Suvendu Adhikari to retain Bhabanipur seat, vacate Nandigram
Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has decided to retain the Bhabanipur assembly constituency while vacating the Nandigram seat.
Recently, US President Joe Biden ordered the US intelligence agencies to redouble their efforts in investigating the emergence of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic and report back to him in 90 days, amid growing controversy about the virus's origins from a bio laboratory in China.
China has currently blocked the international media from reaching the mine to see the surroundings, news agency PTI quoted a report as saying. Earlier on Wednesday, China had parried a question on whether it would allow an independent probe into allegations that the Covid-19 virus may have been leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, while its researchers claimed that the coronavirus may have been transmitted to humans from pangolins.
Watch this report to know why China is in the dock over the Covid-19 origin. Watch video.
Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has decided to retain the Bhabanipur assembly constituency while vacating the Nandigram seat.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay has revoked the appointment of a personal astrologer as an Officer on Special Duty. The decision follows backlash from allied parties and opposition leaders, who unanimously objected to placing an astrologer on the government payroll.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay has won the vote of confidence in the state legislative assembly with the support of 144 MLAs.
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