Month: October 2021

Biden’s Vatican meeting with Pope Francis runs into overtime

VATICAN CITY — Declaring it’s “good to be back,” President Joe Biden opened a five-day European trip Friday with an extended visit with Pope Francis at the Vatican, where the world’s two most prominent Roman Catholics ran overtime in talks expected to cover the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, […]

BJP will be wiped out in UP in next year’s Assembly polls: Akhilesh

Azamgarh (UP), Oct: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday claimed that the BJP, which has snatched the jobs of youngsters, will be wiped out from Uttar Pradesh in next year’s Assembly polls. Addressing a public meeting after distributing laptops to meritorious students at the Durga Ji […]

Sedition law will be invoked against those celebrating Pak victory in T20 match: Adityanath

Lucknow, Oct28: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Thursday that sedition law will be invoked against those celebrating Pakistan’s victory against India in the recent T-20 World Cup match. So far, five people have been taken into custody in the state for allegedly using indecent words […]

Iran’s president says cyberattack meant to create ‘disorder’

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s president said Wednesday that a cyberattack which paralyzed every gas station in the Islamic Republic was designed to get “people angry by creating disorder and disruption,” as long lines still snaked around the pumps a day after the incident began. Ebrahim Raisi’s […]

Harvard’s modern-day Darwin warns against humanity’s downward slope

BOSTON, Oct 27 – The Harvard University scientist who has called for setting aside half the planet as a nature preserve says the slope of human history will always be downward unless there is global cooperation to save existing species. Edward O. Wilson, a 92-year old naturalist hailed […]

India says government panel looking into new Delta subvariant

NEW DELHI, Oct 26 – India’s health minister said on Tuesday that a government panel of experts was looking into a Delta coronavirus subvariant, AY.4.2, that has been detected in the United Kingdom. The U.K. Health Security Agency said last week that it was investigating AY.4.2 as it […]

U.S. senators urge Biden to avoid India sanctions over Russian deal

NEW DELHI, Oct 27 – Two U.S. senators have urged President Joe Biden to waive sanctions against India over its purchase of Russia’s S-400 air defense system, saying such a punitive measure would endanger growing cooperation. India signed a $5.5 billion deal with Russia in 2018 for five […]

INDIAN ARMY CELEBRATES 75TH INFANTRY DAY

DELHI, OCT 27: The 75th Infantry Dayto commemorate the contributions of Infantry, the largest fighting arm of the Indian Army was celebrated on 27 October 2021. This day has a unique significance for the Nation, as it was on this day in 1947 that Infantrymen from Indian Army, […]

COVID-19 UPDATE

DELHI, OCT 27: 103.53 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive 13,451 new cases in the last 24 hours Recovery Rate currently at 98.19%; Highest since March 2020 14,021 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 3,35,97,339 Active cases account […]

Over hundred BJP workers join NCP in Ulhasnagar

Thane, Oct 27: As many as 114 BJP workers including 21 local corporators joined the Nationalist Congress Party at Ulhasnagar in Thane district on Wednesday. Out of 32 BJP corporators in the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation, 21 crossed over to the NCP at the function in the presence of […]

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