Farmers take part in the tractor rally in Delhi on Tuesday. | Money Sharma/AFP
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Clashes erupt during farmers’ Republic day tractor rally, at least 20 hospitalised: Internet services were suspended in several parts of the city, and multiple metro stations were shut temporarily. Following the clashes, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha called off the tractor rally and asked farmers to return to their protest sites. Several politicians, meanwhile, criticised the clashes.
Every second person in Delhi has developed antibodies against coronavirus, shows fifth sero survey: Experts believe that the figure may go up to 70% in view of the vaccination drive.
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Kwak has researched examples of past representation among political parties and cited Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, who himself faced racism, as an example of when representation in a role didnât necessarily lead to a drastic change in policy. âWhat, in our national policy, has significantly shifted?â she said. âIt is the hope that those that are racialized will bring a different kind of perspective to these debates but cabinet ministers are also required to tow the party line. How far can you really go?â Bidenâs cabinet which is 46 per cent women contains slightly fewer women proportionally than the U.S. as a whole. Around one in five of Bidenâs secretaries are Black and one out of 10 of them are Asian or Pacific Islander;
Plugging the pipeline and presumed consent: In The News for Jan. 18
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Jan 18, 2021 at 4:58 am EDT
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 18 …
What we are watching in Canada …
OTTAWA – The premiers of Alberta and Saskatchewan are condemning Joe Biden’s plan to scrap the Keystone XL pipeline expansion on his first day as U.S. president.
Biden’s plan is outlined in transition documents seen by The Canadian Press.
Lee Berthiaume
A scene from Canada and the Gulf War: In their own words, a video by The Memory Project, a program of Historica Canada, is shown in this undated illustration. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Historica Canada January 17, 2021 - 3:37 PM
OTTAWA - Petty officer Richard Austin was sitting at his position on board HMCS Athabaskan when he heard a clang. It was 1991, and the Canadian destroyer was traversing an Iraqi minefield in the Persian Gulf, on its way to rescue a crippled American warship.
âI remember waiting for the bang,â Austin recalls of those tense few moments nearly 30 years later. âLooking at the two pictures of my sons on the top of the weapons panel. The bang never came.â