Left, Right & Centre

BJP MP Varun Gandhi, who has been increasingly offering views divergent from his party, today posted an online letter to Prime Minister Modi, listing four big demands following the centre's surprise cancellation of the controversial farm laws.

China has constructed a second enclave within Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh. The area where the buildings have come up, is not controlled by the Indian Army, but lie within the boundary defined by the Survey General of India. China has also constructed four villages in Bhutanese territory.

Schools have been shut, six of 11 power plants will halt operations and thousands of government employees will be urged to work-from-home or use public transport in attempts to tackle Delhi's life-threatening air quality crisis. Meanwhile, the Punjab government will cancel all police cases against farmers who burn stubble or agricultural waste -- clearly a sop ahead of elections. Are the measures to clean up the air too little, too late?

Comic Vir Das's viral 'I come from two Indias' video, furiously debated on social media, has provoked a police complaint by a BJP leader. Aditya Jha, a spokesperson of the BJP in Delhi, has filed a complaint with the Delhi Police, accusing Vir Das of belittling the country on foreign soil. Some say that this is an attack on the freedom of speech. On the show tonight, Is stand-up comedy now a crime in India?

Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. has signed a deal with an UN-backed group to allow other manufacturers to make its experimental COVID-19 pill, a move that could make the treatment available to more than half of the world's population. In a statement issued Tuesday, Pfizer said it would grant a license for the antiviral pill to the Geneva-based Medicines Patent Pool, which would let generic drug companies produce the pill for use in 95 countries, making up about 53% of the world's population.

Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. has signed a deal with an UN-backed group to allow other manufacturers to make its experimental COVID-19 pill, a move that could make the treatment available to more than half of the world's population. In a statement issued Tuesday, Pfizer said it would grant a license for the antiviral pill to the Geneva-based Medicines Patent Pool, which would let generic drug companies produce the pill for use in 95 countries, making up about 53% of the world's population.

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) in Gujarat has imposed a ban on the sale of non-vegetarian food items at stalls alongside public roads. On the show tonight, we ask whether the ban on meat sale near schools and religious places is due to intolerance or civic issues?

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) in Gujarat has imposed a ban on the sale of non-vegetarian food items at stalls alongside public roads. On the show tonight, we ask whether the ban on meat sale near schools and religious places is due to intolerance or civic issues?

"What this gives us is something where if you get infected, this is something that can potentially keep you out of hospital. Unlike very expensive monoclonal antibodies, we now have a potential of having two drugs that have proven effectiveness in keeping people out of hospital," said top virologist Dr Gagandeep Kang, Christian Mexican College, Vellore, To NDTV.

"What this gives us is something where if you get infected, this is something that can potentially keep you out of hospital. Unlike very expensive monoclonal antibodies, we now have a potential of having two drugs that have proven effectiveness in keeping people out of hospital," said top virologist Dr Gagandeep Kang, Christian Mexican College, Vellore, To NDTV.