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Stronger India-US health partnership can be a ‘powerful force’ to fight global COVID pandemic: Jaishankar

11:59 pm May 27, 2021

Washington: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday emphasised that a stronger India-US health partnership can be a ”powerful force” to fight the global COVID pandemic as he met top members of America’s corporate sector and discussed India’s priorities and the importance of strengthening critical supply chains and collaboration for production of vaccines and therapeutics. Jaishankar arrived […]

NGT directs Delhi chief secretary to take measures to protect Bhalswa lake

3:14 pm May 22, 2021

New Delhi: Observing that the mandate of law is to maintain the water bodies in their pristine glory as they perform important ecological functions, the National Green Tribunal directed Delhi’s chief secretary to hold a meeting and take remedial measures to protect Bhalswa lake in the north west Delhi against pollution and encroachment. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice A K Goel ordered […]

National lockdown can dent GDP growth by 2%, states should do with local curbs: Report

10:47 pm April 19, 2021

Mumbai: A month’s national lockdown can hurt GDP growth by 2 percentage points, an American brokerage warned on Monday while expecting governments to continue with localised restrictions to arrest the Covid spread.Stating that there has been a 7x jump in the new cases to 2.61 lakh a day from a month ago’s 35,000 cases, analysts […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Sri Lanka’s Catholic church demands justice for Easter Sunday victims

11:41 pm March 29, 2021

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Catholic church on Monday reiterated its demand for justice in the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed 258 people, including 11 Indians. Nine suicide bombers, belonging to local Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jamaat (NTJ) linked to ISIS, carried out a series of blasts that tore through three churches and as many luxury hotels in Sri […]

Will Trump’s mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

11:02 pm January 16, 2021

Washington: The public won’t see President Donald Trump‘s White House records for years, but there’s growing concern that the collection won’t be complete, leaving a hole in the history of one of America’s most tumultuous presidencies. Trump has been cavalier about the law requiring records be preserved. He has a habit of ripping up documents before tossing […]

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