:09 PM IST
- According to South China Morning Post (SCMP), Tommy Cheung Yu-yan, an adviser to the Executive Council, Chief Executive Carrie Lam's de facto cabinet, suggested that placing CCTV cameras in classrooms would reveal if teachers had made "subversive remarks".