Month: January 2020

All India Radio marks World Braille Day in a unique way; Drishti Divyangs read news in Braille script

open view news desk All India Radio News and its regional units in Pune and Nagpur have observed World Braille Day in an innovative way by broadcasting news read by Visually impaired students and officers.The news was scripted in Braille and read Live. Hindi samachar of 5 Minutes […]

A nobel laureate who dreams the ‘Blue Dream’ for India

Bengaluru, Jan 4: Nobel laureate Dr Ada E Yonath has a ‘Blue Dream’, a dream that indicates an increased life expectancy of above 80 years for people in India as in some developed nations. You see the nations in blue, said Yonath showing the United States of America, Canada […]

Thousands participate in protest against CAA inHyderabad

Hyderabad, Jan 4: Thousands of people in th city took part in a protest on Saturday against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the National Population Register (NPR). On the busy road from Masab Tank to the Dharna Chowk, the protesters travelled in cars, two-wheelers […]

TMC teachers’ wing take out anti-CAA rally

Kolkata, Jan 4: The teachers’ wing of Trinamool Congress on Saturday took out a rally in the city to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. The rally attended by members of West Bengal College and University Professors’ Association (WBCUPA), began at Exide crossing and covered a distance of two […]

Sitharaman to address BJP workers on CAA in Rajasthan

Jaipur, Jan 4: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will address BJP workers on the issue of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) here on Sunday. She will inaugurate the awareness campaign on CAA in Sanganer and will later address party workers at the party’s state headquarters here, BJP state general […]

Tens of thousands march in Baghdad to mourn Soleimani, others killed in U.S. air strike

BAGHDAD – Tens of thousands of people marched in Baghdad on Saturday to mourn Iran’s military chief Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, killed in a U.S. air strike that has raised the spectre of wider conflict in the Middle East. By ordering Friday’s strike […]

U.S. says ‘terminated’ top Iran general to thwart attack on Americans

BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON – Iran promised vengeance after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Qassem Soleimani, Tehran’s most prominent military commander and the architect of its growing influence in the Middle East. Soleimani, a 62-year-old general who headed the overseas arm of the Revolutionary Guards, was regarded […]

To skirt police restrictions, some Indian protesters take a page from Hong Kong and beyond

NEW DELHI/BENGALURU – Before midnight on New Year’s Eve, a call to action was sent on a private WhatsApp group – within the hour, dozens gathered in the centre of the Hyderabad, many holding banners to protest a controversial new citizenship law. Police quickly dispersed the group and […]

Tens of thousands march in Hyderabad to protest citizenship law

HYDERABAD/NEW DELHI – Over one hundred thousand protesters, many carrying the Indian tricolour flag, took part in a peaceful march in the southern city of Hyderabad on Saturday, chanting slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new citizenship law. The protest, dubbed the ‘Million March’, was organised by an […]

We could have been more sensitive: Pilot on response to infant deaths in Kota

Kota (Rajasthan), Jan 4: Criticising his government over the deaths of 107 children in Kota’s state-run JK Lon Hospital, Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot on Saturday said their response to the infant deaths could have been more sensitive. Pilot said it was not a small incident and also […]

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