Tue 26 January 2021: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday said the COVID-19 pandemic is “far from over,” urging global cooperation and strengthening of multilateralism to continue the fight against the contagion. Guided by science, reason, and the humanitarian spirit, the world has achieved initial progress in the fight against COVID-19, but the pandemic is […]
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Tue 26 January 2021: Thousands of farmers knocked down barricades, clashed with the police and entered Delhi this morning on Republic Day as they took out a tractor rally against the government’s new agricultural laws. Chaos erupted at the borders of the capital as protesters were lathi-charged and tear-gassed by policemen. The disarray was caused […]
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Mon 25 January 2021: Indonesia said on Sunday its coast guard had seized the Iranian-flagged MT Horse and the Panamanian-flagged MT Frea vessels over suspected illegal fuel transfers off the country’s waters. A statement from coast guard spokesman Wisnu Pramandita said the tankers, seized in waters off Kalimantan province, were escorted to Batam island in […]
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Mon 25 January 2021: Indian and Chinese troops have brawled on their contested Himalayan border, leaving injuries on both sides, India’s military and media reports said. “It is clarified that there was a minor face-off at Naku La area of North Sikkim on 20 January 2021 and the same was resolved by local commanders as […]
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Sun 24 January 2021: Asaduddin Owaisi had recently sent his party leaders to Bharuch to meet BTP MLA Chhotu Vasava and in Ahmedabad to meet Kabliwala GANDHINAGAR – Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) which has joined hands with the Bhartiya Tribal Party (BTP) in Gujarat to contest the local body polls, launched its unit in […]
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Sun 24 January 2021: The rival faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) on Sunday removed Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli from the party, amid increasing political unrest following his decision to dissolve the lower house of the Parliament. According to the rival faction’s spokesperson Narayankaji Shrestha, Nepal PM Oli no longer remains a […]
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Sun 24 January 2021: Thousands of farmers from 21 districts of Maharashtra – among tens of thousands across India who are protesting against the centre’s new agriculture laws – gathered at Nashik on Saturday and are marching to cover the 180 kilometres to state capital Mumbai, where they will hold a massive rally Monday at […]
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Sat 23 January 2021: Protesting farmers camped at Singhu on the Delhi-Haryana border claimed to have captured a man who says he was part of a 10-member team trained to incite violence during the planned tractor rally on January 26 and kill farmer leaders ahead of that. The man, who said he was trained by […]
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Sat 23 January 2021: Bangladesh on Saturday launched a project to house all of the country’s homeless population, the world’s biggest ever scheme for providing shelter to homeless people. “In Mujib Year and on the 50th anniversary of our independence, no one will be homeless in Bangladesh. Our government is working tirelessly to achieve this […]
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Sat 23 January 2021: US President Joe Biden has nominated around 20 Indian-Americans, including 13 women, to key positions in his administration. However, the list has excluded some Indian-Americans who had worked on the Biden campaign, allegedly due to their RSS-BJP links. According to a report in The Tribune, Sonal Shah and Amit Jani have not […]
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