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India-made COVID-19 vaccine likely by February: Gov’t scientist
COVID-19 vaccine could be launched as early as February – months earlier than expected – as last-stage trials begin this month and studies have so far shown it is safe and effective, a senior government scientist has told the Reuters news agency. Bharat Biotech, a private company that is developing…
Read More »US Election Results 2020: Trump Falsely Claims Victory With Votes Uncounted: 10 Points
US President Donald Trump falsely declared victory over Democratic rival Joe Biden early Wednesday with millions of votes still uncounted in a tight race for the White House. Shortly after Biden said he was confident of his win and warned that the counting “could take a while”, Trump appeared at…
Read More »Counting of votes begin in US; Biden takes early lead
Democratic candidate Joe Biden has taken an early lead against Republican incumbent Donald Trump as the counting of votes in the crucial US presidential election began on Tuesday night. Polling was yet to conclude in various states in the West Coast as states in the other parts of the country…
Read More »Greece-Turkey earthquake – latest: At least four killed as massive 7.0-magnitude tremor destroys buildings
A massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake has hit parts of Greece and Turkey, leaving both countries rattled. Four people have been reported dead so far, Turkey’s disaster management authority has said, and 120 have been injured. Video footage on social media showed buildings in the Turkish city of İzmir had been…
Read More »Rouhani: ‘Insulting the Prophet is insulting all Muslims’
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has denounced France’s treatment of Islam, adding that Western support for cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad is unethical and insulting to Muslims. In a televised cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the president said freedom must be accompanied by a respect for values and consideration of ethics. “Westerners…
Read More »Imran Khan writes to Zuckerberg seeking a Facebook ban on Islamophobic content; draws a parallel with Holocaust
Pakistan: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has once again drawn an inexplicable parallel between Islamophobia and the Holocaust. In a bizarre letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Khan has sought a ban on Islamophobic content similar to the prohibition put for the Holocaust on the social networking site. In…
Read More »Israel, UAE sign four agreements including visa-exemption deal
Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed four agreements during the first high-level visit from the Gulf state to Tel Aviv since the controversial move by the two countries last month to establish official ties. Emirati Finance Minister Obaid Humaid al-Tayer and several senior officials from the UAE…
Read More »COVID, tech advances could disrupt 85 million jobs by 2025: WEF
The coronavirus pandemic has deepened inequalities across labour markets and accelerated the urgency with which the public and private sectors must act to ensure millions of people remain employable in a changing jobs market, the World Economic Forum (WEF) stressed on Tuesday. Within the next five years, automation and a…
Read More »France orders curfew as 18m people hit by strict lockdown to fight Covid second wave
President Emmanuel Macron has ordered a nighttime curfew for Paris and eight other French cities to contain the rising spread of the coronavirus in the country. In a televised interview on Wednesday, Macron said residents of those cities would not be allowed outdoors between 9 pm (19:00 GMT) and 6…
Read More »Second presidential debate canceled but Trump plans in-person events
The second presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden has been canceled, the Commission on Presidential Debates confirmed Friday, a move that came as the president announced his first in-person events since being diagnosed with Covid-19. The decision by the nonpartisan commission follows a public disagreement between the two…
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First batch of 158 Hajj pilgrims to return Kashmir today
Srinagar, June 17: The first batch of 158 Hajj pilgrims from Jammu and …
