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INDIA, US, OZ AND JAPAN CALL FOR RETURN OF DEMOCRACY IN MYANMAR

19 Feb 2021

India at the third Quad Ministerial Meeting on Thursday reiterated upholding the rule of law and a transition to democracy in Myanmar, whose military recently took over the country in a coup, arrested its civilian leaders including Aung San Suu Kyi and announced a year-long state of emergency. External Affairs...

PM launches key projects in Northeast, says not much was done earlier

19 Feb 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Mahabahu-Brahmaputra initiative and laid the foundation stones of one bridge and performed the ground-breaking ceremony of another in Assam for the Majuli Bridge Building on Thursday via video conferencing. Talking on the occasion, PM Modi said, “Not so much work related to connectivity on...

CENTRE ISSUES NEW TRAVEL NORMS AS FRESH COVID-19 VARIANTS EMERGE

19 Feb 2021

India’s Covid-19 infection tally climsbed to 1,09,50,201 with 12,881 new cases in last twenty-four hours, while 1,06,56,845 people have recuperated so far pushing the national recovery rate to 97.32 per cent. There are 1,37,342 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which accounts for 1.25 per cent of the...

No Covid deaths in last 24 hours in 18 states: Govt

18 Feb 2021

With 11,610 fresh cases, India’s Covid-19 tally has climbed to 1,09,37,320, while the number of recoveries has surged to 1,06,44,858. The death count due to the viral disease has gone up to 1,55,913 in the country with 100 more fatalities reported in a 24-hour period. The number of people who...

RAHUL CAN’T COME OUT OF HIS ITALIAN MINDSET: GIRIRAJ SINGH

18 Feb 2021

Union Minister for Fisheries, Giriraj Singh, has hit back in an interview with The Sunday Guardian at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for demanding a separate ministry for fishermen during his visit to Puducherry. Excerpts: Q. What is your take on Rahul Gandhi›s remark on why there is no ministry for...

SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW COMPLETE CHINESE PULLBACK FROM PANGONG LAKE

18 Feb 2021

New satellite images show that China has dismantled dozens of structures and moved vehicles to empty out entire camps along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), where Indian and Chinese troops have been face to face since May last year. Last week, the two countries announced a plan to pull...

Toolkit case: Shantanu gets transit bail, order on Nikita’s plea today

17 Feb 2021

Activist Shantanu Muluk, one of the three main accused in the “toolkit” case, has received interim protection from arrest. Shantanu, against whom Delhi Police had issue a non-bailable arrest warrant, got a transit anticipatory bail from the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court. Delhi Police has accused activists Shantanu...

Army uses drones, cameras to monitor Chinese pullback

17 Feb 2021

The Indian military, armed with drones and cameras, are closely monitoring evacuation and dismantlement of military infrastructure by Chinese troops at the Pangong Tso Lake in eastern Ladakh. Top sources told IANS that the disengagement process at both northern and southern banks of the Pangong Lake is expected to be...

SOUTH AFRICAN, BRAZILIAN VARIANTS OF COVID-19 ENTER INDIA: GOVT

17 Feb 2021

India has detected both the South African and Brazilian coronavirus variants and people returning from those countries may be tested more aggressively, health officials said on Tuesday. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has found a total of 192 Covid-19 cases of the new variants of mutated SARS-CoV-2 in...

WhatsApp may be worth $2-3 trillion, people value privacy more: SC

16 Feb 2021

The Supreme Court on Monday told social media giant Facebook and its messaging app, WhatsApp that it will have to intervene to protect people’s privacy in the wake of the latter’s new policy in this regard. Issuing a notice to the Centre, along with the two platforms, the court is...

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