9 Months Of Farmer Protests: Leaders To Organise ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ Next Month
Soon after farmers protesting over the three contentious laws mark nine months of their demonstration on Thursday, August 26, a Kisan Mahapanchayat early next month is likely to usher in a definitive stage in the stir. Union leaders are mobilising support across the country for the September 5 Kisan Mahapanchayat in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. Various […]
Consequences if US violates exit deadline: Taliban
• Resistance forces in Panjshir surrounded • Massoud’s fighters ready for conflict but seek to negotiate with Taliban • Central bank governor appointed KABUL: The Taliban have warned there will be “consequences” if the United States and its allies extended their presence in Afghanistan beyond Aug 31, saying that US had already violated its previous […]
India brings back 78 people from Afghanistan
India on Tuesday brought back 78 people, including 25 of its nationals and a number of Afghan Sikhs and Hindus from Dushanbe, a day after they were evacuated from Taliban-besieged Kabul to the Tajik city. The operation to rescue the stranded Indians has been named Devi Shakti. The group along with three copies of the […]
Afghan woman gives birth on military plane
BERLIN: An Afghan woman gave birth to a baby girl on a US military plane shortly after arriving on an evacuation flight to Germany, the US Air Force tweeted on Sunday. During the flight from a staging base in the Middle East, the woman went into labour and began to experience complications, it said. “The […]
At 97.63%, India Sees Highest Recovery Rate Since March Last Year
India today officially registered the lowest number of new coronavirus cases in the last 160 days, the health ministry data says. The daily health bulletin says that the number of new Covid-19 infections have gone down below the 30,000-mark. The government data says that India on Monday registered 25,072 new coronavirus cases. The active cases […]
Sombre mood as Taliban are back at Friday prayers in Afghanistan
KABUL: Gunmen flanked an Islamic scholar as he delivered a fiery speech on Friday to a packed Kabul mosque at the most important prayers of the week — the first since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan five days ago. The preacher rallied the faithful at the Abdul Rahman Mosque with a history lesson on […]
Taj Mahal To Reopen For Night Viewing From Today
The Taj Mahal will open for night viewing for visitors from Saturday, August 21. The monument had closed for night viewing on March 17, 2020 during the first lockdown due to Covid-19. Night viewing will be allowed on August 21, 23 and 24 as the monument is closed every week on Friday and the lockdown […]
Biden says Taliban now in ‘existential crisis’
President Joe Biden said on Thursday that the Taliban have not changed but are going through an “existential crisis” about whether they want legitimacy on the global stage as they have taken over Afghanistan. In an interview on ABC’s Good Morning America, Biden said that he’s not sure the Taliban want to be recognised by the […]
India Records Lowest COVID-19 Active Cases In 150 Days
The active COVID-19 cases in India have declined to 3,63,605, the lowest in 150 days, data released by the Union Health Ministry said on Friday. The active cases comprise 1.12 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, the ministry said. India registered 36,571 new COVID-19 infections, taking the total tally of […]
Malaysian king says new PM must swiftly seek confidence vote
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s king said on Wednesday that the new prime minister he picks must swiftly seek a confidence vote in parliament after a deadline for all lawmakers to submit the names of their preferred candidates to the palace passed. Based on the lawmakers’ choices, King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah said he will pick […]