oct;20;2021– External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar who is on a five day visit to Israel, today called on Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. He conveyed the greetings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a tweet, Dr Jaishankar said, it was warm and rich discussion on realizing the full potential of …

oct;20;21–Under the world’s largest vaccination drive, over 99 crore 12 lakh Covid vaccine doses have been administered in the country so far. A total of 14 thousand 623 new cases of Covid 19 were also reported in the last 24 hours. The recovery rate is currently at 98.15 percent which …

oct 20;2021—Prime Minister Narendra Modi today interacted with the CEOs and Experts of the global oil and gas sector through video conferencing Mr Modi discussed in detail the reforms undertaken in the oil and gas sector in the last seven years, including the ones in exploration and licensing policy, gas …

20;oct 21 Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated Kushinagar International Airport in Uttar Pradesh and laid the foundation stone of Rajkiya Medical College along with inaugurating and laying the foundation of various development projects. The Prime Minister also attended a programme held to mark the Abhidhamma Divas in the Mahaparinirvana …

20-10-2021 DHAKA: Thousands of members of Bangladesh’s ruling party rallied on Tuesday in support of the nation’s besieged minority Hindus after one of the worst bouts of communal violence in the Muslim-majority nation for over a decade. The wave of clashes left at least six people dead and dozens of …

20-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies UNITED NATIONS/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The UN has announced a nationwide polio immunization campaign in Afghanistan for the first time in many years. Children’s agency UNICEF said they had the full support of the Taliban for the project due to begin in …

20-10-2021 LONDON/ DOHA: Prominent British universities are not dealing with complaints of sexual harassment effectively, appearing more prepared to dismiss them than punish the perpetrators, according to evidence gathered during a two-year investigation. The investigation, Degrees of Abuse, by Al Jazeera’s Investigations Unit (I-Unit) reveals how British universities, including Oxford, Cambridge, …

20-10-2021 DAMASCUS/ WASHINGTON: Absent an unforeseen event, experts say Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad is not going to lose his grip on power any time soon, something that is moving many Arab countries to normalize relations with the government in Damascus. Thousands of kilometres away in Washington, DC, United States policy on Syria …

20-10-2021 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s navy claims it “detected and blocked” an Indian military submarine from entering Pakistani territorial waters earlier this week, according to a statement, the third such reported incursion by an Indian submersible vessel since 2016. According to a statement released by the Pakistani military on Tuesday, the …

19-10-2021 WASHINGTON: Colin Powell, the former United States secretary of state and the first Black person in the country’s history to fill the position, has died due to complications from COVID-19, his family has said. Powell, a four-star general who last held public office in 2005, died on Monday, the …