Month: August 2020

Prime Minister to Announce Results of Swachh Survekshan 2020 in “Swachh Mahotsav”,

Fifth Edition of Annual Cleanliness Survey of Urban India Completed in 28 Days 1.87 Crore Citizens Participated in SS 2020 Survey of 4,242 Cities, 62 Cantonment Boards and 92 Ganga Towns SS League, a Quarterly Cleanliness Assessment of Cities/Towns Conducted Across Three Quarters to Ensure Continuous Assessment & […]

Curtain Raiser – Naval Commanders’ Conference 2020

open view news desk NEW DELHI, AUGUST 18: The Naval Commanders’ Conference of 2020 is scheduled atNew Delhi from 19 to 21Aug 20. The Conference is the apex level event for interaction between the Naval Commanders. The Chief of the Naval Staff, with the Commanders-in-Chief, will review major operational, […]

Take right precautions in season of tropical and vector-borne diseases: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi -PTI New Delhi, Aug 18:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged citizens on Tuesday to take precautions during the ongoing monsoon season, noting that this is the time when tropical and vector-borne diseases spread. The government is also closely monitoring the situation and ensuring care […]

Flash floods threatening Indo-Pak border fencing in J&K

Jammu, Aug 18: Flash floods triggered by heavy rains are threatening the three-tier border fencing along the Indo-Pak International Border and have caused minor damage to a section of the fencing in Jammu frontier belt, officials said. Heavy rains have caused flash floods in various rivers along the […]

Ashok Lavasa resigns as Election Commissioner; to join ADB as vice president

Ashok Lavasa on Tuesday resigned as Election Commissioner -PTI New Delhi, Aug 18:  Ashok Lavasa on Tuesday resigned as Election Commissioner and would soon be joining the Asian Development Bank as vice president, sources in the poll panel said. Lavasa was next in line to head the EC. […]

Sharp rise in virus cases in Lebanon after deadly port blast

BEIRUT — Lebanon is facing a surge in coronavirus cases after a devastating blast at the Beirut port earlier this month killed scores and wounded thousands, prompting medical officials to urge Monday for a two-week lockdown to try to contain the pandemic. Virus numbers were expected to rise […]

Virus pandemic reshaping air travel as carriers struggle

In a bid to survive, airlines are desperately trying to convince a wary public that measures like mandatory face masks and hospital-grade air filters make sitting in a plane safer than many other indoor settings during the coronavirus pandemic. It isn’t working. Surveys indicate that instead of growing […]

WHAT TO WATCH: Democrats open a new kind of convention

ATLANTA — The Democratic Party will convene, sort of, amid a pandemic that has upended the usual pomp-and-circumstance of presidential nominating conventions. Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez will be in Milwaukee, which he’d chosen as the 2020 convention host city. But presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, won’t […]

Pakistani army chief visits Saudi Arabia to revive ties strained over Kashmir

RIYADH/ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s army chief was visiting Saudi Arabia on Monday in an effort to ease a row between the two countries over policy towards the disputed region of Kashmir. The argument, brought on by Pakistani demands for Saudi Arabia to take a firmer line against India’s behaviour […]

Back to the paddy fields. COVID smashes Indian middle-class dreams

DUTTA NAGAR, India – Until late March, Ashish Kumar was helping to make plastic boxes for Ferrero Rocher praline chocolates and the plastic spoons tucked inside Kinder Joy eggs to scoop out the milky sweet cream inside. With a diploma in plastic mould technology, the 20-year-old had a […]

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