Pandemic: At UN summit pleas for vaccine take centre stage
Johannesburg: If the United Nations was created from the ashes of World War II, what will be born from the global crisis of COVID-19? Many world leaders at this week’s virtual UN summit hope it will be a vaccine made available and affordable to all countries, rich and poor. But with the US, China and […]
Arms drop case: Security forces alert will give reply: DGP
Srinagar: Security forces are alert to Pakistani efforts of dropping consignments of weapons and narcotics into Jammu and Kashmir along the border and they will give a befitting reply to these attempts, Director General of Police Dilbag Singh said here on Thursday. The DGP, talking to reporters after the wreath laying function for a slain […]
UNSC expansion: China says ‘package solution’ citing enormous divisions
Beijing: China, which has been stonewalling India’s entry into the UN Security Council, on Thursday said there were “enormous divisions” on reforms to expand the premier body of the United Nations and expressed its willingness to work for a “package solution” that can accommodate interests and concerns of all parties. The G4 grouping comprising India, […]
Twist: Trump refuses to commit to peaceful transfer of power
Washington: US President Donald Trump has refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the November 3 election to his Democratic rival Joe Biden. Trump, a Republican, also said he believed the election result could end up in the US Supreme Court, as he again cast doubt on postal voting. Many […]
Pak army resorts to shelling along LoC in Rajouri
Jammu: The Pakistani army resorted to heavy firing and mortar shelling in forward areas along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Thursday, officials said. “At about 1745 hours today, Pakistan army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and intense shelling with mortars along LoC in Nowshera sector”, a defence […]
