Day: December 2, 2019

Hundreds rally in Myanmar to show support for Suu Kyi

Yangon, Dec 2: About 700 people rallied Sunday to show support for Myanmar’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, as she prepares to defend the country against charges of genocide at the UN’s highest court. Members of Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party swelled the ranks in front of […]

UN chief warns of ‘point of no return’ on climate change

Madrid, Dec 2: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sunday that the world’s efforts to stop climate change have been utterly inadequate” so far and there is a danger global warming could pass the point of no return. Speaking before the start Monday of a two-week international climate conference in […]

Former Union minister Arun Shourie hospitalised

Pune, Dec 2: Former BJP leader and noted journalist Arun Shourie was admitted to a hospital in Maharashtra’s Pune city after he fell ill, a doctor attending him said on Monday. The 78-year-old former Union minister fainted late Sunday night following which he was rushed to the Ruby Hall […]

Passengers fume at Kolkata airport after flight delays

Kolkata, Dec 2: Chaos prevailed at the Kolkata airport on Monday morning after delay in flight services by a private airline left passengers in the lurch. At least two flights of GoAir to Guwahati and Ahmedabad were eventually cancelled after being delayed by hours, a passenger at the Netaji […]

Five Naxal-planted IEDs detected in Chhattisgarh

Bijapur, Dec 2: Security forces recovered five improvised explosive devices (IEDs), planted by Naxals, from two places on Monday in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district and a jawan was injured when one of it went off while being defused, an official said. While four of the IEDs were recovered between Sarkeguda […]

Chilly morning in Delhi, mercury drops to 8 deg Celsius

New Delhi, Dec 2: Delhi was swept by chilly winds on Monday morning with the minimum temperature dropping to 8 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average. The relative humidity was recorded at 85 per cent. The weatherman has forecast strong surface winds during the day with the […]

Lok Sabha members raise issue of rising rape cases in country

New Delhi, Dec 2: Members in Lok Sabha on Monday spoke against recent cases of rapes in various parts of the country, including the one of a young veterinarian in Hyderabad. As soon as the House met for the day, Speaker Om Birla said he would allow members to […]

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