Delhi remains under smog blanket for 3rd straight day, AQI “Severe”
Continuing for a third consecutive day, the air quality in the capital remain in the ‘severe’ category on Saturday morning as the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of the city stood at 431. Even though a slight improvement was noted, a thick layer of smog blanketed the city, majorly due to unfavourable meteorological conditions and […]
Northern Railway slashes platform ticket prices
Northern Railways on Thursday rolled back the platform ticket prices that were increased to Rs 50 because of Diwali and Chhath Puja. The platform tickets will now be available for Rs 10 as before. Tickets have become cheaper at Lucknow, Varanasi, Barabanki, Ayodhya Cantt, Ayodhya Junction, Akbarpur, Shahganj, Jaunpur, Sultanpur Junction, Rae Bareli, Janghai, Bhadohi, […]
Indonesian football stampede blamed on tear gas use
JAKARTA: Indonesian police firing tear gas was the main trigger for a deadly football stampede at a stadium in East Java last month, the country’s human rights commission found in a report on the incident released on Wednesday. Officials from the human rights commission (Komnas HAM) said 135 people had died, mostly from asphyxiation, in […]
Unpaid wages top Qatar migrant worker complaints, says UN
DOHA: Unpaid wages dominate a growing number of complaints by migrant workers in Qatar, the UN labour agency said on Tuesday, 19 days from the start of the football World Cup. The International Labour Organisation said the number of worker complaints more than doubled in a year to 34,425 with the launch of a new […]
100 killed, 300 injured in Somalia twin blasts
Twin car bomb explosions targeting Somalia’s Education Ministry building here on Saturday killed at least 100 people and injured more than 300 others, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Sunday. After visiting the bombing site early Sunday, Mohamud said the fatalities would likely rise. According to police, a vehicle packed with explosives rammed into […]
BJP’s condition not good in Gujarat: Mayawati
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Sunday said ahead of state assembly elections in Gujarat, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has made Uniform Civil Code an election issue, which proves that the situation of the party is not really good in the state. Mayawati also accused BJP of raising divisive issues instead of development and […]
In a clear message to China, Blinken says all parties should support UN designation of terrorists
Mumbai (Maharashtra), October 28: In an apparent message to China, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday said all relevant parties should support the designation of terrorists and no nation should stand in the way. He delivered this message via virtual statement during an informal briefing of the Counter-Terrorism Committee at one of the […]
India records 1,574 new COVID-19 cases; active tally dip to 18,802
New Delhi, Oct 29: With 1,574 people testing positive for the coronavirus infection, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,46,50,662, while the active cases declined to 18,802, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. A decrease of 596 cases has been recorded in the active covid caseload in a span of […]
Xi says China, US must ‘find ways to get along’
President Xi Jinping said China and the United States must “find ways to get along” to safeguard world peace and development, state media reported on Thursday, as he embarks on his precedent-breaking third term in power. China and the United States have butted heads in recent years on issues ranging from Beijing’s aggression towards self-governing […]
Tensions mount in Iran ahead of Amini commemoration
PARIS: Iranian students protested at multiple universities, on Tuesday, defying a crackdown as tensions mount on the eve of planned ceremonies marking 40 days since Mahsa Amini’s death. “A student may die but will not accept humiliation,” they chanted at Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, in the south-western province of Khuzestan, in an online video. Young […]