Day: August 28, 2020

China warns Norway against granting Nobel Peace Prize to Hong Kong democracy activists

7:28 pm August 28, 2020

Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, on a rare visit to Norway, warned Oslo against granting the Nobel Peace Prize to Hong Kong pro-democracy activists much on the lines of awarding the prize to China’s human rights activist Liu Xiaobo and Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in the past, causing strains in bilateral ties. […]

Misinformation, police mistrust stir unrest in Minneapolis

7:22 pm August 28, 2020

Minneapolis: After a Black man fatally shot himself on a pedestrian plaza in downtown Minneapolis, rumours of another police shooting in the city still reeling from the death of George Floyd began spreading quickly on social media, sending concerned residents and activists to the area — many of them anxious and some of them misinformed. Tensions […]

Trump denies calling US war dead 'losers,' 'suckers'

Trump accepts Republican nomination, calls Biden ‘destroyer of American greatness’

7:16 pm August 28, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump castigated his Democratic rival Joe Biden as “the destroyer of American greatness” and assured voters that he will end the raging coronavirus pandemic that has ravaged the economy and quell the civil unrest, as he accepted the Republican nomination for a second term in office. “This election will decide whether we save the American dream” or […]

AAP: Power Minister Satyendar Jain accepts Goa counterpart's 'challenge' for debating Delhi's electricity model

COVID-19 survivor Satyendar Jain asks people to perform yoga, take herbal drinks

7:11 pm August 28, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, a COVID-19 survivor, on Friday appealed to those who have recovered from coronavirus to perform regular yoga and take immunity-boosting herbal drinks to stay healthy. In a short video titled “Post COVID care: Things you must do after recovering from coronavirus” released on his Facebook page, he said, he was talking […]

Probe `BJP angle’ in Sushant case: Congress

5:33 pm August 28, 2020

Mumbai: The Maharashtra unit of the Congress on Friday demanded that the “BJP angle” in the Sushant Singh Rajput suicide case should be probed. Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant claimed that the CBI was going to question Sandeep Singh, who was producer of the biopic “PM Narendra Modi”, with regard to the drugs aspect of the […]