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Written by Dipankar Ghose | Patna | Updated: October 15, 2020 7:21:12 am Women volunteers prepare Covid kits in Patna. Dipankar ghose There are 20 minutes until 8pm and the enthusiasm is waning. For more than 11 hours, 500 women have been sorting and wrapping, raising a hand when they …

Faced with attacks from the Opposition on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projection that Bangladesh will surpass India in terms of per capita income, the government said that India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 11 times higher than the from Bangladesh in 2019. Downplaying the IMF projections, insiders said that …

In Spain, bars and restaurants will close throughout the northeast region of Catalonia for the next 15 days, as the country faces one of the highest infection rates in the European Union, with almost 900,000 cases and more than 33,000 deaths. The measures also went into effect in the Netherlands, …

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Photo: Reuters) The statement comes as tensions between China and the US remain at their highest in decades, with disagreements over Taiwan and the coronavirus pandemic creating sharp divisions between Washington and Beijing. CNN Last update: October 15, 2020 7:52 AM IST FOLLOW US: Chinese President …

Discouraging tourists to consume drugs and avoid budget tourists Cooking In public places, there are two large red flags identified on the Goa Tourism Policy which was approved by the state cabinet on Wednesday, Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar said. Speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting, Ajgaonkar said the overall …

Cinemas will open, religious gatherings will be allowed with restrictions, and students in some parts of the country will be able to return to classrooms, as the last phase of the country’s reopening begins Thursday, about seven months after a national shutdown began. imposed when the coronavirus pandemic spread around …

Not very often this IPL has witnessed a match where the fast bowling on display has overshadowed the big hits. Wednesday night in Dubai changed that forever, and unexpectedly, because the wicket was slow and low enough for Shreyas Iyer of Delhi to choose to hit. Rajasthan captain Steve Smith …

Russia and Cuba were running unopposed, but China and Saudi Arabia were in a race of five in the only contested race for seats on the Human Rights Council. China, Russia and Cuba won seats in the top UN human rights body on Oct. 13 despite opposition from activist groups …

In the next four to five years, the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) says it could develop a complete hypersonic cruise missile system to boost India’s missile strike capabilities. The complete hypersonic cruise missile system will have the ability to strike its targets at speeds at least twice that …

The International Monetary Fund estimated on Tuesday that India’s per capita Gross Domestic Product It will contract by 10.3%, until March 31, 2021, while the figure in Bangladesh is expected to grow by 3.8%. India faces the largest contraction of any major emerging market in the wake of the coronavirus …