Month: August 2020

Militants kill three Indian policemen in Kashmir as attacks pick up

SRINAGAR – Militants killed three Indian policemen in Kashmir on Monday, as attacks on security forces and village leaders escalate in the disputed Muslim-majority region. Kashmir Police Chief Vijay Kumar told Reuters that militants attacked a security check-point north of the main city of Srinagar and killed one […]

India’s COVID-19 death toll surpasses 50,000 as pandemic spreads beyond big cities

MUMBAI – India’s COVID-19 death toll topped the 50,000 mark on Monday and the total number of recorded cases neared 2.65 million as the outbreak spread further into smaller towns and rural areas, the latest government data showed. The world’s second-most populous country recorded 57,981 new coronavirus infections […]

Vice President urges IITs and higher education institutes to do research on societal problems

VP asks higher education institutes to develop symbiotic relationship with industry Urges private sector fund research projects Calls for collective action from all stakeholders to improve quality of education Huge potential for India to become world leader in various technological domains Inaugurates Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of Delhi IIT […]

Summary of Flood Situation as per Rainfall Forecast

open view news desk NEW DELHI, AUGUST 17: Based on the rainfall forecast, following advisories are issued by CWC for various States – Odisha, Andhra Pradesh &Telangana Heavy to very heavy with isolated extremely heavy falls are likely over Telangana, Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh during next 24 hours. Due […]

Some Delhi hospitals seeing COVID re-emergence in recovered patients

New Delhi, Aug 17: Some hospitals in the national capital have said they are are seeing recovered coronavirus patients returning to them with recurrence of the infection. Earlier this month, the Delhi government-run Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital saw two instances of patients with relapse of coronavirus, almost one-and-a-half […]

SC rejects plea seeking postponement of JEE (Main) & NEET-UG exams amid COVID-19

New Delhi, Aug 17: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking postponement of JEE (Main) April 2020 and NEET-Undergraduate examinations, which are scheduled to be conducted in September, amid spurt in number of COVID-19 cases, saying precious year of students “cannot be wasted” and life has […]

Hunger, squalor mar South Sudan post-war unification efforts

BOR, South Sudan — Here in crowded camps in South Sudan, former enemies are meant to be joining forces after a five-year civil war so they can help the shattered country recover. But they can barely find enough food. The Associated Press spoke to women, both former rebel […]

‘Do something:’ Harris’ rapid rise driven by call to action

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Hours before Kamala Harris took the stage for the first time as Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick, she received a text message from a childhood classmate with photos from their school days. In one of the pictures, a racially diverse group of first-graders are gathered in a […]

Robert Trump, the president’s younger brother, dead at 71

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s younger brother, Robert Trump, a businessman known for an even keel that seemed almost incompatible with the family name, died Saturday night after being hospitalized in New York, the president said in a statement. He was 71. The president visited his brother […]

U.S. loses Iran arms embargo bid as Putin pushes summit to avoid nuclear deal showdown

NEW YORK/MOSCOW – The United States lost a bid on Friday to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran as Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a summit of world leaders to avoid “confrontation” over a U.S. threat to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Tehran. In […]

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