Pakistan

Act against those defaming Mumbai police: Raut on Kangana

4:55 pm September 4, 2020

Mumbai: Hitting out at actor Kangana Ranaut for comparing Mumbai to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Friday urged the Maharashtra government to take against people defaming the city police. He also asked Ranaut to tour the PoK first to see the situation prevailing there. In a tweet, Ranaut had recently asked, “Why is Mumbai feeling like Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir?”. She had tagged a September 1 news report where Sanjay Raut had […]

Plea in HC to direct CBSE affiliated schools to publish docs on criteria to calculate class 10 marks

Centre says Netflix movie ‘Gunjan Saxena’ depicts IAF in poor light, HC refuses to stay streaming

6:46 pm September 2, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to stay at this stage the streaming of Netflix movie, ‘Gunjan Saxena – The Kargil Girl’, on the Centre’s plea that it depicts the Indian Air Force (IAF) in poor light and dents its image. Justice Rajiv Shakdher asked the Centre as to why it did not approach the court before the release […]

Pulse polio drive in 13 Haryana districts

UN says new polio outbreak in Sudan caused by oral vaccine

6:23 pm September 2, 2020

London: The World Health Organisation says a new polio outbreak in Sudan is linked to an ongoing vaccine-sparked epidemic in Chad — a week after the UN health agency declared the African continent free of the wild polio virus. In a statement this week, WHO said two children in Sudan — one from South Darfur state and the other from Gedarif state, close to the border with Ethiopia and Eritrea — were paralysed in March […]

US study to track impact of COVID-19 among pregnant women in India, 6 other countries

6:19 pm September 2, 2020

Washington: A top American scientific body has launched study to track the prevalence and impact of COVID-19 infection among approximately 16,000 pregnant women in seven countries, including India. The study will follow women through pregnancy and 12 months after childbirth to compare maternal, fetal and newborn outcomes of participants who have been infected with the […]

Former envoy K Shankar Bajpai passes away: Family

10:43 pm August 30, 2020

New Delhi: Katyayani Shankar Bajpai, a career diplomat who served as India’s ambassador to the US, China, and Pakistan, passed away on Sunday, his family said in a statement. He was 92. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar condoled Bajpai’s death. “Deeply grieved at the passing away of Ambassador Shankar Bajpai, mentor and friend. Will be […]