Fri 30 April 2021: Facebook hid posts with a hashtag calling for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s resignation by mistake, not because of the Indian authorities’ request, Andy Stone, Facebook spokesperson, told BuzzFeed news. On Wednesday, the social network temporarily hid all posts with the hashtag #ResignModi citing community safety violation. All the posts were […]
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Fri 30 April 2021: Television journalist and senior anchor Rohit Sardana died of Covid on Friday, leaving journalists and others who knew him shocked and heartbroken. Rohit Sardana was with Aaj Tak and anchored a popular show ‘Dangal‘ that featured debates on current affairs. He earlier worked with Zee News, where he used to host […]
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Fri 30 April 2021: Coronavirus crisis in India calls for introspection. There have been lapses And failures. Though it’s true that nobody could have predicted such a big surge, India could have been better prepared. It’s also true that mass religious and political events could have been called off. A blame game in the middle […]
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Fri 30 April 2021: US troops have started to leave Afghanistan as part of the Biden administration’s plan to fully leave the war-ravaged country after 20 years of conflict, CNN reported Thursday. Fewer than 100 troops, along with military equipment, have been moved largely by aircraft, the report said, citing several U.S. defense officials. President […]
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Thu 29 April 2021: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said he had ordered a full-scale inquiry into the reports of mistreatment of overseas Pakistanis by the country’s embassy in Saudi Arabia. “On my directive, a high-powered investigation is underway to probe the Ambassador and staff on the complaints of mistreatment meted out to Pakistanis,” […]
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Thu 29 April 2021: India has registered 379,257 new COVID-19 cases within the past 24 hours, marking the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak, the national Ministry of Health said on Thursday. Two or three months into the COVID-19 crisis, Mumbai gravedigger Sayyed Munir Kamruddin stopped wearing personal protective equipment and gloves. As […]
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Wed 28 April 2021: Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala-402 could have sunk due to a strong underwater wave, Rear Admiral Iwan Isnurwanto said on Tuesday. Officers said that differences in the density of waters off Bali and in the nearby Lombok Strait may have triggered a “massive movement” strong enough to pull down the submarine in […]
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Wed 28 April 2021: The world is seeing a clearer picture of exactly how seriously Covid-19 is ravaging India. With reports and gutting images emerging from New Delhi’s overrun hospitals and cremation sites, experts say that the death toll is much greater than the 193,000 the government has reported. The country of 1.3 billion is now the global epicenter of […]
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Tue 27 April 2021: The World Health Organization chief described the situation in the world’s second-most populous country as “beyond heartbreaking”. India’s new coronavirus cases have stayed above 300,000 for a sixth consecutive day on Tuesday, while its armed forces pledged urgent medical aid to help battle the staggering spike in infections overwhelming its hospitals […]
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Tue 27 April 2021: At least 753 people have been killed so far in Myanmar’s military crackdown against anti-coup protesters, according to the latest figures released by a rights watchdog late on Monday. Two more people were killed on Sunday and the casualties were documented on Monday, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) said […]
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