Mon 05 April 2021: India has reported a record rise in coronavirus infections, becoming only the second country after the United States to register more than 100,000 new cases in a day, as hospitals in its worst affected state are overrun by patients. The ministry said 103,558 cases were diagnosed over the past 24 hours, […]
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Sun 04 April 2021: As many as 22 Indian security forces personnel were killed and 30 others injured on Saturday in an encounter with armed Maoists in a forest along the border between Bijapur and Sukma districts in Chhattisgarh, police officials said. Indian Express has reported the Bijapur Superintendent of Police as having confirmed that 17 bodies were […]
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Sun 04 April 2021: Police in India registered two cases on Saturday against a Hindu priest for blasphemous remarks against the holy prophet of Islam. The cases, one in Mumbai and another in New Delhi, were registered against Dasna Devi Temple head priest Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati after video of a news conference at the Press […]
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Sat 03 April 2021: The Election Commission on Friday ordered repoll at a polling station in the Ratabari Assembly seat of Assam after the EVM (Electronic Voting Machine) was found in a BJP candidate’s vehicle on Thursday evening. The EC in its order said: “The presiding officer and 3 other officials have been placed under […]
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Sat 03 April 2021: Five groups linked to Hindu nationalist organisations in India received direct payments and loans in federal relief fund. Washington, DC, United States – Five organisations with ties to Hindu supremacist and religious groups have received COVID-19 relief funding amounting to $833,000, according to data released by the United States’ Small Business Administration […]
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Sat 03 April 2021: India has confirmed 89,129 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, with the total number of those infected having reached 12,392,260, the country’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday. Of the total number of covid-19 cases registered so far, the active case tally stands at 6,58,909, while 1,15,69,241 people have […]
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Fri 02 April 2021: Hundreds rallied in the capital of Bangladesh on Friday to demand justice for people killed in violence during demonstrations against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit last week. The rally was organized by non-political Muslim group Hefazat-e-Islam at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka after Friday prayers. “Twenty of our […]
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Fri 02 April 2021: The protesting Indian farmers have announced to hold march towards Indian parliament seeking repeal of three new agricultural laws what they believe would devastate their earnings. Hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers had already held several peaceful strikes and marches across India since last year against Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce […]
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Fri 02 April 2021: A passenger train smashed into a truck on its tracks and partially derailed just outside a rail tunnel along Taiwan’s east coast Friday, killing at least 34 people, injuring dozens and leaving dozens trapped, local police said. Survivors were climbing out of windows and onto train car roofs to reach safety. […]
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Fri 02 April 2021: India batting great Sachin Tendulkar said on Friday he has been admitted to hospital as a precautionary measure after contracting the novel coronavirus last week. Tendulkar, who will turn 48 later this month, was previously quarantining at home after testing positive following mild symptoms. “As a matter of abundant precaution under […]
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