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13 new COVID-19 cases in Noida, tally 25,568

10:16 pm March 4, 2021

Noida (UP): Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded 13 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday that pushed the district’s infection tally to 25,568, official data showed.The active cases in the district remained at 69 as it was the previous day, according to data released by the Uttar Pradesh Health Department for a 24-hour period. Another 13 […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

US senators introduce legislation to end China’s access to multiple year visa

9:55 am February 27, 2021

Washington: Legislation has been introduced by a group of influential Republican senators to end China’s access to 10-year multi-entry visas until it is certified that Beijing has ceased its campaign of economic and industrial espionage against the US. The legislation, Visa Security Act, was introduced by Senators Marsha Blackburn, Tom Cotton, Rick Scott, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio on Friday. It would prohibit Chinese nationals from receiving […]

Internet disruption reported in southeast Iran amid unrest

UN nuclear chief to visit Tehran to discuss inspections

11:37 pm February 17, 2021

Berlin: The head of the UN nuclear watchdog will travel to Iran this weekend in an effort to find a “mutually agreeable solution” that allows it to continue its inspections in the country, the organisation said Wednesday. The International Atomic Energy Agency said that Director General Rafael Grossi will visit Tehran on Saturday for discussions with senior Iranian officials, whom it did not identify. […]

France, West Africa to step up counterterrorism efforts

9:00 pm February 16, 2021

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday urged West African leaders to step up efforts in the fight against Islamic extremists in the Sahel region both on the military and political fronts, with support from the international community. Macron joined by video from Paris Tuesday a summit held in N’Djamena, Chad with the leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Niger and Mauritania. “The challenge of the N’Djamena summit is to take a next step, further and stronger,” Macron said. […]

Myanmar protesters gather in Japan against coup at home

7:51 pm February 11, 2021

Tokyo: Thousands of people from Myanmar sang songs and waved glow sticks as they gathered in Japan’s capital on Thursday to protest the military coup in their home country. Many of those in front of United Nations University in downtown Tokyo wore red in support of Aung San Suu Kyi, whose elected government was deposed in the February 1 takeover. Some clutched […]