Day: February 18, 2021

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait to address Kisan Mahapanchayat in Jaipur

Be ready to sacrifice your standing crop: Tikait to farmers

7:39 pm February 18, 2021

Hisar : Asserting that they won’t return home till the farm laws are repealed, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday said farmers should be ready to sacrifice their standing crop for it. Tikait said the government should not be under the impression that the movement against the laws will end as farmers will go to their villages […]

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

US reporter held by al-Qaida-linked group in Syria released

7:37 pm February 18, 2021

Beirut: An American journalist, living in northwestern Syria for nearly a decade, has been released, six months after he was captured by an al-Qaida-linked militant group, Syrian opposition media reported. Bilal Abdul Kareem, a native of Mount Vernon, N.Y., has been living in the rebel-held Syrian northwest since 2012, reporting on the Syrian government military campaigns against areas in opposition hands. He had been detained last August, following […]

India fighting Covid with all its might: PM Modi

Collaboration shown in fighting COVID valuable takeaway: PM Modi at workshop with 10 nations

7:12 pm February 18, 2021

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called for greater integration among South Asian and Indian Ocean island countries, saying the spirit of regional solidarity shown during the COVID-19 pandemic has proven such integration is possible. Addressing a workshop on ‘COVID-19 Management: Experience, Good Practices and Way Forward’ with 10 neighbouring countries, including the extended neighbourhood, Modi said the spirit of collaboration is a […]

SC stays Jim Corbett National Park decision to allow Pvt buses in core area of Tiger reserve

7:10 pm February 18, 2021

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday stayed an order of Jim Corbett National Park allowing buses of a private operator to ply within the core area of the Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand. A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian issued notice to the Centre, Uttarakhand, National Tiger Conservation Authority, National Board of Wildlife and officials of Jim […]

UK study shows COVID-19 infections ‘fallen significantly’ in England

7:05 pm February 18, 2021

London: The interim findings of a new UK government-backed study released on Thursday shows that COVID-19 infections in England have ”fallen significantly” since January, reflecting the impact of the strict lockdown measures. The Imperial College London led Real-time Assessment of Community Transmission (REACT-1) research swab tested over 85,400 volunteers in England between February 4 and 13 to examine the levels of infection […]