China-India-Russia meet: Jaishankar to participate in trilateral conference
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will attend a virtual conference of the Russia-India-China trilateral on June 23 which is being held in the backdrop of a violent border clash between Chinese and Indian troops in Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava confirmed Jaishankar’s participation in the meeting. Chinese […]
Pakistan-Russia cementing ties: Both nations keen to forge long-term partnership: Qureshi
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday called his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and expressed Islamabad’s desire to forge a long-term and multi-dimensional partnership with Moscow as the two leaders discussed matters like COVID-19 pandemic and the Afghan peace process. During their telephonic conversation, Qureshi offered condolences on the loss of precious lives […]
COVID-19 aftereffects likely to vanish: PM Modi
Says India returning to normal business activity
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said business activity in India is returning to normal levels with consumption and demand fast approaching pre-COVID levels. A protracted lockdown imposed to curb spread of coronavirus has resulted in severe disruption of industrial production and consumer spending, with GDP growth forecast to contract sharply. Speaking at […]
COVID-19 vaccines could be available before end of this year: WHO
London: The World Health Organisation’s chief scientist, Dr Soumya Swaminathan, on Thursday said that the agency is optimistic and hopeful that the COVID-19 vaccines could be available before the end of this year. Addressing a press briefing from Geneva on the latest coronavirus drug trial findings, the top WHO scientist also said that clinical trials […]
Detention under UAPA: HC asks police to file status report on Safoora Zargar’s bail plea
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday asked the Delhi Police to file status report on a plea by Jamia Coordination Committee member Safoora Zargar, who was arrested under the anti-terror law –UAPA — seeking bail in a case related to communal violence in northeast Delhi during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in February. […]
‘Closely monitoring’ India-China border row: US
Washington: The US is “closely monitoring” the situation following a fierce clash between Indian and Chinese forces in eastern Ladakh, and hopes that the differences will be resolved peacefully, a senior State Department official has said. Twenty Indian Army personnel, including a Colonel, were killed in the clash with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley […]
UNSC elections: India set for a comfortable victory
United Nations: India is expected to register a comfortable victory in the Security Council elections on Wednesday that will bring the country to the UN high-table as a non-permanent member for the 2021-22 term. The 193-member UN General Assembly will hold elections for President of the 75th session of the Assembly, five non-permanent members of […]
Child casualties in JK are concerning, says UN Chief Guterres
United Nations: UN chief Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over child casualties in Jammu and Kashmir and urged the government to take preventive measures to protect the children. The Secretary General also took note of the Naxalite insurgency and said that efforts by the Indian government have resulted in a decline in the recruitment, killing […]
Unending wait: COVID-19 vaccine could be at least a year away, say scientists
New Delhi: Vaccine design is still an empirical, trial and error process and a preventive against COVID-19 could be at least a year away, say scientists as information on developments in therapeutics to combat the infection flows in a steady trickle from across the world. While quelling the buzz of a quick breakthrough, the scientists […]
