NEW DELHI: The ban on firecrackers in Delhi-NCR went up in smoke Saturday and people mocked it with impunity. While the sound of cookies could be heard during the day, its intensity increased after 6 p.m. and continued until after midnight in some places. Track the level of pollution in …
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SINGAPORE: Fifteen Asia-Pacific countries, including China, signed the world’s largest trade agreement on Sunday, the Regional Integral Economic Association (RCEP), without India, in the hopes that it will help recover from the Covid-19 shocks. The RCEP was signed after eight years of negotiations at the conclusion of the annual summit …
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NEW DELHI: India continues to pressure China to act responsibly in the South China Sea (SCS), and the government expressed concern about the East Asia Summit on actions and incidents that “erode confidence in the region.” In participating in the summit, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar reiterated India’s position that the …
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NEW DELHI: After Pakistan claimed to have uncovered “irrefutable evidence” of India’s alleged involvement in terrorist activities, India responded on Sunday, saying fabricating documents and selling false narratives would not absolve Pakistan of sponsorship of terrorism. Calling on Islamabad to end its support for cross-border terrorism, the government said in …
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NEW DELHI: India recorded just over 30,000 Covid-19 cases on Sunday, the lowest single-day addition in 155 days, mostly due to a combination of low testing and Diwali holidays. The death toll from the virus in one day was 426, the lowest in 163 days. Covid-19 cases and deaths recorded …
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NEW DELHI: In recognition of Indian troops Claiming the heights on the southern shore of Lake Pangong in late August, Prime Minister Narendra Modi indicated that the move gave the country crucial bargaining influence in the confrontation with China. Although the prime minister did not name China, his reference in …
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GUWAHATI / TINSUKIA: The damaged one gas well to Baghjan in Assam was successfully “killed” and the fire was completely put out on Sunday after more than five months of an explosion, Oil India said. The Northeast’s worst industrial disaster claimed the lives of three employees at the largest PSU …
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KANPUR: The first batch of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine for Covid-19 is likely to arrive at Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Medical College in Kanpur next week, where phase 2 and phase 3 human clinical trials of the vaccine. The decision to conduct human clinical trials of the vaccine was made after …
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MUMBAI: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay raut on Sunday, he said the Maharashtra government’s decision to reopen places of religious worship in the state was neither a victory nor a defeat for anyone. Speaking to reporters here, Raut said he couldn’t take credit for reopening places of worship. Chief Minister Uddhav …
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NEW DELHI: Senior Congressional Leader Ahmed Patel, who tested positive for Covid-19 a few weeks ago, has now been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon for further treatment, his family said Sunday. Patel, 71, had announced on Twitter on October 1 that he had contracted …
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