India

The go-getters of the pandemic

08 Oct 2020 06:28 AM IST

Meet three entrepreneurs who redefined their work during the Covid-19 times and turned the coronavirus challenges into huge business opportunities.

SC to rule on Shaheen Bagh, ‘Right To Indefinite Protest’ today

07 Oct 2020 07:04 AM IST

The Supreme Court is all set to deliver its verdict on Wednesday on petitions against the anti-citizenship law protests that swept Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh earlier this year. The apex court will decide if there can be “an indefinite period of protests in a common area (that) creates inconvenience for others”,

There’s hope! Corona vaccine may be ready by year-end, says WHO chief

07 Oct 2020 07:01 AM IST

A vaccine against Covid-19 may be ready by year-end, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. “We will need vaccines and there is hope that by the end of this year we may have a vaccine. There is hope,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, calling

Singapore to pay would-be parents for babies in Covid time

07 Oct 2020 06:59 AM IST

The government of Singapore has decided to provide monetary assistance to parents looking to have a baby, in an endeavour to ease their financial burden amid job layoffs and wage cuts during the Covid-19 pandemic. “We have received feedback that Covid-19 has caused some aspiring parents to postpone their parenthood

American elections and future of US involvement in West Asia

07 Oct 2020 06:57 AM IST

The situation in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon reflects Iran’s strong influence, which remains a concern for the US and its allies. Hence, US involvement in West Asia will largely focus on making sure that the balance of power in the region would be in favour of America’s interests.

Saudi asks citizens to boycott Turkey, Israel asks NATO to rein in Erdogan

06 Oct 2020 06:11 AM IST

Turkey finds itself in the line of fire from two unlikely sources: Saudi Arabia and Israel. Saudi Arabia has asked its citizens to boycott Turkey after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Arab countries of destabilising the region. Israel, which generally avoids public criticism of Turkey, lashed out at Istanbul for

India to push for blacklisting of Pakistan at FATF

06 Oct 2020 06:08 AM IST

India is gearing up to get Pakistan blacklisted during the upcoming plenary of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Indian officials are preparing to push New Delhi’s agenda on two fronts. First, India has an agenda of getting Pakistan blacklisted for terror financing by sharing evidence to establish that

Indian agriculture is finally set to enter the free market

06 Oct 2020 06:04 AM IST

The new farm legislations will create a healthy competition in the market which will be beneficial to the farmers as they will be the deciding force for the sale of their own farm produce.

‘Nepotism doesn’t exist’: Sunil Shetty’s FTCTalent emerges as a marketplace for talent amid Covid-19

05 Oct 2020 19:36 PM IST

Sunil Shetty has had a blockbuster stint in the Indian film industry. Not just Bollywood, the superstar has starred in over 100 films across languages and continues to inspire all those who wish to make it big in the entertainment industry. In an exclusive conversation with NewsX for its special

Hathras village turned into fortress to prevent unrest

05 Oct 2020 10:42 AM IST

The ground zero of political protests over the horrific gangrape and murder case of a 19-year-old woman, Hathras’ Bulghari village has been turned into a fortress in order to maintain peace and harmony. It is being guarded round the clock by the Uttar Pradesh police. Constables have been deployed in

Top UP officials meet Balrampur victim’s family

05 Oct 2020 10:40 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Avanish Awasthi and ADG Law and Order Prashant Kumar met the family of the alleged gangrape victim in Balrampur on Sunday. The 22-yearold woman had died after she was allegedly gangraped in the district on 29 September. The victim, a secondyear B. Com student,

Hathras-like incidents worry BJP about impact on UP bypolls

05 Oct 2020 10:38 AM IST

BJP leaders in Uttar Pradesh are worried over the impact the Hathras gangrape and murder case – along with cases in Balrampur, Azamgarh, Bulandshahr and Kanpur — might have on the upcoming by-elections on seven Assembly seats where polling is due on 3 November. The party strategists are now putting