Modi Refuses To Repeal Farm Reforms Despite Huge Protests
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday resisted calls for the repeal of farm reforms that have ignited the biggest protests...
Month: November 2020
China To Build Major Dam On Brahmaputra River: Report
China will build a major hydropower project on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet and a proposal for this has been...
Regulators Probe AstraZeneca Shot Reaction, Trial Continues
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is assisting an inquiry into an alleged adverse reaction during AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine...
Farmers Reject Government Appeal To Lift Blockade
Thousands of protesting farmers refused to comply with a government appeal to stop blockading major highways into New Delhi on...
‘Highly Speculative’ To Say COVID Didn’t Emerge In China: WHO
The World Health Organization’s top emergency expert said on Friday it would be “highly speculative” for the WHO to say...
Thousands Of Protesting Farmers & Police Face-Off At Delhi Border
India deployed hundreds of police and paramilitary forces at a New Delhi border on Saturday as thousands of farmers from...
Iran Accuses Israel, US In Assassination Of Nuclear Scientist
Iran accused Israel and the US of being behind the assassination of one of its top nuclear scientists on Friday...
5 COVID-19 Patients Killed In Gujarat Hospital Fire
Five patients were killed in Gujarat on Friday in a fire that broke out in a COVID-19 ward, the fourth...
Delhi Police Relent After Scuffle With Farmers, Allow Peaceful Protest
Delhi Police agreed to let thousands of farmers stage a peaceful protest inside the capital on Friday after initially blocking...
Cyclone Nivar Slams Into Southern India, Causing Five Deaths
A severe cyclone slammed into India’s southern coast early on Thursday, killing at least five people and uprooting trees and...
Trump Says He Will Concede To Biden, On One Condition
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday for the first time that he would leave the White House if Joe...
Adults, Kids Must Move More To Stay Fit In Pandemic Era: WHO
All adults should do a minimum of 150 minutes of vigorous physical activity per week, even more vital for well-being...
Police Break Up Farmers’ March On New Delhi Over Market Reforms
Police on Thursday used water cannons and tear gas shells to disperse thousands of farmers marching towards New Delhi in...
Diego Maradona, One Of Soccer’s Greatest, Dies Aged 60
Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona, widely regarded as one of the game’s greatest ever players, died of a heart attack...
Delhi’s Poisonous Air A Perennial Crisis Of Its Own Making
Thousands of families who live near a smouldering waste landfill in a northern corner of India’s capital have boarded up...
Cyclone Nivar Makes Landfall, Tears Down Power Lines, Trees
A severe cyclone slammed into India’s southern coast early on Thursday, uprooting trees and power lines but there were no...
Thai Protesters Call On King To Give Up Fortune
Thai protesters called on King Maha Vajiralongkorn to give up control of a royal fortune valued in the tens of...
Pak Gives UN A Dossier On India After India Submits One On Pak
Pakistan gave U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres a dossier on Tuesday accusing India of stoking terrorism in Pakistan, a day after...
Tamil Nadu Braces For Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Nivar’
Tamil Nadu plans to evacuate people from some regions and has temporarily halted bus services and placed rescue vehicles on...
UP Criminalises ‘Forced’ Religious Conversions By Marriage
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) approved a decree in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday laying out prison terms for anyone...
India Bans 43 Mobile Apps As It Takes On China
India banned 43 mobile applications on Tuesday, including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s e-commerce app Aliexpress, in a new wave of...
Carbon Pricing Rises As Weapon Of Choice In Climate Fight
Can you put a price on pollution? Some of the world’s biggest economies are doing just that as they wrestle...
India Hands Dossier On Pakistan To UNSC Members
India on Monday handed a dossier to the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) about a major...
Biden Transition Formally Begins As Trump Says Will Cooperate
The General Services Administration acknowledged Joe Biden as the apparent winner of the U.S. presidential election on Monday, following weeks...
‘Karachi Will Be A Part Of India One Day’: Fadnavis
Former Maharashtra chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said that his party believes in...
