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Trump slams media for 'blocking' alleged graft cases against Biden

As US seethes over race, Trump calls out ‘evil of slavery’

7:58 am June 14, 2020

West Point. N.Y.: As the nation continues to grapple with its racial past, President Donald Trump urged West Point’s graduating class Saturday to “never forget” the legacy of soldiers before them who fought a bloody war to “extinguish the evil of slavery.” Trump’s appeal to remember history came as his own relationship with the military […]

SpiceJet to operate 21 new flights from next week

SpiceJet opens booking for domestic flights

10:41 pm May 22, 2020

Mumbai: No-frills carrier SpiceJet on Friday announced the opening of booking for its domestic flights as it resumes operations with a little over 200 daily flights to 41 destinations after a hiatus of almost two months. Operations of commercial passenger flights were suspended from March 25 in the wake of COVID-19 and subsequent lockdown. The […]

Chairman of Delhi Minority Commission booked for sedition

9:37 pm May 2, 2020

New Delhi: The Special Cell of Delhi Police has registered a case of sedition against Chairman of Delhi Minority Commission Zafarul Islam Khan for a controversial social media post, an officer said on Saturday. The FIR was registered against Khan on April 30 under section 124 A (sedition) and 153 A (promoting enmity between different […]

Over 200 journalists condemn FIR against Varadarajan

11:35 pm April 13, 2020

New Delhi: Over 200 journalists on Monday came out strongly against the Uttar Pradesh government and its police for filling an FIR against Siddharth Varadarajan, the Founding Editor of the Wire, calling it a “brazen” attempt to “muzzle” the media. The Uttar Pradesh police this month booked Varadarajan over comments on Twitter claiming that the […]

Doctors of Indian origin form global collaborative to fight COVID-19

11:29 pm April 11, 2020

New Delhi: Doctors of Indian origin across the world have joined hands under the umbrella of Global Indian Physician COVID-19 Collaborative’ to combat coronavirus which has engulfed 185 countries and claimed over one lakh lives. The move aims to “foster cross systems learning” to develop prevention and management strategy for COVID-19 which will include encompassing […]