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Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'

US to open embassy in Maldives: Pompeo

8:16 pm October 28, 2020

Male: The US will open an embassy in Maldives, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday as he held extensive talks with leadership of the strategically located island nation in the Indian Ocean, weeks after the two countries clinched a key defence cooperation agreement. “I am pleased to announce our plan to open an […]

‘Once in a Blue Moon’ on October 31

5:38 pm October 28, 2020

By Aditya Vikram Singh/New Delhi: THE ‘Once in a Blue Moon’ story will come to be true once again this Saturday when the world will witness the occurrence of the rare celestial wonder Blue Moon on October 31. Although this is a rare and good tiding for the excited and exalted sky-watchers, there is some […]

Strong typhoon leaves 1 dead, 12 missing as it nears Vietnam

11:50 am October 28, 2020

Hanoi: Typhoon Molave roared closer to Vietnam with destructive force Wednesday, leaving one villager dead and causing two boats with 12 fishermen to sink as the country braced for the most powerful storm in 20 years, state media said. A man died after winds of up to 150 kilometers (93 miles) per hour knocked him […]

China’s first domestically built aircraft carrier to be combat-ready by year-end: Report

10:35 pm October 27, 2020

Beijing: China‘s first domestically-built aircraft carrier Shandong has completed regular testing and training missions at sea and is expected to be combat-ready by this year-end, state-run media here reported on Tuesday. Chinese aircraft carriers Liaoning and Shandong have recently completed routine training and sea trials, the Chinese military said last month. Liaoning, a refit of the Soviet-era ship, was […]

Encounter on between security forces, terrorists in Poonch

PM has ‘decided’ date of war with China, Pak: UP BJP president

8:43 pm October 25, 2020

Ballia: In a controversial remark, BJP’s Uttar Pradesh chief Swatantra Dev Singh said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has “decided” when the country would be at war with Pakistan and China. His remarks on Friday came amid tension at the Line of Actual Control between India and China, where the two countries have massed troops over […]