India must take three steps “immediately” to stem the damage of the coronavirus pandemic, according to its former prime minister Manmohan Singh. Dr Singh, who is widely regarded as the architect of…
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EnvironmentDraft EIA 2020: How it may impact North East The region, with eight per cent of India’s total geographical area, has 25 per cent of India’s forest cover
By Sayan Banerjee: The north-eastern region continues to face a violent extractive regime by the Indian state. Photo: RK Srinivasan India’s northeastern region — comprising Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland,…
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InternationalIndian-American groups laud historic selection of Kamala Harris as Biden’s vice presidential candidate
Leading Indian-American groups across the US have lauded the selection of Indian-origin Senator Kamala Harris as the Vice Presidential candidate by Democratic party presidential nominee Joe Biden, saying it was a moment…
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Russia is the first country to approve a vaccine, and its announcement raises fears that the country is rushing for political purposes. The number of virus cases worldwide has now passed 20…
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– by Rajmohan Gandhi: Until recent years, it seemed that any clear edge that India possessed over China was in ideology. Economically, China was much stronger. Militarily, although India’s capabilities along the…
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Air India Express said in a statement that Kenyon International specialises in recovery of baggage in case of a major accident.…
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Washington, United States: Secret Service guards shot a person, who was apparently armed, outside the White House on Monday, President Donald Trump said just after being briefly evacuated in the middle of…
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DisasterAir India Boeing skidded off the runway and broke into pieces in Kerala: 18 Killed including both pilots
The pilots of the Boeing 737 aborted two landings due to tailwind and circled the airport several times before the final landing, which saw the plane overshoot the runway and roll 35…
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: Recent articles in the state-controlled Chinese media have called for Tajikistan’s Pamir mountain range to be ceded to ChinaThis despite the fact that the two countries signed a border agreement in…