Day: February 28, 2020

Turkey says will not stop refugees who ‘want to go to Europe’

Turkey will no longer close its border gates to refugees who want to go to Europe, a senior official told AFP on Friday, shortly after the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in an airstrike in northern Syria. “We will no longer keep the doors closed for refugees who […]

Russia and Turkey hold crisis talks after deadly Syria strike

The leaders of Russia and Turkey held crisis talks on Friday to try to scale down tensions after 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in a regime air strike in Syria. The international community voiced fears of a rapidly-rising risk of escalation after the attack by Russian-backed Syrian forces […]

Prayers at fire-bombed mosques as India’s riot toll grows

NEW DELHI — Muslims in a northeastern neighborhood of India’s capital returned for weekly prayers at fire-bombed mosques on Friday, two days after a 72-hour clash between Hindus and Muslims that left at least 40 dead and hundreds injured. Five days after the riots started, authorities have not […]

Turkey threatens Europe with refugees after 33 troops killed

REYHANLI, Turkey — The presidents of Turkey and Russia spoke over the phone on Friday, a day after Syrian government airstrikes killed 33 Turkish troops, significantly ratcheting up tensions between Ankara and Moscow. It was the highest number of Turkish soldiers killed in a single day since Ankara […]

Financial pain deepens as nearly 60 countries report virus

TOKYO — A deepening health crisis became an economic one too Friday, with the virus outbreak sapping financial markets, emptying shops and businesses, and putting major sites and events off limits. As the list of countries hit by the illness edged toward 60 with Belarus, Lithuania, New Zealand, […]

Staff Selection Commission to fill 1, 40, 000 vacancies by March 2021

open view news desk Chairman of the Staff Selection Commission Shri Braj Raj Sharma today met the Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (I/C), Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space Dr Jitendra Singh here and apprised him that […]

Vice President asks architects to keep conservation and sustainability at the core of their plans

open view news desk The Vice President of India, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu today called upon all architects and town planners to keep conservation and sustainability at the core of all their plans. He wanted them to amalgamate tradition and technology to improve the built environment and also […]

Balakot airstrikes was a message that cross-border terrorism will not be a low-cost option for the adversary

open view news desk The surgical strike of 2016 and Balakot airstrikes of 2019 were not just military strikes but a strong message to the adversary that terror infrastructure across the border cannot be used as safe haven to wage low-cost war against India. This was stated by Raksha […]

Prime Minister to launch 10,000 Farmer Producer Organisations

open view news desk Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi shall launch 10,000 Farmers Producer Organisations all over the country at Chitrakoot, 29th February 2020. Nearly 86% of farmers are small and marginal with average land holdings in the country being less than 1.1 hectare. These small, marginal and landless […]

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