Day: June 17, 2019

Brain fever kills 97 children in east India

NEW DELHI – Nearly 100 children have died this month from encephalitis, commonly known as brain fever, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, a state health official said on Monday. Ninety-seven children had died and 146 were being treated for the disease, which occurs in seasonal outbreaks […]

Trump and Modi’s lavish farm payouts prompt questions at WTO

GENEVA – Massive farm-support plans in the United States and India are being scrutinised by other World Trade Organization members, questions submitted to the WTO’s quarterly agriculture committee meeting showed on Monday. The WTO has strict rules about the size and nature of payments, and member governments keep […]

Dozens of new Indian parliamentarians face criminal charges

NEW DELHI — India’s recent national election delivered a historic victory to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party, but also exposed the influence of money, power and questionable morality on the world’s largest democracy. Nearly 43% of the new members of the lower house of Parliament that […]

Governor expresses grief over demise of SHO Arshad Ahmad Khan

open view news desk Srinagar, June 16: Governor Satya Pal Malik has expressed grief over the sad demise of Arshad Ahmad Khan, Station House Officer (SHO), Sadder Police Station, Anantnag.Khan , who was injured in a Fidayeen attack at Anantnag on June 12 succumbed to injuries at AIIMS […]

Egypt TV says ousted president Morsi dies in court

CAIRO — Egypt’s former president, Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood leader who rose to office in the country’s first free elections in 2012 and was ousted a year later by the military, collapsed in court during a trial and died Monday, state TV and his family said. The […]

State media say Chinese President Xi to visit North Korea

BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a state visit to North Korea this week, state media announced Monday, as U.S. talks with North Korea on its nuclear program are at an apparent standstill. Xi will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during the visit […]

Iran speeds up uranium enrichment as Mideast tensions mount

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran will surpass the uranium-stockpile limit set by its nuclear deal in the next 10 days, an official said Monday, raising pressure on Europeans trying to save the accord a year after the U.S. withdrawal lit the fuse for the heightened tensions now between Tehran […]

PM’s Media Statement at the Start of the 17th Lok Sabha

open view news desk The Prime Minister, Shri  Narendra Modi, today, welcomed all the new MPs ahead of the first session of 17th Lok Sabha. In the media statement before the start of session, Prime Minister said ,“Today marks the start of the first session after the 2019 Lok […]

Dr. Harsh Vardhan deploys another high level multi-disciplinary team to Muzaffarpur; to support the State in epidemiology research

“Five virological labs to be set up in different districts in Bihar” “A 100 bedded pediatric ICU to be set up at SKMCH by the State Government in one year” open view news desk Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, upon his return from […]

Referendum should be conducted on use of EVM in polls: Moily

New Delhi, Jun 17: Asserting that there are “serious doubts” over EVM, senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily has sought a referendum on whether it should be used in the electoral process or ballot papers be brought back. He also emphasised that such a referendum should be conducted on […]

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