Month: September 2019

Entire Pak united, can protect its sovereignty: Qureshi

Islamabad, Sep 1: The entire Pakistan is united and can protect the country’s stability and sovereignty, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said amidst tensions with India after it revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. He has also alleged that India tried in vain to prevent the […]

Myanmar army says to punish soldiers in Rohingya atrocities probe

YANGON – Myanmar’s army will court-martial soldiers after a new finding in an inquiry into atrocities in Rakhine state, from which more than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims fled a 2017 army-led campaign the United Nations says was executed with “genocidal intent”. On Saturday, the website of Commander-in-Chief Min Aung […]

Hong Kong protesters target airport in call for democracy

HONG KONG – Thousands of protesters blocked roads and public transport links to Hong Kong airport on Sunday in a bid to draw global attention to their fight for greater democracy for the Chinese-ruled city which is facing its biggest political crisis in decades. Planes were taking off […]

China, U.S. kick off new round of tariffs in trade war

BEIJING – China and the United States began imposing additional tariffs on each other’s goods on Sunday, the latest escalation in a bruising trade war, despite signs that talks would resume some time this month. A new round of tariffs took effect from 0401 GMT, with Beijing’s levy […]

US Senator Bernie Sanders says ‘deeply concerned’ about situation in Kashmir

Houston, Sep 1: US Senator and Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders told a gathering of Muslims that he was “deeply concerned” about the situation in Kashmir and asked the US government to “speak out boldly” in support of a UN-backed peaceful resolution to resolve the issue. Addressing the annual […]

Shocked to see 1 lakh Gorkha people excluded from NRC: Mamata

Kolkata, Sep 1: Iterating that the Centre must ensure no genuine Indians are left out of the NRC, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said she was “shocked” to find out that one lakh people of the Gorkha community have been excluded from the list. The TMC […]

Due process of law followed: Justice Gokhale

Mumbai, Sep 1: A day after the Mumbai Cricket Association said that its new constitution was registered sans the approval of the General Body, the then CoA member Justice (Retd) Hemant Gokhale maintained that the due process of law was followed. Asked if he and Justice (Retd) VM Kanade, […]

‘Modi’s Mismanagement Has Slowed the Economy Down’: Manmohan Singh

The low inflation rate that the Modi government likes to showcase comes at the cost of our farmers and their incomes, by inflicting misery on over 50% of India’s population, the former prime minister alleged. Credit: The Wire Published on Sep 1, 2019

India to join developed nations in ocean studies with

Kolkata, Sep 1: India’s ambition to send men to the deep sea in a submersible vehicle is likely to be a reality in 2021-22 with the ‘Samudrayaan’ project, a senior official said. The project proposes to send a submersible vehicle with three persons to a depth of about 6000 […]

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