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Protesting farmers block the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway Expressway at Kundli in Haryana on March 6, 2021.
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Agitating farmers on Saturday held blockades at several points on the 135-km-long Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway, which connects five districts of Haryana, in response to a call from farmer unions to protest against the farm laws. The protests led to traffic snarls and diversions at many points.
In 1926, a seventeenth-century trunk containing over 2000 unclaimed letters was bequeathed to the Dutch postal museum. The letters were closed using an ancient technique called letterlocking, in which the writing paper is intricately folded and secured to become its own envelopes. Now an international team of researchers has virtually unfolded and unlocked the contents of one of the letters and the findings were published on March 2 in
Nature Communications.
At a meeting in Srinagar, the board, chaired by Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar, “recommended 8.50% annual rate of interest to be credited on EPF accumulations in members’ accounts for the financial year 2020-21”, a statement by EPFO said.
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Journalist Priya Ramani speaks to the media with her lawyer Rebecca John in New Delhi on February 17, 2021 after a court acquitted her in a defamation case filed by former Union Minister M.J. Akbar. | Photo Credit:
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The major news headlines of the day, and more. Women have the right to put their grievances at any platform of their choice and even after decades, the court said while acquitting Ms. Ramani in the case. The court also rejected Mr. Akbar s argument that he was a man of stellar reputation.
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A screenshot of Delhi Police tweets on February 14, 2021 announcing the arrest of climate activist Disha Ravi.
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A senior Delhi Police officer said that while trailing the toolkit related to the farmers’ protests, they tracked Disha Ravi in Bengaluru. A police team was sent there for further investigation and she was picked up from her home. Police has also seized her laptop and mobile phone for further investigation. She was brought to Delhi where she was formally arrested and will be produced before a magistrate.