As Jammu and Kashmir aims to plant 1.30 crore saplings this year, Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha launched ‘Green Jammu and Kashmir Drive-2021’ from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jammu on Friday. The Lieutenant Governor planted a ‘cupressus’ sapling in the IIT Campus to mark the launch of this mega plantation drive. The Green Jammu and Kashmir Drive […]
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Tokyo Olympics: 21 more Covid-19 cases reported
The Tokyo Olympics organising committee on Saturday confirmed 21 more COVID-19 cases related to the Games. As per Kyodo News, none of them are athletes. The 21 new infections has taken the total Games-related infections to 241. Of the daily total, 14 were contractors and seven games-linked officials, confirmed the Tokyo Olympics organising committee. The figures of the […]
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Pakistan’s ISI supports Taliban offensive, says Afghan govt
Taliban have intensified their violent campaign across Afghanistan and their military offensive was supported by Pakistani notorious spy agency — ISI, which was trying to align the terror group with Haqqani network and Al-Qaeda, said the Afghan Foreign Ministry. While the Taliban seized over 193 district centres and 19 border districts, the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces […]
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India, China to hold 12th round of Corps Commander-level talks today
The 12th round of Corps Commander-level talks between India and China aimed at discussing disengagement from the remaining friction points in the Eastern Ladakh sector are scheduled to take place in Moldo at 10:30 am on Saturday. India and China have already disengaged from the banks of Pangong lake after […]
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UN chief condemns attack against UN compound in Afghanistan
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the attack against a United Nations compound in Herat, Afghanistan, which claimed the life of an Afghan security forces guard and injured other officers. Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Farhan Haq said that the UN chief expressed his condolences to the bereaved family and wished the injured a speedy recovery. “The Secretary-General strongly condemns […]
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India, US renew Triangular Cooperation Agreement for global development
India and the United States on Friday signed the Second Amendment to the statement of Guiding Principles (SGP) on Triangular Cooperation for global development, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Friday. An MEA release stated that the amendment was signed by Abhilasha Joshi, Joint Secretary, Development Partnership Administration-II […]
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Indian Bank customers ranked top in welcoming embedded insurance offers
A recent survey of 574 bank customers in India from Momentive.ai (the research company of SurveyMonkey), commissioned by embedded insurance leader Cover Genius, sought to understand how customers of banks, neobanks and other fintech apps would react to embedded insurance offers based on real time transaction data. It asked the […]
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Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackerey, Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis visit flood-affected areas in Kolhapur
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday visited the flood-affected areas of the Kolhapur district. Maharashtra former chief minister and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Devendra Fadnavis also visited the flood-affected areas and met the affected people in Kolhapur. During the visit, Thackerey and Fadnavis met each other. After exchanging greetings with each other, both […]
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Hong Kong activist handed 9-year jail term in first national security case
A Hong Kong activist, who is the first person to be convicted under the contentious national security law, has been jailed for nine years on Friday. The ruling comes four days after Tong Ying-kit was found guilty of inciting secession and terrorist activities. The 24-year-old was handed the custodial jail term by […]
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Microsoft debuts its first Windows 11 beta build
American tech giant Microsoft, on Friday, released the first beta version of Windows 11, available to those enrolled in its Windows Insider Program, after releasing it for developers over the last month. According to The Verge, until now, getting access to Windows 11 meant installing the developer preview, which Microsoft said was for “highly technical users” […]
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Amazon Alexa app adds ‘Ask Alexa’ widget to iPhones
The Amazon Alexa application for iOS has received a highly-anticipated feature with its latest update. Users can now add the new ‘Ask Alexa’ widget in their home screens to talk to the personal assistant with only one click. As per The Verge, Amazon has updated the Alexa app on iOS so that users can access the voice assistant right from their home […]
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Chennai girl wins award in 2020 Intl Youth Contest for Social Anti-Corruption Advertising
Khushi Arun Kumar, a 19-year-old Chennai student from Stella Maris College has won the ‘Best Poster’ prize in the 2020 ‘Together Against Corruption,’ International Youth Contest for Social-Anti Corruption Advertising. The event was organised by the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. Kumar’s poster was chosen from among thousands of entries from all over the world, TV […]
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Japan expands state of emergency from Tokyo to other prefectures
The Japanese government declared Friday to expand the COVID-19 state of emergency to Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama, as well as the western prefecture of Osaka after the country confirmed over 10,000 cases for the first time on Thursday. A quasi-state of emergency with loose restrictive measures will also be put in place for Hokkaido, Ishikawa, […]
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Tokyo Olympics: PV Sindhu defeats Akane Yamaguchi, storms into semis
India shuttler PV Sindhu stormed into the semi-finals of the women’s singles event after defeating Japan’s number four seed Akane Yamaguchi in the quarterfinals here at the Musashino Forest Plaza Court 1 on Friday. Sindhu defeated Yamaguchi 21-13, 22-20. The quarterfinal clash between Sindhu and Yamaguchi lasted for 56 minutes. The first […]
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Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was ‘murdered’ by Taliban: Report
Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui, who was killed while covering the violence in Afghanistan, was apparently executed by the Taliban, a US-based weekly magazine has claimed. 38-year-old Siddiqui, who was the Chief Photographer for Reuters in India, was killed in Kandahar province’s Spin Boldak district. A new report published by The Washington Examiner […]