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Spain announces new state of emergency as COVID infections soar

8:49 pm October 25, 2020

Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced a new state of emergency on Sunday in an effort to curb soaring coronavirus infections, imposing local nighttime curfews and banning travel between regions in certain cases. The measures go into force from Sunday night and will require all regions except the Canary Islands to impose a nighttime […]

Encounter on between security forces, terrorists in Poonch

PM has ‘decided’ date of war with China, Pak: UP BJP president

8:43 pm October 25, 2020

Ballia: In a controversial remark, BJP’s Uttar Pradesh chief Swatantra Dev Singh said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has “decided” when the country would be at war with Pakistan and China. His remarks on Friday came amid tension at the Line of Actual Control between India and China, where the two countries have massed troops over […]

Thai police crack down on protesters; PM refuses to resign

10:21 pm October 16, 2020

Bangkok: Riot police in Thailand cracked down on thousands of student-led protesters who rallied Friday in the capital in defiance of a strict state of emergency, while the prime minister rejected calls for his resignation. The protesters gathered in torrential monsoon rains to push their demands, including that Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha leave office, the […]

UK at ‘tipping point:’ England braces for more restrictions

11:16 pm October 11, 2020

London: Millions of people in northern England are anxiously waiting to hear how much further virus restrictions will be tightened as one of the British government’s leading medical advisers warned Sunday that the country is at a crucial juncture in the second wave of the coronavirus. England’s deputy chief medical officer, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, said […]

Suspense on deputy CM, other ministers in Bihar

PM Modi to launch ‘jan andolan’ campaign for COVID appropriate behaviour

11:05 pm October 7, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a ‘jan andolan’ campaign for COVID appropriate behaviour on Thursday in view of upcoming festivals, winter season and opening up of the economy. The prime minister will launch the campaign by way of a tweet, a release issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said. The campaign will […]