Day: December 14, 2019

Rashtrapati Bhavan Hosts Conference of Heads of Central Universities

open view news desk Rashtrapati Bhavan hosted a conference of 46 Heads of Central Universities/Institutes of Higher Learning in the fields of agriculture; pharmaceuticals; aviation; design; footwear-design; fashion; petroleum and energy; maritime studies; planning and architecture and information technology, today (December 14, 2019). During the Conference different sub […]

Address by the Hon’ble President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind At the meeting of Vice-Chancellors, Directors and Heads of various Central Institutes of Higher Learning

open view news desk I must begin by thanking all of you for your concise but very educative presentations on diverse themes pertaining to your institutes. Promoting top-class research is paramount and so are innovation and entrepreneurship as well as industry – academia linkages. Apart from these we […]

International Drug Syndicate busted; Largest seizure of 20 Kgs of Cocaine, worth Rs. 100 crores, by NCB in India

open view news desk Narcotics Control Bureau’s (NCB) Delhi Zonal Unit and Operations achieved a major breakthrough in busting an International and pan-India level drug cartel and has effected the largest catch of cocaine. The cumulative seizure of cocaine done by NCB in India is around 20 Kgs, […]

Fate of global climate action ‘in the balance’ as U.N. talks go down to wire

MADRID – Big polluting countries faced last-ditch pressure from smaller nations to show serious commitment to fighting climate change as negotiators battled into the early hours of Saturday to salvage a result from a fraught U.N. summit in Madrid. With the two-week gathering mired in interlocking disputes over […]

Trump impeachment looms as U.S. House committee approves charges

WASHINGTON – Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday took Republican President Donald Trump to the brink of impeachment by approving two charges against him over his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden. A divided House Judiciary Committee voted 23-17 along […]

New Indian citizenship law ‘discriminatory’ against Muslims – U.N. says

GENEVA – The United Nations human rights office voiced concern on Friday that India’s new citizenship law is “fundamentally discriminatory in nature” by excluding Muslims and called for it to be reviewed. Violent clashes erupted in Delhi between police and thousands of university students on Friday protesting the […]

Clashes erupt in Delhi over citizenship law; Japan PM cancels visit

NEW DELHI  – Violent clashes erupted in Delhi between police and hundreds of university students on Friday over the enactment of a new citizenship law that critics say undermines India’s secular foundations. The unrest has already led Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to cancel a planned visit to […]

Curfew relaxed in Guwahati, Dibrugarh for few hours

Guwahati, Dec 14: The curfew, imposed in Guwahati and Dibrugarh town amid violent protests against the amended Citizenship Act, was relaxed on Saturday for a few hours, officials said. The curfew has been relaxed in Guwahati from 9 am to 4pm and in Dibrugarh from 8 am to […]

Several pleas filed in SC challenging Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019

New Delhi, Dec 13: Several petitions, including those by Congress MP Jairam Ramesh and Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, were filed in the Supreme Court on Friday challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019. According to the amended Act, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, […]

Not fair that I am being impeached: Trump

Washington, Dec 14 :US President Donald Trump on Friday said it was unfair that he was being impeached as he had done no wrong and the country under him was doing quite good. “It’s not fair that I’m being Impeached when I’ve done absolutely nothing wrong!,” Trump said […]

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