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CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Firm, individual from country sharing border with India can invest only after govt approval: DPIIT

12:31 am April 19, 2020

New Delhi: A company or an individual from a country that shares land border with India can invest in any sector here only after getting government approval, according to DPIIT. The decision, which is likely to impact foreign investments from countries like China, has been taken to curb “opportunistic takeovers or acquisitions” of domestic firms […]

HC equates temple idol to a minor child, restores property to Palani temple

Can’t evacuate Indians from overseas: Centre tells HC

8:48 pm April 16, 2020

Chennai: The Centre has informed the Madras High Court that it was not possible for it to organise any evacuation of Indian nationals from any foreign country in the current COVID-19 lockdown situation. The submission was made in a counter to a PIL seeking steps to bring about 350 Indians stranded in Malaysia after visiting […]

Crowded in camps, Rohingya refugees vulnerable to virus

3:37 pm April 3, 2020

Dhaka: Aid workers are bracing for a possible outbreak of the coronavirus in one of the world’s largest refugee camps in Bangladesh, with officials warning that containing the disease among more than 1 million tightly packed Rohingya Muslims will be a daunting task. With about 40,000 people per square kilometer (103,600 per square mile) living […]

US coordinating with India to bring back stranded Americans: official

2:55 pm March 31, 2020

Washington: The US is coordinating with the Indian government to evacuate stranded American citizens from the country who have expressed interest to return home after India announced a 21-day lockdown to combat the coronavirus pandemic, according to a senior official. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Ian Brownlee told reporters during a […]

44-yr-old Coronavirus: NDA suspends large gatherings, expeditionsgaon resident tests positive of coronavirus

Coronavirus: 2 admitted in Nashik for suspected exposure

8:24 pm March 14, 2020

Nashik: Two people were on Saturday admitted in the Nashik civil hospital for suspected exposure to novel coronavirus, health officials said. One of them is a 41-year-old man from here who had gone to Bangladesh on March 8 and returned to India on March 13, while the other was a 33-year-old man who had visited […]