Day: August 14, 2021

Rush of troops to Kabul tests Biden’s withdrawal deadline

2:10 pm August 14, 2021

Washington: The last-minute decision to send 3,000 US troops to Afghanistan to help partially evacuate the US Embassy is calling into question whether President Joe Biden will meet his August 31 deadline for fully withdrawing combat forces. The vanguard of a Marine contingent arrived in Kabul on Friday and most of the rest of the […]

Twitter unlocks Rahul Gandhi’s handle

2:06 pm August 14, 2021

New Delhi: A week after temporarily suspending his account, Twitter restored Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s handle Saturday, but not before the principal opposition party accused it of bias. Gandhi’s account was temporarily suspended last week after he tweeted pictures of the family of a nine-year-old victim of alleged rape and murder in Northwest Delhi. Twitter […]

Ladakh reports 9 new coronavirus cases

2:02 pm August 14, 2021

Leh: Ladakh recorded nine fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 20,436 while the active cases in the Union territory has gone up to 73, officials said on Saturday. Ladakh has registered 207 COVID-related deaths — 149 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. A total of […]

Kerala court allows Sister Lucy to stay at FCC convent

1:56 pm August 14, 2021

Wayanad(Ker): A court here has allowed sister Lucy Kalappura to stay at the convent of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation (FCC) until the case regarding her eviction is decided. Sister Kalappura told PTI that the Munsiff court at Mananthavady on Friday allowed her prayer to stay at the convent till the matter before the court is […]

Amid pandemic, women bards meet globally to recite poetry online

1:07 am August 14, 2021

Aditya Vikram Singh/NEW DELHI: In a time of global pandemic like Covid-19 when people prefer to stay indoors to ward off any chance of the pandemic gripping them, approximately four dozen women poets (women bards), crossing boundaries of their respective countries, came together on an online platform to recite poetry and share their life experiences […]

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