Month: January 2020

1 point from defeat 7 times, Federer wins Australian Open QF

MELBOURNE, Australia — Roger Federer was not going to go gently, of course, no matter how daunting the number of match points — his opponent accumulated seven! — no matter how achy his 38-year-old legs, no matter how slow his serves, no matter how off-target his groundstrokes. Federer […]

Pilot of Bryant helicopter tried to avoid heavy fog

CALABASAS, Calif. — A veteran pilot who plunged into a Los Angeles-area hillside, killing Kobe Bryant and eight others, had tried to avoid fog so heavy that it had grounded police choppers, authorities said. But even experienced pilots may have only seconds to act when they are blinded […]

IS tries to stage comeback amid rising US-Iran tensions

BEIRUT — The Islamic State group’s self-styled “caliphate” across parts of Iraq and Syria seemed largely defeated last year, with the loss of its territory, the killing of its founder in a U.S. raid and an unprecedented crackdown on its social media propaganda machine. But tensions between the […]

China counts 106 virus deaths as US, others move to evacuate

BEIJING — China’s death toll from a new viral disease that is causing mounting global concern rose by 25 to at least 106 on Tuesday as the United States and other governments prepared to fly their citizens out of the locked-down city at center of the outbreak. The […]

WB assembly passes anti-CAA resolution, demands its repeal

Kolkata, Jan 27: The West Bengal Assembly Monday passed a resolution against CAA brought by the state government demanding that the contentious citizenship law be repealed forthwith and NPR and the proposed NRC be withdrawn. Speaking on the resolution, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the Citizenship Amendment Act is […]

Prime Minister to Address the 3rd Global Potato Conclave, Gandhinagar, Gujarat on 28th of January 2020

open view news desk Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi shall be addressing the 3rd Global Potato Conclave at Gandhinagar, Gujarat through remote video conferencing tomorrow i.e 28th of January 2020. Prime Minister is expected to take an overall view of the achievements and opportunities in the area of potato research, […]

Bodo Agreement – another success of PM’s vision of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas’: Shri Amit Shah

open view news desk Union Minister for Home Affairs, Shri Amit Shah presided over the signing of a historic agreement between Government of India, Government of Assam and Bodo representatives, in New Delhi today, to end the over 50-year old Bodo crisis. Further, a permanent solution has been […]

Outside interference in India’s internal matters is unwarranted: Vice President

open view news desk The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu today asserted that there was no scope for outside interference in India’s internal matters. Expressing his concern over the trend of foreign bodies interfering in matters that are completely within the purview of the Indian Parliament and […]

Over 1,000 companies, including 165 from abroad to gather in Lucknow for biggest ever DefExpo

open view news desk The number of companies registered for participating in the 11thedition of the biennial mega defence exhibition, DefExpo 2020, to be held at Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow between February 5-9, 2020; has reached 1,000. In the DefExpo 2018, held in Chennai, 702 companies had participated. […]

Cabinet Secretary reviews the preventive measures on “Novel Coronavirus” outbreak

open view news desk Cabinet Secretary today (27.1.2020) reviewed the situation arising out of “Novel Coronavirus” outbreak in China. 2.      Secretaries in the Ministries of Health, External Affairs, Civil Aviation, Labour, Defence, I&B and Member-Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority, DG (Armed Forces Medical Services) attended the Meeting. 3.      […]

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