Month: August 2020

LG inaugurates first phase of Jammu ring road project

Jammu, Aug 21: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday inaugurated the first phase of the Jammu ring road project on Friday, two years after its foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The foundation stone for the 58.25 km-long Jammu ring road, the estimated cost of which […]

Srisailam Hydel project tragedy: two bodies recovered

(Eds: rpting after correcting name in 1st line of 3rd para) Hyderabad, Aug 21: Two bodies have been recovered by rescue teams from the Srisailam hydroelectric plant on the Telangana-Andhra Pradesh border, where nine persons are feared trapped in a fire mishap, officials said on Friday. Both were […]

Exclusive: Facebook employees internally question policy after India content controversy – sources, memos

NEW DELHI/BENGALURU – Facebook (FB.O) and its top lobbying executive in India, Ankhi Das, are facing questions internally from employees over how political content is regulated in its biggest market, according to sources with direct knowledge and internal posts seen by Reuters. The world’s largest social network is […]

Trump eager to troll Biden outside his Scranton birthplace

WASHINGTON — On Joe Biden’s big day, President Donald Trump is planning to show up in his rival’s old backyard. Trump, in what can only be described as a piece of campaign trolling, on Thursday afternoon was staging an event just outside the former vice president’s birthplace in […]

Russia’s Navalny in coma, allegedly poisoned by toxic tea

MOSCOW — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was in a coma and on a ventilator Thursday in an intensive care unit in Siberia after falling ill from suspected poisoning that his allies believe is linked to his political activity. The 44-year-old critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin felt […]

Obama, in scathing Trump rebuke, warns democracy on the line

WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama painted a unsparing portrait of American democracy on the brink if President Donald Trump wins in November, warning in a scathing, and at times emotional, address Wednesday that his successor is both unfit for office and apathetic to the nation’s founding principles. […]

Kamala Harris accepts historic vice presidential nod

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president on Wednesday, imploring Americans to elect Joe Biden in November and accusing President Donald Trump of failed leadership that had cost lives and livelihoods during a pandemic. Making history as the first Black woman and […]

Millions likely infected by coronavirus in New Delhi, survey finds

MUMBAI – Almost 30% of the population in India’s capital of New Delhi likely have been infected by the novel coronavirus, according to a serological survey of 15,000 people conducted by the local government, a figure that indicates infection numbers are much higher than those recorded. The survey, […]

PIB’S DAILY BULLETIN ON COVID-19

(Contains Press releases concerning Covid-19, issued in last 24 hours, inputs from PIB Field Offices and Fact checks undertaken by PIB) On a steady march, India conducts record high of more than 9 lakh tests in a single day, Tests Per Million continue to rise, stand at 23,668 […]

PM pays tributes to former Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary

open view news desk NEW DELHI, AUGUST 20: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid tributes to former Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary. The Prime Minister said, “On his birth anniversary, tributes to former Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi Ji.”https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1296266196451352576&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fpib.gov.in%2FPressReleasePage.aspx%3FPRID%3D1647297&theme=light&widgetsVersion=223fc1c4%3A1596143124634&width=550px

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