Twin cyclones batter Australia

A “very destructive” category 4 cyclone slammed into Australia’s remote northern coast on Saturday, while a second, equally powerful storm bore down on the country’s west. Cyclone Trevor, pushing a big storm tide and packing winds of up to 250 kilometres per hour (150 mph), made landfall on […]

French govt gets tough on ‘yellow vest’ demos

France’s “yellow vests” are expected to stage further anti-government protests Saturday despite the authorities vowing a “zero tolerance” approach after major riots in Paris last week. Paris police have banned the protesters from a large area in the west of the city, including the famed Champs-Elysees avenue, scene […]

China factory blast death toll jumps to 64, man rescued after 40 hours

The death toll in a chemical plant explosion in China rose to 64 Saturday but rescuers found a survivor among more than two dozen still missing in the debris of one of the country’s worst industrial accidents in recent years. Thursday’s explosion in the eastern city of Yancheng […]

Emotional Muslims return to Christchurch mosque as NZ works to move on

Muslims held emotional prayers inside Christchurch’s main mosque on Saturday for the first time since a white supremacist massacred worshippers there, as New Zealand sought to return to normality after the tragedy. The Al Noor mosque had been taken over by police for investigations and security reasons after […]

Syria force takes IS bastion, ‘caliphate’ wiped out

Kurdish-led forces pronounced the death of the Islamic State group’s nearly five-year-old “caliphate” Saturday after flushing out diehard jihadists from their very last bastion in eastern Syria. Fighters of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces raised their yellow flag in Baghouz, the remote riverside village where diehard jihadists of […]

Water Storage level of 91 major reservoirs of the country goes down by two percent

open view news desk The water storage available in 91 major reservoirs of the country for the week ending on March 20, 2019 was 54.002 BCM, which is 33% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. This percentage was at 35% for the week ending on March 14, 2019. The level of water […]

Indian Navy – continues Humanitarian efforts in Mozambique 22 Mar 19

open view news desk The ships of the First Training Squadron of the Indian Navy (Sujata, Sarathi and Shardul) are currently  undertaking Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief  operations at Port Beira, Mozambique since 18 Mar 19.  The ships were diverted from sea post Cyclone ‘IDAI’ hit the coast of Mozambique on 15 […]

Strong Action against Terrorism in Jammu & Kashmir

open view news desk Central Government in its pursuit of strong action against terrorism, has today declared JKLF (Yasin faction) as an unlawful association under the provisions of Section 3(1) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.  2.     Central Government has followed the policy of ‘Zero Tolerance’ against […]

Press Communique

open view news desk The President of India administered the Oath of Office to Shri Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose as Chairperson, Lokpal, at a ceremony held today (March 23, 2019) at 1030 hrs at Rashtrapati Bhavan.   23/03/2019

Rear Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh takes over as Western Fleet Commander

open view news desk At an impressive ceremonial parade held on 22 Mar 19 at Naval dockyard, Mumbai, Rear Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh, NM took over charge of Western Fleet, the ‘Sword Arm’ of the Indian Navy, from Rear Admiral MA Hampiholi, AVSM, NM. Rear Admiral Sanjay Jasjit […]

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