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TopicHarsh Vardhan

Topic: Harsh Vardhan

VK Malhotra, BJP’s 1st de facto Delhi CM who broke Congress spell in capital despite Indira’s might

Malhotra was one of founding members of Jana Sangh & BJP in Delhi. He fought & won 1972 Delhi Metropolitan Council elections despite Indira Gandhi personally campaigning against him.

Ghaziabad’s ‘Westarctica envoy’ was planning Dubai polo league, with sports, film stars as ‘patrons’

UP STF found brochure of proposed league from a laptop recovered during raid against Harsh Vardhan. STF will contact celebrities to ask if their photos were used with their consent.

Micronation drama unfolds, Westarctica’s ‘grand duke’ suspends Ghaziabad man as ‘representative’

Ghaziabad man Harsh Vardhan was arrested by the UP STF earlier this week for running a fake embassy of unrecognised micronations including Westarctica.

‘Westarctica envoy’ running Ghaziabad ‘embassy’ made 100 foreign trips in last 20 yrs—UP STF

He frequently visited the UAE and UK. He also made at least 6 trips to Seborga, an unrecognised principality in Italy’s Liguria province, of which he claimed to be ambassador.

In 10 days, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya shows how he’s different from Harsh Vardhan 

In his initial meetings, Mansukh Mandaviya has highlighted his love of discipline and made it clear that he expects no less from officers in the ministry. 

Modi’s cabinet reshuffle is a gamble. But unprecedented times require out-of-the-box thinking

There is an urgent need for the Modi government to create a 'feel-good' factor. The new Cabinet after the reshuffle reflects this sentiment.

Modi has struck balance with reshuffle. Now he should address centralisation of power in PMO

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Harsh Vardhan, ‘missing’ from Covid fight, resigns as health minister amid Modi cabinet reshuffle

Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan chaired the GoM on Covid-19, but was missing at critical points, such as when cases in Delhi peaked, with Amit Shah stepping in to take action.

SMS sent, no. of people registered, poetry — India’s health minister is busy this pandemic

You want data? Dr Harsh Vardhan’s Twitter timeline will drown you in it — from number of SMS’ sent via CoWin to number of vaccines sent to states.

Harsh Vardhan interacts with American counterpart, US assures India help to fight Covid

At a virtual meeting Friday, India's health minister and US Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra discussed the ongoing surge of Covid-19 cases in India.

On Camera

What Margaret Atwood’s memoir Book of Lives reveals—if we read her fiction backwards

What links ‘Surfacing’, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and ‘The Robber Bride’ is not a neat feminist argument so much as a shared attentiveness to survival.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.