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Many R-Day firsts in 2021

Covid-19, protest by farmers over the contentious farm legislation has forced the government tone down the celebrations, reports Manoj Menon As the cliché goes every year, India’s Republic Day is one of

January 14, 2021

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Modi, Shah to Kick Off Assam Poll Campaign

As the ruling BJP kicks off its Assembly poll campaign in Assam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and other central leaders would hold a series of election rallies in

January 13, 2021

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Nadda, Rahul due in TN as campaigning gains momentum

BJP President and Rajya Sabha member J.P. Nadda and Congress leader and Lok Sabha member Rahul Gandhi will be in Tamil Nadu on January 14 and celebrate the harvest festival Pongal. Nadda

January 13, 2021

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YouTube takes down Trump channel

YouTube has also indefinitely disabled comments on Trump’s videos due to “ongoing concerns about violence”….reports Asian Lite News Google-owned YouTube, which is yet to permanently ban the outgoing US President Donald Trump,

January 13, 2021

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Trump to skip Biden inauguration

In a widely expected move and breaking an over century-and-a-half old tradition, US President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he will not attend his successor Joe Biden’s swearing-in ceremony. “To all

January 9, 2021

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Congress rejects GOP objection to Biden’s Arizona win

The objection was overturned by the Senate in an overwhelming vote of 93 to 6 late Wednesday night..reports Asian Lite News Following the violent protests at the Capitol building, the US Congress

January 7, 2021

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Pelosi re-elected as US House Speaker

On Sunday, Pelosi, 80, received support from 216 Democrats, with two of her colleagues voting for someone else and three others voting present…reports Asian Lite News Veteran Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi has

January 3, 2021

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Trump pardons more former aides

The three were among the 29 people to benefit from Trump’s latest pardons, an expression of the President’s forgiveness that confers extra privileges such as restoring the right to vote, before he

December 24, 2020

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Romanian PM steps down

President Klaus Iohannis accepted Orban’s resignation late Monday night and appointed Defence Minister Nicolae Ciuca as interim Prime Minister..reports Asian Lite News Romanian Prime Minister Ludovic Orban has announced his resignation after

December 8, 2020

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‘Everest is not a tourist mountain’

For this former Special Forces officer in the UK Navy, making the world record of climbing all 14 of the world’s highest peaks above 8000-meters (called the ‘eight-thousanders’) in a record time

December 7, 2020

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