Written by Vatsala Mamgain | New Delhi | December 27, 2020 6:45:57 am
Illustration by Suvajit Dey
For a year that left us speechless, 2020 has been full of words. A few have expectedly, been dangerous to health. A word like “unprecedented”, for instance, has single-handedly converted us into a nation with very poor liver health. It has been rigorously proven by an unscientific study that if a person took a sip of a drink every time they read or heard the word “unprecedented” this year, their liver would be shot to hell by now.
Back in 2016, President Donald Trump had famously boasted, “I know words. I have the best words.” But sadly, in this, as in other things, 2020 had him beat. So, as a public service to future historians, here is the dictionary of 2020 all the words of the year, defined as they are really used, in one pithy, inaccurate volume:
150 troops in Delhi for R-Day test positive
Official sources said all those who tested positive were in a “safe bubble”. Seven of them were symptomatic. December 27, 2020 3:40:01 am
The recovery rate has increased to 96.56 per cent.(Representational)
Nearly 150 Army personnel who are in Delhi for the Republic Day parade have tested positive for Covid-19. Official sources said all those who tested positive were in a “safe bubble”. Seven of them were symptomatic.
More than 2000 Army personnel have come to Delhi for Republic Day. All those who came in from outside had to undergo Covid-19 test. The “safe bubbles”, sources said, are within the cantonment area in Delhi.
Unhappy with farm laws,100 BJP workers in Bharuch join Cong
The BJP workers, all farmers, officially joined the Congress under the leadership of Bharuch district panchayat’s Nabipur seat member Shakil Akuji at the party’s headquarters in Bharuch. December 27, 2020 5:30:34 am
The BJP has also formed district level teams that include senior party leader as convener and a sitting office-bearer of the district as co-convener.(Representational)
Bharuch Congress Committee president Arunsinh Rana on Saturday said 100 BJP workers from nine villages of the district have joined the Congress and extended support to the ongoing nationwide farmers’ agitations against the three farm laws.
Jhalod: Pradeepsinh Jadeja condoles death of deceased BJP leader’s wife
Jadeja also held a meeting with the district police officers to check on the progress in Hiren Patel’s murder case and said anyone involved in the alleged murder “would not be spared”. Updated: December 28, 2020 9:02:35 pm
Minister of State for Home Pradeepsinh Jadeja tested Covid-19 positive on Saturday and has been advised hospitalisation(File)
State HOME Minister Pradeepsinh Jadeja on Saturday visited Jhalod in Dahod district to offer condolences to the family members of BJP leader late Hiren Patel after his wife Bina Patel passed away earlier this week.
Daily Briefing: Revisiting India’s Board toppers over the decades; Farmers announce resumption of talks
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One’s a cancer physician in New York; another is a PhD fellow at MIT; one is a Harvard professor; one a hedge fund manager in Singapore and as many as 11 are working for Google. Ambition and talent has taken some of India’s national school board toppers to places far and wide. In part-1 of