The Congress party kept the heat on the government by once again accusing it of “giving in to intruders” in reference to the face-off between the Indian and Chinese soldiers in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley. “India once had leaders with great courage & fortitude. Leaders that never backed down from threat […]
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Befitting reply to those coveting India’s territory: PM on Ladakh face-off
India gave a befitting response to those who eyed Indian territory in Ladakh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday referring to the violent stand-off between India and China along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh without naming China. Indian and Chinese troops had clashed in Galwan Valley […]
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‘Sisodia’s comments created fear, people started mulling exodus’: Amit Shah
Union home minister Amit Shah has said he disagrees with Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia that the national capital will have 5.5 lakh Covid-19 cases by the end of July. “Around the second week of June, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that by July 31 there will […]
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Kohli, Dhoni, Rohit: India keeper on difference between the three captains
When talking about successful captains for India, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli always remain in the discussion. While Dhoni led India to three ICC titles – 2007 T20I World Cup, 2011 ODI World Cup and 2013 Champions Trophy, Kohli led India to their first-ever Test series win in Australia in 2018-19. Among the […]
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With nearly 20,000 new cases, India’s Covid-19 tally over 5.28 lakhv
India recorded another biggest single-day jump in the cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) with more than 19,900 infections recorded in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 528,859, Union health ministry data showed on Sunday. According to the health ministry’s dashboard, there were 19,906 Covid-19 cases between Saturday and Sunday […]
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Timely lockdown helped India fight Covid-19, PM Modi tells Indian-descent US doctors
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that India was able to tackle Covid-19 far better than experts around the world had believed it could because of the timely country-wide lockdown, which gave it time to ramp up its health system significantly. The epidemic also taught India, he added, to […]
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Colombian woman with Covid-19 gives birth to non-infected child in coma
Diana Angola was fighting for her own life when she gave birth to son Jefferson. The 36-year-old had been put into a coma having contracted the novel coronavirus, which left her lungs barely able cope. Doctors performed a caesarian section due to the state of her lungs and Jefferson was […]
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4 men charged in attack on Andrew Jackson’s statue near White House
Federal authorities have charged four men in connection with a failed effort last week to pull down the statue of President Andrew Jackson near the White House. In a complaint unsealed Saturday, authorities allege that the men damaged and attempted to tear down the Jackson statue, which is located in […]
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Need for new template of globalisation in post-Covid world: MEA
There is a need for a new template of globalisation based on fairness, equality and humanity in the post-Covid world, minister of state for external affairs V Muraleedharan has said. Muraleedharan said this on the 20th anniversary of the Warsaw Declaration. The individual as well as the collective response to […]
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Global Covid-19 cases cross 10-million mark, two-third infections reported in May-June
The number of coronavirus disease acorss the world crossed the 10 million mark late on Saturday night. According to Worldometre, the number is 51 more than 10 million. The grim milestone has been reached in about six months since the emergence of this novel coronavirus in China’s Wuhan in December […]
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BJP MLA calls Sharad Pawar Maharashtra’s ‘corona’, gets a reply from Ajit Pawar
Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday took a swipe at BJP legislator Gopichand Padalkar over his controversial comment about NCP chief Sharad Pawar. Padalkar, a member of the state Legislative Council, is under fire over his alleged remark that “(Sharad) Pawar was a corona that has infected Maharashtra”. “Every […]
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3 Iranian vessels intercepted entering Saudi territorial waters in Persian Gulf
Saudi Arabian border guards have intercepted three Iranian vessels that were spotted entering Saudi territorial waters in the Persian Gulf, state-run media reported on Saturday, adding that the ships eventually retreated. According to the state-run Saudi Press Agency, a Border Guard spokesperson said that the incident took place on Thursday. […]
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Prior appointments, hygiene norms must: Maharashtra salons, parlours reopen
Barbershops, salons and beauty parlours will reopen in Maharashtra on Sunday after more than three months of shutdown as the state government allowed them to function under the fourth phase of its Mission Begin Again. An order issued late on Thursday stated that the barbershops, salons and beauty parlours in […]
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‘Crime Minister’: Hundreds of Israelis protest in Jerusalem against Netanyahu
Hundreds of Israelis protested on Saturday evening against Benjamin Netanyahu outside his Jerusalem residence as the Israeli prime minister faces corruption charges. The demonstration was fuelled by the detention of seven protesters on Friday who held a smaller rally against Netanyahu’s continuation as premier despite being under indictment. The demonstrators […]
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Fire breaks out at chemical factory in Gujarat’s Anand, 15 fire tenders at spot
A major fire broke out at a chemical factory in Khambhat of Anand district on Sunday morning. Fifteen fire tenders were present at the spot to douse the fire. No casualties have been reported yet. Due to the blaze, the administration has evacuated the surrounding areas. More details are awaited.