Day: January 2, 2021

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

All passengers from UK to be tested for COVID-19 on arrival between Jan 8-Jan 30: Health ministry

3:03 pm January 2, 2021

New Delhi: All passengers coming from the UK between January 8 and January 30 would be subjected to self-paid COVID-19 tests on arrival, the health ministry said in a standard operating procedure (SOP) issued on Saturday. Moreover, each passenger arriving from the UK would have to bring his or her COVID-19 negative report from a […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

India’s first cultural diplomat to US returns home after three-year tenure

2:51 pm January 2, 2021

Washington: India‘s first cultural diplomat to the US, Dr Moxraj, who spent last three years teaching Sanskrit, Hindi and spreading traditional Indian culture along with Yoga and meditation in many American states believes that the Vedic doctrine of “Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam” has found its own resonance in the post-COVID-19 world. “India is the only country which believes in the doctrine of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ […]

In Georgia, Biden’s presidency meets early defining moment

2:45 pm January 2, 2021

Atlanta : Usually it’s a president’s first midterm election that reorders a White House’s political approach and priorities. For President-elect Joe Biden, his most defining congressional election is coming before he takes office. Two runoffs Tuesday in Georgia will decide which party controls the Senate and, thus, how far the new president can reach legislatively on […]

Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

US Congress overrides President Trump’s veto of defence budget, 1st for his admin

2:41 pm January 2, 2021

Washington: The US Congress has overwhelmingly overturned Donald Trump’s veto of the annual USD 740 billion defence policy bill, delivering a resounding bipartisan rebuke to the President in his final days in the White House. The overriding of the Congressional veto – the first of his administration – is seen as a stinging rebuke to […]

Sourav Ganguly hospitalised after chest pain

2:38 pm January 2, 2021

Kolkata: Cricket board president and former India skipper Sourav Ganguly was hospitalised Saturday after he complained of chest pain, a hospital official said. Ganguly, 48, is ‘stable’ and admitted to the emergency ward of a private hospital. He complained of chest pain following a workout session on Friday evening and family members took him to the hospital […]