WATCH: Bearded RCMP officers face discrimination over mask policy and Farmers in India protest agriculture bills
Darpan News Desk Darpan, 25 Sep, 2020 07:09 PM
WATCH: Some bearded RCMP officers assigned desk duty during the COVID19 pandemic feeling being discriminated against. UBC professor Dr. Josef Penninger uses knowledge of SARS to develop COVID19 drug. Farmers in India protest blocking railways and streets in relation to agriculture bills.
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