US airport chaos as more than 2,700 flights cancelled over Christmas weekend

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Air travel continued to be severely disrupted in the United States on Saturday, with bad weather in parts of the country adding to the impact of a massive spike in Covid-19 infections fuelled by the Omicron variant. The United States had 2,723 cancelled flights, more than half of the 4,698 cancelled worldwide, around 11:00 pm…Continue Reading

Chaos in Bengal assembly over reduction in liquor prices, BJP MLAs walk out

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BJP MLAs staged a walkout in the West Bengal assembly on Wednesday after Speaker Biman Banerjee refused to admit a series of adjournment motions moved by the opposition parties over a host of issues, including the reduction in duty on liquor while ignoring taxes on fuel. Reading out one of the adjournment motions, BJP’s Asansol…Continue Reading