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Will remember him as a fighter: Wife of LNJP doctor who died of COVID-19

11:41 pm June 29, 2020

New Delhi: The grieving wife of a senior doctor at the LNJP Hospital, who died battling COVID-19, on Monday said her husband was a man with a fighting spirit and that is how she “will remember him”. Dr Aseem Gupta, 52, served in the frontline of the war against the pandemic at the COVID-only government facility, […]

British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

UK PM’s new ‘super department’ will combine aid ministry with Foreign Office

10:23 pm June 16, 2020

London: In a major shake-up of the UK government’s ministerial set-up, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday announced the merger of the Department for International Development (DfID) with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to create a so-called “super department”. Addressing the House of Commons, Johnson said the move was aimed at a more “coherent” foreign policy approach to the country’s aid budget, which will […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Australia ‘disheartened’ by a death sentence in China

7:44 am June 14, 2020

Sydney: Australia on Sunday described as “deeply disheartening” a death sentence China imposed on an Australian man accused of drug smuggling, and the trade minister said it shouldn’t be linked to ongoing friction over trade and the pandemic. Cam Gillespie was arrested in 2013 at Baiyun Airport in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on […]

FIDE Online Chess Olympiad to start on July 25

Tripura man’s online chess tournament goes global

7:35 pm May 29, 2020

Agartala: The Lockdown online International Chess Tournament, which was launched by a chess enthusiast from Tripura, has gained popularity worldwide with 29 foreign countries participating in the contest. The tournament which completed its 87th contest with participation of 2000 players from 29 countries will end on June 9 after completing the 100-mark, the organiser, Nirmal […]

Australia lets woman travel to see dying sister

11:26 am May 21, 2020

Bangkok: A New Zealand woman has been reunited with her dying sister in Australia after gaining an exemption from pandemic travel restrictions on compassionate grounds. Australia had rejected Christine Archer’s request for permission to fly from New Zealand four times before her story attracted media attention. Her only sister Gail Baker was diagnosed with incurable […]