Kabul offers power-sharing deal to Taliban
Doha: Afghan government negotiators in Qatar have offered the Taliban a power-sharing deal in return for an end to fighting in the country, a government negotiating source told AFP on Thursday. “Yes, the government has submitted a proposal to Qatar as mediator. The proposal allows the Taliban to share power in return for a halt […]
Violence must end in Afghanistan: India
New Delhi: India on Thursday said the situation in Afghanistan is of concern and that it continues to hope for a comprehensive ceasefire to end violence in that country. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi also said India is in touch with all the stakeholders in Afghanistan and closely monitoring the ground situation […]
Pakistan successfully test-fires nuclear-capable ballistic missile
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile which can strike targets up to 290 kilometres, the army said. The successful training launch of ballistic missile Ghaznavi was aimed at ensuring operational readiness of Army Strategic Forces Command, besides re-validating technical parameters of the weapon system, the army said in a statement. […]
Covid-19: WHO says three drugs being tested for use
Geneva: The World Health Organization says it will soon test three drugs used for other diseases to see if they might help patients sickened by the coronavirus. In a statement on Wednesday, the U.N. health agency says the three drugs would be adopted into the next phase of its ongoing global research into identifying potential […]
Covid Delta plus variant detected in 86 samples: Govt
Says it has not led to exponential surge
New Delhi: The Delta Plus variant of SARS-CoV2 has been detected in 86 samples in the country so far and it has not led to any exponential surge in cases, the government said on Tuesday. “We found the Delta Plus variant in 86 (genome) samples (sequenced),” Sujit Singh, head of the National Centre for Disease […]
NEET-MDS admissions- Tell us by Wed when will you conduct counselling: SC to Centre
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to apprise it by August 11 when it will conduct counselling for the NEET-MDS admissions for which exams were held on December 16, 2020. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah said that now that the Centre has approved OBC reservation […]