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UP: Two Rohingyas arrested for living illegally in India

Rohingya camps in Bangladesh put under ‘complete lockdown’

7:35 pm April 10, 2020

Cox’s Bazar: Bangladesh has imposed a “complete lockdown” in Cox’s Bazar district — home to over a million Rohingya refugees from neighbouring Myanmar — to halt the spread of coronavirus, officials have said. Experts have warned that the disease could spread quickly through the cramped, sewage-soaked alleys where the persecuted Muslim minority are housed in […]

China reports 42 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 47 asymptomatic infections

3:44 pm April 10, 2020

Beijing: China has reported 42 new coronavirus cases, including 38 imported infections, taking the total tally to 81,907, health officials said on Friday, as the country started a new trial of re-testing the recovered COVID-19 patients amid heightened concern of a rebound of the deadly disease. The Chinese health authority on Friday also said that […]

Jio, BBNL boost connectivity in U'khand border areas

US threatens to block China Telecom from serving American market

2:09 am April 10, 2020

Washington: The top departments of the US government support cutting off Beijing-controlled China Telecom from serving the US market because of legal and security risks, the Justice Department announced Thursday. The departments, including Defense, State, and Homeland Security, “unanimously recommended that the Federal Communications Commission revoke and terminate China Telecom (Americas) Corp.’s authorizations to provide […]

100 booked for violating Covid guidelines in J-K's Samba

India slams China over comments on Jammu and Kashmir

11:39 pm April 9, 2020

New Delhi: India on Thursday rejected a reference to Jammu and Kashmir by a spokesperson of China‘s permanent mission to the United Nations, asserting that the union territory “has been, is and shall continue” to be its integral part. Spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs Anurag Srivastava said India expects China to refrain from […]

Aerial objects like drones banned in Delhi till Aug 16

Pakistan Army says it shot down small Indian surveillance drone

8:05 pm April 9, 2020

Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday claimed that it shot down a small Indian surveillance drone for allegedly violating airspace along the Line of Control. According to a statement by the Pakistan Army, the Indian Quadcopter in a provocative act intruded 600 meters inside across the LoC on the Pakistani side in Sankh sector for surveillance. This […]