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National Health Authority CEO and Empowered Group on COVID Vaccination chairperson Dr. R.S. Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections | I have not said anything that violates poll code, contends DMK’s A. Raja Responding to a notice issued by the Election Commission of India over his remarks against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami, the DMK deputy general secretary said he had not said anything that violated the Model Code of Conduct — anything that was obscene or that would lower the dignity of motherhood, of women — much less any other provision of the law. Assam Assembly Elections | Rahul guarantees Nagpur control-free State ‘Nagpur’ is a reference to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s headquarters while the Congress has been accusing the Sarbananda Sonowal government of letting the BJP’s central leadership in Delhi run the show in Assam. Kerala Assembly Elections | BJP rakes up ‘love jihad’ to woo Christian voters in central and southern Kerala Party State president K. Surendran said, “Deceptive conversion to Islam using inter-faith love marriage as a cover was a matter of grave concern to Christians.” Audio tape case | Karnataka High Court vacates stay, allows probe against Yediyurappa In 2019, then Chief Minister H.D. “It is not normal to talk about these wide ranges in the forecast,” Hans Timmer, Chief Economist for the World Bank’s South Asia region, said on a briefing call with reporters.