Month: June 2020

Pakistani dissidents slam PM Khan for calling Osama bin Laden ‘martyr’

Washington, Jun 30:  A group of Pakistani dissidents have expressed dismay over Prime Minister Imran Khan calling slain al-Qaeda chief and 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden a “martyr,” saying this could be out of a “sinister reason” of putting the West, especially the US on notice. Under the […]

Banning apps not enough, China needs to be given befitting reply: Mamata

Kolkata, Jun 30:  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said banning apps will not be enough, asserting that China needs to be given a befitting reply. The Trinamool Congress supremo, however, said she would leave it to the Centre to decide on the issue. “It is […]

India’s COVID-19 tally climbs to 5,66,840, Tamil Nadu surpasses Delhi in case count

New Delhi, June 30:  With 18,522 people testing positive for coronavirus in a single day, India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 5,66,840 on Tuesday while the death toll rose to 16,893 with 418 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data. Recording nearly 4,000 cases in the last […]

Gunmen attack Pakistani stock exchange, seven killed: police

KARACHI, Pakistan – Gunmen attacked the Pakistan Stock Exchange building in the city of Karachi on Monday killing two guards and a policeman before security forces killed all four of the attackers, police said. Separatist insurgents from Balochistan province – the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) – claimed responsibility […]

Trump denies briefing about reported bounties on US troops

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has denied that he was made aware of U.S. intelligence officials’ conclusions that Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in Afghanistan. The Trump administration was set to brief select members of Congress on the matter on Monday. The […]

Saliva test used to test for virus in Australia

Melbourne, Jun 29:  Health authorities are using what they describe as a world-first saliva test for coronavirus in Australia’s second-largest city where the disease is spreading at an alarming rate. Officials say 49 people tested positive to COVID-19 in Melbourne on Sunday and only four cases were detected […]

Plasma bank to be set up in Delhi for treatment of COVID-19 patients

New Delhi, Jun 29:  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced setting up of a ‘plasma bank’ to save lives of serious COVID-19 patients in the national capital. Addressing an online media briefing, the chief minister said the bank will start working in the next two days, […]

PM FME Scheme to generate total investment of Rs 35,000 crore

Scheme to benefit 8 lakh units through access to information, training, better exposure and formalization Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal launches the “PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PM FME) scheme” PM FME Guidelines released open view news desk NEW DELHI, JUNE 29: Minister for Food Processing Industries […]

Testing stepped up as number of new coronavirus cases surges

NEW DELHI — Governments were stepping up testing and warily considering their next moves Monday as the number of newly confirmed coronavirus cases surges in many countries. India reported 20,000 new cases Monday, while the U.S. confirmed more than 40,000 new infections for the the third straight day. […]

China forces birth control on Uighurs to suppress population

The Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it encourages some of the country’s Han majority to have more children. While individual women have spoken out before […]

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