Its morale high after an unbeaten tour of Europe, the Indian men’s hockey team left for a competition trip to Argentina on Wednesday with captain Manpreet Singh optimistic of a strong show against the reigning Olympic champion.A 22-member Indian team left for Buenos Aires from here this morning for its second outing in 2021 after an unbeaten tour of Europe last month where it took on Germany and Great Britain.Returning to the Indian team after a year, Manpreet shared his excitement about playing against a top-quality side.“Not playing competitive hockey for over a year has been a big setback but…
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Nepal will soon have a new national political platform along the Marxist-Leninist ideological lines. Sources have told The Hindu that the new political outfit will be led by former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, who had rebelled against Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli in the now defunct Nepal Communist Party. The decision to create a new political outfit was taken in the second week of March after PM Oli went ahead and held a meeting of the Central Committee of the party. “PM Oli held the meeting of the Central Committee without consulting the senior members of the CPN-UML. This…
U.S. orders non-essential Embassy staff and family members to leave Myanmar Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in good health in a video meeting on Wednesday, one of her lawyers said, as the U.S. ordered its non-essential Embassy staff to leave after “horrifying” violence against opponents of a coup.Ms. Suu Kyi, 75, was arrested on February 1, the day the military seized power. She faces charges that include illegally importing six handheld radios and breaching coronavirus protocols.“Amay looks healthy, her complexion is good,” her lawyer Min Min Soe said, using an affectionate term meaning “mother” to refer to…
The legislation, called the American Jobs Plan, is being pitched by the White House as America’s response to the climate crisis and “the ambitions of an autocratic China” and is expected to be financed by corporate taxes U.S. President Joe Biden will visit Pittsburgh on Wednesday afternoon to announce a massive $2 trillion infrastructure plan, which will, over eight years, rebuild much of America’s infrastructure – from roads and bridges to high speed internet infrastructure and water pipes. The legislation, called the American Jobs Plan, is being pitched by the White House as America’s response to the climate crisis and…
The EMA’s statement comes after several countries including Canada, Germany, France and Spain limited use of the drugmaker’s shot. Europe’s medicines regulator said on Wednesday, it had not yet identified any risk factors such as age, sex or a previous history of blood clotting disorders, for clotting cases reported after inoculation with AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine.Also read: Coronavirus | After blood clots, Canada limits AstraZeneca vaccine to those over 55The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA’s) statement comes after several countries including Canada, Germany, France and Spain limited use of the drugmaker’s shot to certain populations at high risk, including older people and…
Stressing the need for everyone to take precautions against the virus and wear masks, the Health Secretary said transmission was on the rise in Chennai — from 3% to 4.5% now Persons in the age group of 18 to 45 years accounted for more than 50% of COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu, Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan said.Shortly after inspecting the Government Corona Hospital at the King Institute of Preventive Medicine campus in Guindy on Wednesday, he told reporters that the percentage of persons who had tested positive for COVID-19 in the age group of less than 18 years was 8%.…
The special NIA court sentenced LeT terrorist Bahadur Ali to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment and also imposed a fine A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in New Delhi has sentenced a Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist to 10 years’ imprisonment for conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks at different places in India, including Delhi, after crossing over to Jammu and Kashmir following instructions from his handlers across the border, an official said on March 31.Bahadur Ali, the Pakistani LeT terrorist, was convicted by the Special Judge for NIA cases in Patiala House Court on Friday under sections of the IPC,…
Opposition Congress councillors on Wednesday staged a walkout at a general meeting of the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC), as Mayor Premanand Shetty deferred his decision on recognising A.C. Vinayraj as Leader of the Opposition (LoP).Earlier, Chief Whip Sudhir Shetty Kannur submitted that the district congress president wrote to the MCC Commissioner, informing him about the selection of the LoP when the Mayor is the supreme authority of the Corporation. The next day, Mr. Vinayaraj occupied the chamber on his own. This was in clear disregard to the established practice and law. The Congress, with 14 members in the 60-member Council,…
“A person who is not a voter of Nandigram will not be allowed to enter the area till the polling is over,” a senior official said. The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC in Nandigram assembly constituency in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district, a day ahead of the high-stakes elections here, a senior official said.Besides, the EC has also started air surveillance in the area with the help of a helicopter, he said. People who are not voters of Nandigram are not being allowed to enter the constituency in view of the…
During the 2020 campaign against Democrat Joe Biden, President Donald Trump, a Republican, and his allies repeatedly sought to make an issue of the younger Biden’s work for the Ukrainian gas company Burisma. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden says his service on the board of a Ukrainian gas company, which Republicans tried to turn into a negative during the 2020 Presidential campaign, wasn’t unethical and didn’t represent a lack of judgment on his part.But the younger Biden wouldn’t do it again if given a chance, he says in a new book, citing partisan politics.“I did nothing unethical, and have…