Afghanistan: Insurgents are capitalising on final stages of withdrawal of US-led foreign forces. (File) Washington: The United Nations Security Council will hold an open meeting Friday on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, diplomats said Thursday. The discussion was requested by the Afghan government, as well as Norway and Estonia, and will take place at 10:00 … Read more
Former Acting ICE Director Tom Homan told “America’s Newsroom” on Wednesday that the Biden administration’s answer to the border crisis is to “process and release people quicker” rather than stem the influx of migrants. BORDER CRISIS SHOWS NO SIGN OF SLOWING AS MIGRANTS POUR IN; FORMER OFFICIALS SLAM ‘NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT’ TOM HOMAN: They are continuing … Read more
Sattenapalle Assembly constituency in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, considered as a stronghold of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), is now facing a leadership problem. Former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu led party still has a strong support base in the constituency. However, the party is now grappling with the shortage of party cadre … Read more
Uddhav Thackeray said if some constructions are causing obstacles to the natural flow of water, they need to be removed. (Image: Twitter) The chief minister reached the floodhit Sangli district in western Maharashtra where he visited Bhilwadi, Ankalkhop, Kasbe Digraj and various other areas to take stock of the situation, and reviewed steps taken by … Read more
UN Chief said an effective pandemic recovery needs investment in teachers and digital learning (File) New York: The world is going through an education crisis as millions of children remain out of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday. Taking to Twitter, Guterres said, “We are in the middle … Read more
The procession was taken out in Patdi town of the district on Friday afternoon, he said. Surendranagar district magistrate has already issued a notification under section 144 of the CrPC as well as the provisions of the National Disaster Management Act and Gujarat Police Act, prohibiting assembly of more than four persons at one place. … Read more
For the past five decades, Sri Sai Bala Nikethan High School in Secunderabad has been educating students hailing from underprivileged backgrounds, mostly those whose parents work as daily wage labourers or municipal workers. The school’s correspondent CS Omkareshwar says they have braved many storms to run the institution, but this time they are struggling to … Read more
Locals during a clash with police personnel at Assam-Mizoram border at Lailapur in Cachar district on Monday (PTI Photo) Mizoram Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister K Lalrinliana said that the state government has begun transporting petrol and diesel from Tripura from Wednesday. PTI Last Updated:July 30, 2021, 10:15 IST FOLLOW US ON: The … Read more
NEW DELHI: The government has no plan to print currency notes to tide over the current economic crisis triggered by the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed Parliament on Monday. To a question on whether there is any plan to print currency to tide over the crisis, the Finance Minister said, … Read more
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that Lord Buddha‘s ideas are all the more relevant now as humanity faces the Covid-19 crisis and asserted that India has shown how to face even the most difficult challenge by following the path shown by the founder of Buddhism. In his message at Ashadha Purnima … Read more