Language bugs
Not that these are value additions to the English language, but the lexicon may yet serve as a brief introduction to medical history in the first half of the 21st century.
Not that these are value additions to the English language, but the lexicon may yet serve as a brief introduction to medical history in the first half of the 21st century.
It is the second consecutive time Sanders, 78, senator from Vermont, ended as runner-up in the Democratic Party’s nomination race.
The request was made by Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan to US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E Biegun during their telephonic conversation earlier this week.
During a meeting held at Nabanna yesterday, the chief minister had directed the enforcement task force, led by the home secretary, Alapan Bandyopadhyay to keep two or three taxis at designated taxi stands in the city.
Local CPI(M) councilors, along with the deputy mayor of Siliguri, Ram Bhajan Mahato, joined in the protest with the locals.
“A complete lockdown is being imposed in the hotspots and clusters or the areas adjoining the hotspots. We don’t want the infection to spread like wildfire. But the daily necessities of the people of these areas are being taken care of,” said chief secretary Rajiva Sinha in Nabanna today.
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar is known to speak his mind and hasn’t shied away from taking the elected government head on.
Mr Naveen Patnaik has been remarkably decisive, his decision unilateral on the face of it, having been announced 48 hours before the Prime Minister’s video conference with Chief Ministers on Saturday, specifically to discuss the course ahead.
The short point must be that while there is much to assail the WHO, this isn’t the juncture for the Head of State to bare his angst, to the extent of threatening to freeze US funding for the health agency. Nor for that matter is this the moment to delve on the geopolitical construct, alleging that WHO was rather too focused on China and had issued “bad advice”.
Responding to US President Donald Trump’s post on Twitter in which he thanked India for lifting curbs on export of Hydroxychloroquine, Modi said, “Fully agree with you President @realDonaldTrump. Times like these bring friends closer. The India-US partnership is stronger than ever.”
