Month: July 2021

Ministry of Education organises webinar on ‘Towards an Equitable and Inclusive Society: Realizing the Goals of NEP 2020’

DELHI, JULY 30: On the occasion of completion of one year of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the Ministry of Education (MOE) is launching some important initiatives. As part of the initiatives a series of theme-based webinars have been planned for eight days marking one year of NEP […]

Pegasus issue: SC to hear plea of journalists N Ram, Sashi Kumar next week

New Delhi, Jul 30: The Supreme Court will next week hear a plea by senior journalists N Ram and Sashi Kumar seeking an independent probe by a sitting or a retired judge into the Pegasus snooping matter. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana on Friday took […]

Shah has asked me to ensure good governance: Karnataka CM

New Delhi, Jul 30: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah has asked him to ensure “good governance” in the state. “He (Shah) asked me to give good governance in the state. I assured him that whatever faith you have reposed in me, […]

Former Poonch MLA Shah Mohammad Tantray joins Apni Party

Srinagar, Jul 30: Former PDP leader and ex-MLA of Poonch Shah Mohammad Tantray joined the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party here on Friday. Welcoming him into the party fold, Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari expressed confidence that his joining will boost party cadres and their morale in Pir Panjal […]

Man shoots himself dead after killing woman

(EDS: Recast) Kochi, July 30: A man allegedly shot dead a 24- year-old woman before killing himself in Nellikuzhi village near Kothamangalam in Ernakulam district of Kerala on Friday, police said. The woman was a final year student of a dental college, said the police. The two, said […]

Three trekkers missing in HP’s Lahaul-Spiti

Shimla, Jul 30 (PTI) Three trekkers have gone missing in Himachal Pradesh’s Lahaul-Spiti district, a senior official said here on Thursday. State Disaster Management Director Sudesh Kumar Mokhta said a Rajasthan trekker, Nikunj Jaiswal, and his two companions went missing at Ghepan Peak. Details of the two others are […]

Officials in Tokyo alarmed as virus cases hit record highs

TOKYO — Japanese officials sounded the alarm Thursday as Tokyo reported record-breaking coronavirus cases for the third-straight day with the Olympics well underway. Tokyo reported 3,865 new cases Thursday, up from 3,177 on Wednesday and double the numbers a week ago. “We have never experienced the expansion of […]

China flooding brought fear, then washed away livelihoods

XINXIANG, China — The night the rains came, all Yu Ruiping could do was huddle in her market stall. The electricity went out. Her phone went dead. And the water just kept rising. When the skies cleared, the market was surrounded by chest-high water — trapping Yu and […]

Risking China’s anger, Blinken meets representative of Dalai Lama in India

NEW DELHI, July 28 – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met a representative of the Dalai Lama in New Delhi on Wednesday, a move likely to anger Beijingwhich considers the Tibetan spiritual leader a dangerous separatist. Blinken met briefly with Ngodup Dongchung, who presented him with a […]

Biden to ask federal workers to get vaccinated or face testing -source

WASHINGTON, July 28 – U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to announce on Thursday that all civilian federal workers will need to be vaccinated against the coronavirus or face regular testing, social distancing, mask requirements and travel limits, a source familiar with the matter said. Biden, who will […]

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