Added on January 23, 2021
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Makes COVID-19 test, quarantine mandatory for people entering US
Washington: US President Joe Biden has signed a series of executive orders to address COVID-19 challenges, including making coronavirus test followed by quarantine mandatory for all travellers coming from overseas. In addition to wearing masks, everyone flying to the United States from another country will need to test before they get on that plane, before […]
Added on January 23, 2021
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Srinagar: The COVID-19 death toll in Jammu and Kashmir rose to 1,928 on Friday with four more fatalities, while 88 new cases took the infection tally to 1,23,852, officials said. Of the new cases, 42 were reported from Jammu division and 46 from Kashmir division, they said. Jammu district recorded the highest 32 cases followed […]
Added on January 23, 2021
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New Delhi: There is a palpable excitement among members of the Ladakh contingent for the Republic Day Parade as the young union territory is all set to make its debut in the extravaganza on Rajpath with a beautiful tableau depicting the iconic Thikse Monastery and its cultural heritage. The Union Territory of Ladakh was created […]
Added on January 22, 2021
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Beijing: China on Thursday announced its backing for United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres who is seeking a second five-year term as the chief of the world body. Guterres, 71, whose current term ends on December 31, in a letter to General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir has expressed his wish to continue for another five years, […]
Added on January 22, 2021
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New Delhi: Army Chief Gen MM Naravane on Thursday said India will face increasingly higher security challenges in tune with its rising stature and it must enhance indigenous defence capabilities to maintain strategic influence and freedom of action as external dependence for weapons creates vulnerabilities in times of crisis. In an address at a seminar […]
Added on January 22, 2021
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Poonch: An army soldier died after he was hit by sniper fire at a forward post in Mankore area along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, officials said Thursday. They said that the soldier, Hawaldar Nirmal Singh, from 10 JAK Rifle suffered serious injury after being hit by a bullet in his chest. […]
Added on January 22, 2021
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London: Only 56 per cent of British Indians would take a vaccine to protect against COVID-19 and women fall within the significantly less likely to be open to a jab over fertility concerns, a new survey by a think tank led by Oxford University experts said on Thursday. The research by the 1928 Institute, a […]
Added on January 22, 2021
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New Delhi: COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is as high as 39 per cent in the Delhi-NCR with about one-fifth of the respondents saying that they will not take the jab, according to a telephonic survey conducted by the NCAER. The government launched the world’s biggest vaccination drive on January 16 to protect people from COVID-19. The […]
Added on January 22, 2021
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Jammu: The Rastriya Bajrang Dal and some other organisations staged separate protests against web series ‘Tandav’ in Jammu on Thursday, accusing its cast and crew of depicting Hindu deities in an objectionable manner and hurting religious sentiments. Hundreds of Rastriya Bajrang Dal activists led by its president Rakesh Kumar took out a rally in the […]
Added on January 22, 2021
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Beijing: China’s development and construction activities “within its own territory” is “normal” and beyond reproach, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said here on Thursday, reacting to a report about China building a new village in Arunachal Pradesh. “China’s position on the Zangnan region (South Tibet) is consistent and clear. We never recognised the so-called Arunachal Pradesh,” […]
