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Do not agree with concept of ‘One Nation, One Election: Mamata Banerjee to Kovind-led panel

New Delhi, Jan 11 (PTI) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote to the high-level committee on “One Nation, One Election” expressing her disagreement with the concept of simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha and assemblies, and said it would be against the basic structure of India’s constitutional arrangements. In a letter to the panel secretary, Banerjee said that in 1952, the first general elections were simultaneously conducted for the central and state levels. ”There was such simultaneity for some years. But the coevality has since been ruptured…,” she said. ”I regret that I cannot agree with the concept

IPS officer Sanjay Kundu moves SC against HC order on removing him from post of DGP

New Delhi, Jan 11 (PTI) Senior IPS officer Sanjay Kundu has moved the Supreme Court against an order of the Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissing his plea for recall of a direction to remove him from the post of DGP over allegations that he tried to pressure a businessman who claimed to have received a threat to his life from his partners. The appeal has been filed by advocate Gaurav Gupta and is yet to be listed for hearing. On January 9, in a setback to Kundu and Kangra SP Shalini Agnihotri, the high court dismissed their petition to recall

Immune boosting ginger shot recipe keeps you healthy

NEW DELHI, January 11, 2024 You could give your immune system a much-needed boost this winter with this homemade ginger shot recipe. It’s that time of year when it feels like everybody has a cold or the flu, and we’re all frantically looking for ways to either get rid of our illness quickly or make sure we don’t catch what everyone else is spreading. If you find yourself getting sniffly, then one natural remedy you could try is ginger – as it’s thought that the fresh root could have antiviral effects. One of the healthiest ways to consume ginger is

Nearly 10,000 died from COVID-19 last month, fueled by holiday gatherings and new variant, WHO says

GENEVA, January 11, 2024 (AP) — The head of the U.N. health agency said Wednesday holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to increased transmission of COVID-19 last month. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said nearly 10,000 deaths were reported in December, while hospital admissions during the month jumped 42% in nearly 50 countries — mostly in Europe and the Americas — that shared such trend information. “Although 10,000 deaths a month is far less than the peak of the pandemic, this level of preventable deaths is not acceptable,” the World Health Organization director-general told reporters from

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