The Burmese military should relinquish power they have seized, Joe Biden said (File) Washington: US President Joe Biden on Thursday called on Myanmar’s military to “relinquish power” in the Southeast Asian nation and release the government officials and activists detained in this week’s coup. “There can be no doubt: in a democracy, force should never […]
“This war has to end,” Joe Biden said. (File) Washington: US President Joe Biden said Thursday that the war in Yemen “has to end”, pledging to terminate US support for Saudi-led offensive operations and to halt arms sales. “This war has to end,” Biden said. “To underscore our commitment, we are ending all American support […]
Close aide to Alexei Navalny called for anti-Kremlin rallies in spring. (File) Moscow: A close aide to Alexei Navalny on Thursday called on supporters of the jailed Kremlin critic to join anti-government demonstrations later this year, after police detained 10,000 people at recent nationwide rallies. Leonid Volkov said during a live stream on YouTube that […]
NEW DELHI: More than one-fifth of the country’s adult population had at some point been infected by Covid-19 by mid-December, the third serological survey conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research shows. The separate data released on seroprevalence among those aged 10-18 was found to be 25.3%. The data released reflect the prevalence of […]
French President warned about lack of information about China’s Covid vaccines (File) Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron warned Thursday about the lack of information about China’s coronavirus vaccines, saying they might even encourage the development of variants if they are not effective. Speaking to the Atlantic Council think-tank, Macron conceded that China’s early “diplomatic successes” […]
It received ₹3,244 crore allocations which is the highest so far for the railway zone that was established in the year 2003 “The total grants to South Western Railway in the budget for 2021-22 has increased by ₹ 536 crore, which is 20% more compared to the grants allocated in the previous budget (2020-21),” Chief […]
The Shamli district administration has denied permission for the fifth mahapanchayat in Uttar Pradesh at Bhainswal village on Friday citing “unruly behaviour by farmers” at the tractor rally in Delhi on Republic Day and “violation of Covid guidelines” by protesters. Shamli DM Jasjit Kaur has also issued directions that Section 144 of the CrPC — […]
Rakesh Tikait said the blockade will not be done in Delhi. (File) Ghazipur: Going firm on their demand for repeal of the new agri laws, hundreds of farmers spent another night in the cold and withstood spells of drizzle on Thursday at Ghazipur, their heavily-secured protest site at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border. Bharatiya Kisan Union […]
“America is back. Diplomacy is back,” Joe Biden said (File) Washington: President Joe Biden on Thursday vowed a renewed US engagement with the world as he greeted diplomats at the State Department. “America is back. Diplomacy is back. You are at the center of all that I intend to do,” said Biden, accompanied by Vice […]
NEW DELHI: A preliminary probe into the source of the PowerPoint toolkit that celebrity environment activist Greta Thunberg accidentally tweeted suggests that it was put together by a Canada-based pro-Khalistan organisation. Senior government sources said the kit, aimed at damaging India’s interests, was prepared by ‘Peace For Justice‘, a body co-founded by a self-declared Khalistan […]
