MAHARASHTRA "IN BEGINNING OF 2ND COVID WAVE", "LIMITED EFF...
March 16 ,2021
Maharashtra is "in the beginning of a second wave of Covid", the centre has said in a letter to the Uddhav Thackeray-led government, ur...
MAJOR EU NATIONS HALT ASTRAZENECA AS WHO SAYS IT IS SAFE
March 16 ,2021
The EU's largest countries joined a stream of states halting their rollouts of AstraZeneca jabs on Monday over blood clot fears, as the...
BANGLADESH, INDIA TO MEET ON RIVER WATER SHARING TODAY
March 16 ,2021
Top officials of the water resources ministries of Bangladesh and India are all set to meet in Delhi on Tuesday to discuss issues relat...
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March 16 ,2021
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A jockey spurs his cows during Pacu Jawi practice in Tanah Datar, West Sumatra Provi...
MORNING NEWS BRIEF: 16 MARCH
March 16 ,2021
PICTURE OF THE DAYWEST SUMATRA, INDONESIA
A jockey spurs his cows during Pacu Jawi practice in Tanah Datar, West Sumatra Province, Ind...
Quad summit : Small cliques will destroy international ord...
March 16 ,2021
In a strong reaction to Friday’s first leaders’ summit of the Quad — India, the United States, Japan and Australia &m...
Is Israel slowly building a military alliance in persian g...
March 16 ,2021
Israel is following up expansion of its diplomatic presence in the Persian Gulf by promoting, according to a report from the Israeli te...
Labour law changes: Are Qatar’s migrant workers better off...
March 16 ,2021
In August 2020, Qatar announced landmark changes to its labour law, including scrapping the need for an NOC [Faras Ghani/Al Jazeera]...
Malaysian court’s decision to allow use of ‘Allah’ by Chri...
March 16 ,2021
A worshipper arrives at a mosque in Kuala Lumpur during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan. Photo: AP
A Malaysian court&r...
Indian Army to equip all infantry battalions with US Sig S...
March 16 ,2021
An Indian Army soldier with the Sig 716 rifle | Photo: Snehesh Alex Philip | ThePrint
With the much awaited deal for AK 203 gettin...
Pakistan among biggest importers in Asia for major arms: S...
March 16 ,2021
Pakistan among other counties like India, Australia, China, South Korea was the biggest importer for major arms, receiving 42% of globa...
Quad’s virtue-signalling won’t help the people of Myanmar
March 16 ,2021
People flash a three-finger salute as they take part in an anti-coup night protest at Hledan junction in Yangon, on March 14, 2021. P...
Pakistan extends delayed T129 helo deal with Turkey nagain
March 16 ,2021
Pakistan has agreed to, yet again, extend a deal with Turkey for T129 Atak helicopters — a planned procurement riddled with delay...
Afghanistan: the end game
March 16 ,2021
It appears that the Americans may be finally heading towards spelling out the terms on which they would end their two-decade long invol...
Western countries pump up India’s limp democracy in power...
March 16 ,2021
Former Indian diplomat K. C. Singh published an article on Monday entitled, "To fulfill Quad promise, will India 'self-correct'?" The a...
BJP’s ‘love jihad’ card in the upcoming Kerala polls
March 16 ,2021
The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is desperate to build its presence in the southern Indian state of Kerala.
The part...
Myanmar military extends martial law after bloodiest day s...
March 16 ,2021
Sunday was the deadliest day for protesters since the 1 February coup
Myanmar's military has imposed martial law across more distr...
Khalilzad back in Kabul after meeting Taliban in Qatar
March 16 ,2021
US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad was back in Kabul on Monday where he met with Afghan leaders, including President Ashraf Ghani and Ch...
7 army officers among 23 named By CBI in bribes-for-recrui...
March 16 ,2021
Five Lieutenant Colonels, a Major and a Lieutenant of the Indian Army were among 23 people named by the CBI in an investigation into co...
Afghan officials reverse ban on girls singing after social...
March 16 ,2021
Afghanistan continues to be one of the most oppressive countries for women despite decades of international aid.PHOTO: EPA-EFE
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India, Bangladesh likely to sign three MoUs during PM Modi...
March 16 ,2021
India and Bangladesh are likely to sign three MoUs during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Dhaka next week to attend the celeb...
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Although the elections just held in four States and one Union Territory in India were provincial, they had immense national importance because national issues and national conditions impinged on them...
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