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Communication maintained at ground level with China: MEA

New Delhi: India and China have maintained communication at the ground level to avoid any “misunderstandings and misjudgments” even as discussions continue for achieving complete disengagement in all friction areas, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday. Asked about the status of talks with the Chinese side over the border row, MEA Spokesperson Anurag […]

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Pak violates ceasefire along LoC, IB

Jammu: Pakistani troops violated ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked firing and mortar shelling on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) in Rajouri and Kathua districts, officials said on Saturday. There was, however, no report of damage on the Indian side, the officials said. “At about 12.30 pm […]

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JK among 15 states, UTs having positivity rate below national average

New Delhi: A total of 15 states and Union Territories have a cumulative COVID-19 positivity rate below the national average of 5.79 per cent with Bihar having the lowest positivity rate of 1.44 per cent, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. Over 18 crore total COVID-19 tests have been conducted in the country till date […]

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Farmers’ protest: IYC to collect soil from villages of those who died, create India’s map

New Delhi: The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) on Saturday said it will pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the farmers’ movement against the Centre’s new agri laws by collecting soil from across the country, especially from towns and villages of farmers who died, and create a map of India with it in […]

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Pak court asks police to arrest Masood Azhar by Jan 18

Lahore: UN designated global terrorist Masood Azhar, chief of the banned Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), should be arrested by January 18 in connection with a terror financing case, an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has asked the Punjab Police, a court official said on Saturday. The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Gujranwala issued an arrest warrant against Azhar in the […]

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Afghan-Taliban peace talks: New round takes off to a slow start

Afghan-Taliban peace talks: New round takes off to a slow start

Islamabad: The latest round of peace talks between the Taliban and Afghan government negotiators that began this week in Qatar has been off to a slow start as concerns grow over a recent spike in violence across Afghanistan. The talks, which are taking place in Qatar where the Taliban maintain a political office, resumed on […]

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Trump one of most incompetent US presidents: Biden

Washington: President-elect Joe Biden has said President Donald Trump was the “most incompetent” presidents in US history. Sidestepping the questions related to impeachment or removal from office in the remaining 12 days, Biden said that quickest way Trump could be removed is his inauguration on January 20. “I have been saying for now well over […]

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Capitol Hill rioters are domestic terrorists: Biden

Washington: President-elect Joe Biden has said those who stormed the US Capitol were a bunch of thugs, white supremacists, domestic terrorists and they should be prosecuted. Biden said the authorities had to be held accountable for the failures that occurred and it had to be made sure that this could never, ever happen again. “They […]

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Twitter permanently suspends Trump’s account

Twitter permanently suspends Trump’s account

Washington: Twitter has announced that it had permanently suspended the account of outgoing President Donald Trump due to “risk of further incitement of violence”, three days after his supporters stormed the US Capitol and five people died in the violence. The unprecedented move by the California-based social media platform comes after Trump tweeted that he […]

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Bird flu confirmed in six states

Bird flu confirmed in six states

Unusual mortality of 16 birds in Delhi as well

New Delhi: The Centre on Friday said bird flu has been confirmed so far in Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat, and asked these six states to contain the disease as per the action plan. Unusual mortality of 16 birds has also been reported at DDA park Hastsal Village in the national […]