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PETA, cock, fighting

Enforce cockfighting ban, Centre tells Andhra as PETA cries foul

“Roosters used in cockfights are fitted with razor-sharp spurs and knives that tear through flesh and bone, causing agonising and fatal injuries to them as well as sometimes to handlers and spectators,” says PETA Chief Advocacy Officer Khushboo Gupta.

Covid, Paris Olympics 2024,

Over 300 more Parliament staffers test positive for Covid-19

During random testing in the first week of this month, over 400 staff members were found infected. On Tuesday, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla inspected the Parliament House Complex (PHC) to take stock of the health safety related measures in light of the recent spike in Covid-19 cases in the country.

Nigeria lifts ban on Twitter after 7 months

The Nigerian government had indefinitely suspended Twitter after it accused the micro-blogging platform of double standards and supporting the secessionists in the country.

‘Matter of serious concern’, Dhankhar says after CS, DGP ‘skip’ meeting for second time

“Their conduct as a matter of fact was observed by the National Human Rights Commission that in the state of West Bengal there is law of the ruler and not the rule of law. I have noticed that the chief secretary of the state aggravates his conduct habitually by not responding and always taking a derogatory and diversionary route. These senior officials rather than uphpolding the supremacy of the constitution and democratic values have chosen to decimate the same,”

Bengal govt reeling under Covid wave

The condition of Nabanna is such that the state administration had to sanitise the entire building three times in the last week. “Most of the senior officials are falling sick and they are staying at home. Many works are pending because the concerned officers can’t come to the office because of Covid. Naturally files are getting piled up and we don’t know when everything will be cleared,” the official said.