Farmers’ R-Day tractor parade: Tableaux to depict protest against agri laws
New Delhi: The Republic Day tractor parade by agitating farmers will feature a number of tableaux from across states depicting village life, the protest against the Centre’s contentious farm laws, and hailing their courage, according to organisers. A farmer leader told PTI that directions were issued to all organisations participating in the protest to prepare […]
Fuel price hike: Congress demands rollback of central excise duty
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday slammed the Centre over fuel prices touching an “all-time high” and demanded that the excise duty hike affected by the Modi government during its tenure be immediately rolled back to give relief to the masses. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the Centre over the rise in fuel prices, saying […]
Biden administration to review US-Taliban deal
Washington: The Biden administration has said it will review the US-Taliban deal to assess whether the militant group is reducing violence in keeping with its side of the agreement in the Afghan peace accord. During a telephonic conversation with his Afghan counterpart Hamdullah Mohib, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan underscored that the US will support […]
Terror financing: Pak anti-terrorism court jails Hafiz Saeed’s three aides
Lahore: A Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court has sentenced three leaders of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) terrorist organisation to six months in prison in a case of terror financing. Saeed’s brother-in-law Hafiz Abdur Rehman Makki, JuD spokesperson Yahya Mujahid and Zafar Iqbal were handed down the six-month imprisonment each by the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) […]
India should have four capitals on a rotation basis: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said India should have four capitals on a rotation basis and sessions of Parliament should be held in different locations in the country. She also slammed the Centre for its decision to observe January 23 as ‘Parakram Diwas’ to commemorate the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas […]
Foiled missile or drone attack over Riyadh: Saudi officials
Dubai: Saudi Arabia said Saturday it intercepted an apparent missile or drone attack over its capital, Riyadh, amid the kingdom’s years-long war against neighbouring Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Social media users posted video of what appeared to be an explosion in the air over Riyadh. Saudi state TV quoted authorities in the kingdom acknowledging the interception. […]
Biden launches ‘100 days mask challenge’
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 […]
Working on addressing misinformation on user policy update: WhatsApp
New Delhi: A day after India asked it to withdraw changes to its privacy policy, WhatsApp on Wednesday said the proposed change does not expand its ability to share user data with Facebook and that it is open to answering questions on the issue. The Indian government on Tuesday posed 14 questions to WhatsApp on […]
Pandemic, surging food prices leave many in Asia hungry: UN
United Nations: United Nations agencies are warning that more than 350 million people in the Asia-Pacific region are going hungry as the coronavirus pandemic destroys jobs and pushes food prices higher. The report issued Wednesday by four agencies says the pandemic is making it difficult for 1.9 billion people to afford healthy diets. It follows […]
Purported Arnab chats: Providing official secret info to journalist ‘criminal act’: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Providing official secret information to a journalist is a “criminal act” and both the giver and the receiver will have to go to jail, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday referring to the purported WhatsApp chats of Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami doing the rounds of social media. Addressing a press conference, […]