INDIA

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MP: Police thrash woman for not wearing mask in public

2:35 pm May 20, 2021

Sagar: A woman was allegedly beaten up and dragged by some police personnel on a road for not wearing a mask while going out to buy vegetables amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district. After a video of the incident, which took place on Monday in Rahli town, went viral, a police official […]

Delhi records highest-ever 24-hour rainfall in May

2:29 pm May 20, 2021

New Delhi: A record 119.3 mm of rainfall pounded Delhi under the impact of cyclonic storm Tauktae and a western disturbance in 24 hours ending 8:30 am on Thursday, breaking all the previous records for May, the IMD said on Thursday. The city had also recorded a maximum temperature of 23.8 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, […]

Former Rajasthan CM Jagannath Pahadia dies of COVID

2:24 pm May 20, 2021

Jaipur: Veteran Congress leader and former Rajasthan chief minister Jagannath Pahadia has died due to COVID-19 at the age of 89. The chief minister of Rajasthan in 1980-81 and also a former governor of Haryana and Bihar, Pahadia died on Wednesday. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said he was very shocked by the demise. “Pahadia […]

Joe Biden administration promises focus on environmental justice

Time to define Indo-US relations?

2:12 pm May 20, 2021

The second wave of the coronavirus has since grown into a tsunami; India is now the global coronavirus hotspot, setting records for the world’s highest number of daily cases. Mr Rajiv Bhatia，a distinguished Fellow, Gateway House and former ambassador to Canda published a paper on Indian Express website (7th MAY).It wrote: “after intensive inter-agency consultations […]

Thousands without heat, water after tornadoes kill dozens

Cyclone Tauktae: Death toll in Gujarat goes up to 53

1:34 pm May 20, 2021

Ahmedabad: As many as 53 people have lost their lives in incidents related to cyclone Tauktae in different parts of Gujarat, officials said on Thursday. Most of the casualties were due to incidents of wall collapse due to the cyclone, which made landfall on Monday night near Una town in Gir-Somnath and wreaked havoc for […]