Fri 12 February 2021: Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi today questioned the government over its agreement with China on disengagement in eastern Ladakh, and alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has “ceded” Indian territory to the Chinese. His attack on the government came a day after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh assured Parliament that India has not […]
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Thu 11 February 2021: Vital evidence used against a group of Indian activists accused of plotting to overthrow the government was planted on a laptop before being seized by police, according to a new forensics report. One of the 16 people accused was Rona Wilson who is said to have called on a Maoist insurgent […]
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Thu 11 February 2021: The US reiterated its commitment to supporting democratic values including freedom of expression while commenting on Twitter blocking nearly 500 accounts after receiving orders from the Indian government. “What I would say generally, is that around the world, we are committed to supporting democratic values including freedom of expression. I think when […]
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Wed 10 February 2021: Sri Lanka will allow the burial of COVID-19 victims, the country’s premier said on Wednesday, following months of outcry over a ban. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa gave the assurance on Wednesday in response to a question from a lawmaker in Parliament. Sri Lanka made compulsory the cremation of all people who […]
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Wed 10 February 2021: Indian Americans, who turned out in huge numbers at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rock star-like rallies in the United States, are divided over the direction India is headed, a new survey showed on Tuesday. Modi’s nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party has extolled the achievements of the Indian diaspora in the US and […]
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Wed 10 February 2021: Petrol and diesel prices on Wednesday scaled new highs in the country as rates were hiked for the second day in a row. Petrol price was hiked by 30 paise per litre and diesel by 25 paise a litre, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers. The increase took […]
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Tue 09 Februuary 2021: As many as 6,76,074 Indians gave up their Indian citizenship in five years from 2015 to 2019, according to the central government. The number of people giving up their Indian citizenship in five successive years from 2015 to 2019 are 1,41,656, 1,44942, 1,27,905, 1,25,130 and 1,36,441 respectively. The Ministry of […]
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Tue 09 February 2021: A three-week-long joint military exercise involving Turkish and Pakistani special forces began in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday. The opening ceremony of the exercise ATATURK-XI 2021 was held at the Pakistani military’s Special Service headquarters in Tarbela, located in Khyber Pakhtunkwa province that borders neighboring Afghanistan, said a statement from the Pakistan […]
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Tue 09 February 2021: India has the highest number of premature deaths in the world due to emissions from burning fossil fuels, according to a new study published in the Environmental Research journal, conducted by researchers at Harvard University, University of Birmingham and the University of Leicester and University College London. In 2018, more than […]
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Mon 08 February 2021: A Singapore government scheme to ensure children have access to computers for home learning has raised privacy concerns over monitoring software installed on the devices. The scheme, accelerated by the closure of schools last year during the COVID-19 pandemic, offers subsidies to ensure all secondary school students will have access to […]
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