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Army, NDRF teams start restoration work in cyclone-hit Bengal

Seven killed as cyclone Amphan batters Bangladesh

11:03 am May 21, 2020

Dhaka: At least seven persons, including a six-year-old boy, were killed as a powerful cyclone battered Bangladesh, inundating many areas and damaging scores of houses, authorities said on Thursday. Cyclone ‘Amphan‘, the strongest to hit the region in nearly two decades, made a landfall on Wednesday evening. It was the most powerful storm since cyclone […]

Cyclone Amphan dumps rain on India, Bangladesh

10:11 am May 20, 2020

New Delhi: A powerful cyclone began dumping rain on coastal India and Bangladesh early Wednesday as more than 2 million people were being moved to shelters before the storm hits land in the afternoon. Cyclone Amphan slowed slightly as it reached cooler waters near the coast. But with wind speeds ranging between 160 and 170 […]

WHO report on Wuhan virus mission expected soon

India supports move at WHO to seek origin of coronavirus

2:24 pm May 18, 2020

New Delhi: India is expected to join over 60 countries at a two-day crucial conference of the World Health Organisation in Geneva in pushing for an “impartial, independent and comprehensive” evaluation of the global response mechanism to the COVID-19 crisis as well as to find out the “zoonotic source” of the deadly infection. The two-day […]

Bomb threat by woman caller to airport in TN a hoax, say officials

Flight carrying 181 Indians from Dubai lands in Kochi

11:27 pm May 16, 2020

Kochi: An Air India Express flight carrying 181 stranded Indians from Dubai landed at the Cochin International Airport here on Saturday as part of the second phase of the Central government’s ambitious Vande Bharat Mission. This is the first evacuation of people of Kerala stranded in foreign soil in the second phase of Vande Bharat […]

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

FinMin notifies changes in FDI policy under FEMA

4:25 pm April 23, 2020

New Delhi: The Finance Ministry on Wednesday notified changes in FDI rules, which made prior approval of the government mandatory for foreign investments from countries that share border with India, to prevent opportunistic takeover of domestic firms amid COVID-19 pandemic under the FEMA law. The countries which share land borders with India are China, Bangladesh, […]