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Five people died in the DC riots on January 6, including a Capitol Police Officer who was struck in the head with a fire extinguisher, and a woman who was shot dead by law enforcement while attempting to force her way through a barricaded door. … [Read more...] about Parler CEO John Matze is ‘confident’ his right-wing social media app will be back online by the end of the month after being canceled in wake of Capitol riots

Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger provided statements to Brazilian police and their passports were returned after they were pulled off a flight home the previous night following Lochte’s claims that he, Bentz, Conger and James Feigen were robbed at a petrol station by men claiming to be police officers. … [Read more...] about ‘The dumbest bell that ever rang’: US media have their say on Ryan Lochte

Political analyst Atsuo Ito said he saw two major problems with Suga's response to the pandemic: that it was incremental and slow, and that he was a poor communicator despite having been the top government spokesman in his previous role as chief cabinet secretary. … [Read more...] about Surge in COVID-19 cases puts Tokyo Games in doubt

Sen had on Monday written the letter to Visva-Bharati Vice-Chancellor Prof Bidyut Chakraborty two days after the authorities of the central university asked the West Bengal government to measure the plot owned by him at Santiniketan as soon as possible to permanently resolve the dispute. … [Read more...] about Withdraw false land-grab charges: Amartya Sen to V-B VC

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi lashed out at the Central government over three farm laws stating that they were designed to destroy Indian agriculture. He said there is a tragedy unfolding in the country and alleged that India is now owned by 4-5 people. Addressing a press conference after releasing a booklet over the three Central farm laws at the party headquarters in Delhi, the Congress MP said that the government wants to misinform people about this tragedy but the truth is a huge tragedy is unfolding. "There is a tragedy unfolding in our country today. The government wants to ignore this tragedy. It wants to misinform people about this tragedy but the truth is a huge tragedy is unfolding. I am not just talking about the farmers, because that is only a part of that tragedy," he said. Devendra Fadnavis' video on a big claim about govt formation talks with Sharad Pawar goes viralThe claims come at the time when the BJP and Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in which Sharad Pawar-led NCP is a … [Read more...] about Tragedy unfolding in India, farm laws designed to destroy agriculture sector: Rahul Gandhi hits out at government