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60 DEAD IN KABUL BLASTS, ISIS CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY

27 Aug 2021

Two explosions went off outside the Kabul airport on Thursday, killing at least 60 people and injuring hundreds, as per sources in the Afghanistan health ministry. Reports suggest that at least 12 US military personnel were killed and 15 injured in the dastardly attacks. “We can confirm that the explosion...

‘TALIBAN SEARCH HOUSE-TO-HOUSE FOR WOMEN, GIRLS FOR MARRIAGE’

26 Aug 2021

According to a journalist, who has escaped from Afghanistan, the Taliban have been going house-to-house in the country, looking for women and girls over 15 for marriage. Hollie McKay, writing in The Dallas Morning News, said that after the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul last week, the life of Afghan women...

RANE UPS THE ANTE, SAYS UDDHAV HAD INSULTED YOGI WITH ‘SLIPPER COMMENT’

26 Aug 2021

Union minister Narayan Rane, who was arrested by Maharashtra police over his slap remark against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, was granted bail by Raigad magistrate on Tuesday late night. However, Rane will have to appear before the Mahad crime branch on 30 August and 13 September. Before Rane’s arrest, Shiv...

COVID SITUATION WORSENS IN KERALA AS IT LOGS 80% OF TOTAL CASES

26 Aug 2021

Even as India reported 37,593 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, Kerala alone on Wednesday reported over 30,000 Covid-19 cases, after a gap of three months, while the test positivity rate (TPR) rose to 19 per cent. The last time Kerala recorded over 30,000 cases in a day...

626 PEOPLE INCLUDING 228 INDIANS EVACUATED FROM AFGHANISTAN: HARDEEP PURI

25 Aug 2021

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday informed that a total of 626 people including 228 Indian citizens have been evacuated from Afghanistan till date. He also pointed out that of them, 77 were Afghan Sikhs. The number of Indian citizens evacuated does not include those working in the Indian...

India may be entering endemic stage of Covid-19: WHO Chief Scientist

25 Aug 2021

India may be entering an endemic stage of Covid-19, with low or moderate level of virus transmission, Chief Scientist of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Soumya Swaminathan said on Tuesday. The endemic stage is when a population learns to live with a virus, which is in sharp contrast to...

INDIA ROASTS PAKISTAN AT BRICS, SAYS LASHKAR, JAISH ENJOYING STATE SUPPORT

25 Aug 2021

India on Tuesday hit out at Pakistan over its support to cross-border terrorism and terror groups such as Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). In a clear reference to Pakistan, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, at the BRICS NSAs virtual meet, unequivocally raised the issue of cross-border terrorism and activities of...

Saleh seen playing volleyball with Massoud fighters as Taliban head towards Panjshir

24 Aug 2021

With hundreds of Taliban reportedly heading towards the Panjshir valley, a picture of Amrullah Saleh, first vice president in the Ashraf Ghani administration, has emerged on the Internet. Saleh had joined the anti-Taliban resistance force led by Ahmad Massoud. Led by anti-Soviet mujahideen commander Ahmad Shah Massoud’s son, the resistance...

Taliban warn of consequences on US pullout extension

24 Aug 2021

The Taliban on Monday warned that there would be “consequences” if the United States and its allies extend their presence in Afghanistan beyond next week, as thousands of desperate Afghans and foreigners queue up at the Kabul airport in the hope of fleeing Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers. To oversee a...

INDIA TO MONETISE RS 6L CR WORTH OF STATE ASSETS OVER NEXT FOUR YEARS

24 Aug 2021

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday launched the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) that includes the Centre›s four-year plan to monetise its brownfield infrastructure assets. The government has planned a Rs 6 lakh crore pipeline of assets that can be monetised which includes a range of assets put on the...

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