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IS leader detonated a bomb and blew himself up
As US forces raided the hideout of IS chief Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi, the man who took over as the head of the terrorist group in 2019, the IS leader detonated a bomb and blew himself up. His body was thrown onto the streets outside. First responders reported that 13 people had been killed, including six children and four women.. HT
Schools can reopen if positivity rate less than 5%
The Centre on Thursday said the districts having less than five per cent Covid positivity rate can move in the direction of reopening schools but it is up to the state governments to take a call in this regard. Deccan Herald
Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) announced it would campaign against the BJP
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), the collective leadership that spearheaded the farmers’ movement, on Thursday announced it would campaign against the BJP in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The reason is the failure of the Narendra Modi government to deliver on any of the assurances given in its letter of December 9, 2021, on the basis of which the yearlong agitation of the farmers had been suspended. Telegraph
6 Mega Projects may not be really green
One them is in the strategic border state of Arunachal, the proposed largest hydel plant in India; the other is on the state’s border with Assam, currently the largest hydel project under construction. Then there’s the proposed new international airport in Goa; a mine in Odisha run by the world’s largest coal producer; the country’s first private mega thermal plant in Chhattisgarh — and, finally, the flagship river-linking project in Madhya Pradesh. Indian Express
Job Reservation law in Haryana stayed
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday stayed the Haryana government’s law guaranteeing 75% reservation to locals in private sector jobs. The court of justice Ajay Tewari and justice Pankaj Jain, admitting multiple petitions against the implementation of the law – Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020, issued the direction to stay the law. Hindu
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