‘Sacrificing my body to oppose Modi govt s farm bills’: Farmer ends life at protest site
Agencies
January 3, 2021
New Delhi, Jan 3: In the third incident of suicide linked to the ongoing farmers’ agitation, a farmer identified as Kashmir Singh allegedly hanged himself on Saturday morning at the Ghazipur border protest site, leaving behind a suicide note accusing the Central government of not paying attention to farmers’ demands and being responsible for their current condition.
Kashmir Singh, who hailed from Pashiapur village in Rampur, was found hanging from the ceiling inside a toilet at Ghazipur, where farmers have been protesting since November 28, as per a report in The Indian Express.
UK Parliament to vote on ‘historic’ Brexit trade deal with EU
Agencies
December 30, 2020
London, Dec 30: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson recalled Parliament from its Christmas break on Wednesday to get the Brexit free trade agreement (FTA) struck with the European Union cleared through all parliamentary stages for the EU (Future Relationship) Bill to become law in time for January 1 next year.
The 80-page bill, which follows a last-minute deal agreed with the European Union (EU) last week just days before the December 31 deadline of the end of the Brexit transition period, will be debated by members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons followed by the House of Lords.
Covid causes chaos at airports, again
Covid causes chaos at airports, again
Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: Dec 24, 2020, 06:00 IST
airports are in a state of confusion
Passengers flying into some of the country s biggest airports on Wednesday complained of long waits and confusion as authorities sought to impose rules to try to stop the spread of a new more transmissible variant of the coronavirus.
Like many countries, India has suspended flights from
Britain, where cases have soared because of the variant.
People arriving from Britain before the ban came into force on Wednesday were being tested, including
Kamini Saraswat whose plane landed in New Delhi just before midnight.
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There was huge chaos there, Naik said from her temporary accommodation at a school. Nobody knows anything. There is no coordination between staff.
Delhi and Mumbai airport officials declined to comment, and local officials in both cities and India s federal health ministry did not respond to questions from Reuters.
Federal authorities have said that all required measures will be undertaken but have given few details of how the extra checks will be staffed.
India s plan to track down and screen all arrivals from Britain since November 25 is also getting stretched.
Immigration officials are tasked to provide the details of all travellers from Britain since then. They will be then contacted by state and district health officials.