The U.K. Prime Minister is set to visit India at the end of April. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday said the U.K. and India’s shared vision for a sustainable future will be among the issues on the agenda for talks with “friend” Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his upcoming visit to New Delhi next month.Addressing the virtual International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (ICDRI) inaugurated by Mr. Modi, Mr. Johnson hailed the Indian Prime Minister’s “fantastic leadership” in areas such as renewable energy in the global fight against climate change and welcomed the “excellent initiative” of CDRI led by…
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Police have initiated inquest proceedings. BJP MP from Himachal Pradesh Ram Swaroop Sharma, 62, was on Wednesday found dead at his residence in Delhi.Police said that they received a call around 6.30 a.m. regarding the incident. A team from North Avenue police station reached Gomti Apartments located opposite RML hospital. Mr. Sharma’s personal assistant (PA) had made the call. He said Mr. Sharma used to wake up every day at 6.30 a.m. but on Wednesday he found that the room was locked from inside. He knocked repeatedly but there was no response. A police officer said that they found medicines in his…
One of the protesting students said that instead of Nita Ambani, those who have set an example of women empowerment should be invited. Opposing a proposal to make Reliance Industries executive director Nita Ambani as a visiting professor, students staged a demonstration at Banaras Hindu University on Tuesday. Shubham Tiwari, one of the protesting students, said instead of Ms. Ambani, those who have set an example of women empowerment should be invited. Meanwhile, Prof. Nidhi Sharma, coordinator of the Centre for Women’s Studies and Development, said the proposal to make Nita Ambani a visiting professor has been sent to the…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has ruled out any link between AstraZeneca’s vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and reported blood clots.“We do not want people to panic and we would, for the time being, recommend that countries continue vaccinating with AstraZeneca,” WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan was quoted as saying by news agency AFP.You can track coronavirus cases, deaths and testing rates at the national and State levels here. A list of State Helpline numbers is available as well.Here are the latest updates:IndiaWe must stop “second peak” immediately: Modi”We must stop this emerging “second peak” of Corona immediately,” Prime…
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan are scheduled to meet China’s Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi and State Councilor Wang Yi on Thursday and Friday The U.S. has sought to build strength before engaging China later this week and the Quad Summit is an example of this, a senior administration official said on Tuesday night during a briefing call with reporters. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan are scheduled to meet China’s Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign…
According to authorities, many of them were Asian women. Shootings at two massage parlours in Atlanta and one in the suburbs Tuesday evening left eight people dead, many of them women of Asian descent, authorities said. A 21-year-old man suspected in the shootings was taken into custody in southwest Georgia hours later after a manhunt, police said.The attacks began around 5 p.m., when five people were shot at Youngs Asian Massage Parlour in a strip mall near a rural area in Acworth, about s 50 km north of Atlanta, Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Capt. Jay Baker said. Two people…
The U.S. intelligence report represents the most detailed assessment of the array of foreign threats to the 2020 election Russian President Vladimir Putin authorised influence operations to help Donald Trump in last November’s presidential election, according to a declassified intelligence assessment that found broad efforts by the Kremlin and Iran to shape the outcome of the race but ultimately no evidence that any foreign actor changed votes or otherwise disrupted the voting process.Also read: Russia interfered in U.S. election to help Trump win: reportThe report released on March 16 from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence represents the…
The number of candidates from various political parties as well as Independents who have joined the fray for the April 6 Assembly election neared the 50 mark on Tuesday.According to an updated press note from the Elections Department at 8 p.m., a total of 49 candidates had filed their papers so far.The most nominations were from the DMK (11), followed by the AINRC (10), Independents (nine), BJP (6), Congress (five) and the AIADMK (four).From the AINRC camp, former Minister Theni C. Djeacoumar filed his nomination to contest in Mangalam along with his wife Athilakshmi, also of the same party, while…
Suspended police officer was arrested in case of explosives laden car found near Antilia A city civil and sessions court on Tuesday allowed a counsel to be present while the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is probing suspended assistant police inspector Sachin Vaze in a case concerning the recovery of an explosives laden car found next to Mukesh Ambani’s residence, Antilia, at Cumballa Hill, South Mumbai.An advocate/counsel is allowed to be at invisible and not audible distance at a time when Mr. Vaze is being interrogated. Advocate Sunny Punamiya had filed an application on March 12 seeking for a CCTV camera…