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CM Kejriwal directs officers to speed up AAP govt projects after SC verdict

open view web desk New Delhi, Jul 4: Hours after the Supreme Court held that the Delhi LG does not have independent decision-making powers, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today held a cabinet meeting and directed officials to expedite projects like doorstep delivery of rations and installation of CCTV cameras. […]

Record rains turn Pakistani city’s roads into rivers; six dead

open view web desk LAHORE, Pakistan – The heaviest rains in 38 years have turned roads into virtual rivers in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, stranding motorists and leaving at least six people dead, an official said on Tuesday. Roof collapses killed at least four people and […]

Rupee still over-valued by 5-7 percent – government adviser

open view web desk NEW DELHI – India’s rupee is currently over-valued by 5-7 percent, a senior government adviser said on Tuesday, indicating that New Delhi is unlikely to support intervening in the market despite the currency shedding close to 7 percent against the dollar this year. The […]

France searches for gangster, and answers, after helicopter jailbreak

Police guarding the helicopter used to break Redoine Faid out of prison on Sunday. It was abandoned in the commune of Gonesse, northeast of Paris. open view web desk Details emerged Monday of the daring prison escape of notorious French robber Redoine Faid, who used a helicopter in […]

China turbulence knocks Asian shares to nine-month low as trade war fears grow

open view web desk TOKYO – Chinese stocks went into a tail spin on Tuesday as turbulence gripped equity markets in Asia, which sank to nine-month lows as investors feared the Sino-U.S. trade row could derail a rare period of synchronized global growth. Speculation was rife the central […]

Sri Lanka to shift naval base to China-controlled port city

open view web desk COLOMBO – Sri Lanka is shifting a naval base to a port built and controlled by China, it said on Monday, a move that will strengthen security at a harbour that foreign powers fear China could use for military purposes. The base currently in […]

BJP govt has institutionalised corruption: Pilot

open view web desk Jaipur, July 2: Rajasthan Congress Chief Sachin Pilot today alleged that the BJP government has institutionalised corruption as a “transfer racket” was operating in the state. “Government employees and officers who do not have resources and approach are being exploited by the government. They are […]

Over 270,000 displaced by south Syria violence, UN says

open view web desk More than a quarter of a million people have fled a Russian-backed government onslaught on southern Syria, the United Nations said Monday, in the latest civilian exodus in the seven-year war. For nearly two weeks, regime forces and their Russian allies have battered rebel-held […]

UN chief hears of ‘unimaginable’ atrocities as he visits Rohingya camps

open view web desk UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he heard “unimaginable” accounts of atrocities during a visit Monday to Bangladesh’s refugee camps and called for Myanmar to be held responsible for “crimes” against the Rohingya. Guterres described the situation for the persecuted Muslim minority as “a […]

Abducted Pakistani writer decries ‘intimidation’ ahead of polls

    open view web desk ISLAMABAD- A Pakistani writer and activist says she fears for her life after being briefly abducted from a military cantonment in the city of Lahore on June 5, an incident that triggered national outrage and saw fingers pointed at the powerful armed […]

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