Japan Expands Coronavirus Emergency One Week Into Olympics
“We will issue a state of emergency for Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa and Osaka,” Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said, adding that measures in place in Tokyo and southern Okinawa will now…
One soldier per family: China recruiting Tibetans in PLA for deployment at LAC
China has started recruiting Tibetans in People’s Liberation Army (PLA) for deployment at LAC. It has been made mandatory for every Tibetan family to send one member to the PLA.…
Yogi Adityanath to inaugurate ISDA 2021, focus on promoting MSMEs in defence sector
Uttar Pradesh additional home secretary Awanish Awasthi, while speaking on the matter a day ago, said that the state’s MSME industry can become a reliable supplier to the country’s defence…
Pegasus also hacked phones of Kashmiri politicians, journalists
More than 25 people from the Kashmir Valley were selected as potential targets of intrusive surveillance between 2017 and mid-2019 by an as yet unidentified government agency that is also…
For first time since 2019, Pakistan Rangers & BSF exchange sweets on Eid-ul-Adha
The Pakistani side had unilaterally stopped the exchange after the Narendra Modi government on August 5, 2019, abrogated provisions of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution. NEW DELHI: The Border…
Turkish president meets Qatari Emir in Doha
Following stopover in Kuwait, Erdogan holds 1-hour closed door talk with Emir Sheikh Al Thani in Doha DOHA, Qatar Turkey’s president met with the leader of Qatar on Wednesday as…
PM Modi asks people to submit Padma awards nominations
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked people to send Padma awards nominations for those “doing exceptional work at the grassroots but not much known.” “India has many…
Delhi riots: SC dismisses Facebook India MD Ajit Mohan’s plea against summons by Assembly panel
The court termed Mohan’s plea as pre-mature and said nothing has happened against him before Delhi Assembly’s panel. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the plea filed by…
Everything we hear is an opinion, not fact- interpreting the life of Gustavo de Arístegui
Gustavo de Arstegui came from a long diplomatic background, and his father and grandfather were senior diplomats who served as ambassadors to Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. He…
Delhi HC agrees to hear on July 9 plea on calculation of class X CBSE marks
The court advanced the date of hearing in the petition from August 28 after the NGO, ‘Justice for All’, moved an application for early hearing. NEW DELHI: The Delhi High…