Diego Maradona was admitted to a hospital with signs of depression Monday, three days after his 60th birthday. A Maradona staffer told The Associated Press the former footballer’s health condition is “not serious.” He requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the issue. “He has been very sad for a week, didn’t want to eat,” the staffer said, adding that Maradona’s personal doctor Leopoldo Luque took the former footballer to a hospital so he could undergo health checks. The captain of Argentina’s 1986 World Cup winning team was admitted to a private clinic in La Plata, about…
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Indulging in hate speeches and spreading terrorism is what Pakistan is resorting to. India slams Pakistan’s cross border terrorist activities at the UN. Talking on the Indian side, Ashish Sharma said Pakistan is taking advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic to support cross-border terrorism. Attacking Pakistan at the interactive dialogue, India said Pakistan is taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to enhance support to cross-border terrorism and has resorted to “unbridled hate speech” to try and create divisions among India’s religious communities. Addressing the dialogue with Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, First Secretary…
India on Monday reported 38,310 new cases of the novel coronavirus, pushing the nation’s tally to 82,67,623, said the Union health ministry on Tuesday. According to the latest health update, 490 more deaths were reported in the country in the last 24 hours. With fresh deaths, the nation’s toll now stands at 1,23,097. As on Tuesday morning, there are 5,41,405 active Covid-19 cases and 76,03,121 cured cases. Also, 58,323 people were discharged in the last 24 hours. On Monday, Delhi recorded 4,001 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking the infection tally to over 3.96 lakh, even as the positivity rate hovered around…
Against the backdrop of Chinese expansionism in the Indo-Pacific region, Quadrilateral coalition is finally fructifying with the first phase of the Malabar exercise kick-starting today in the Bay of Bengal which eventually makes China nervous. It is the first Malabar exercise after fresh attempts to rejuvenate the Quad coalition comprising India, the US, Japan and Australia. The four countries held a foreign ministers-level conference in Japan on October 6 which was followed by the India-US 2+2 dialogue (foreign and defence ministers) on October 26-27 in New Delhi. What does the Malabar exercise signal? The fact that Australia is participating in…
Four people including Faisal Khan, the founder of Delhi-based social organisation Khudai Khidmatgar was arrested after he was booked for allegedly offering namaz at Nand Baba temple in Barasana in Mathura district. After being arrested in Delhi, Faisal Khan was handed over to Uttar Pradesh police, said the sources. On Sunday, the UP police had filed an FIR against four persons – Faisal Khan, Chand Mohammad, Alok Ratan, and Nilesh Gupta — at Barsana police station in Mathura after photographs of two of them offering namaz in the courtyard of the temple on October 29 went viral on social media.…
https://twitter.com/bsarwary/status/1323162546103345164?s=20 Terrorists stormed the biggest university in Kabul killing 25 people, mostly students in a day-long encounter between terrorists and security forces. The attack began with an explosion at the gates of the university campus in west Kabul just before 11 am on Monday morning. Afghan media reported a book exhibition was being held at the university, which was being attended by a number of dignitaries at the time of the shooting. The terrorists reportedly stormed into the campus when government officials were arriving for the opening of the Iranian book fair. Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian confirmed that the…
BJP MLA from Bihar’s Baikunthpur, Mithilesh Tiwari, was attacked by 50 bike-borne men late Monday in Gopalganj. The men also vandalised his car. Tiwari staged a sit-in protest outside the police station alleging that attackers were supporters of independent candidate Manjeet Singh. He also said that the police were lackadaisical in action. “There were reports that Independent candidate Manjeet Singh’s men are distributing money and sarees among people. I was talking to my workers about this when 50 bike-borne men – supporters of Manjeet Singh – came and attacked me. I’ll sit here until their arrest”: Tiwari said.
Polling in Phase-2 is takes place in 94 constituencies of Bihar Assembly elections 2020 today. Voters will be able to exercise their franchise from 7 am to 6 pm. About 21.4 million voters will decide the fate of over 1,066 candidates. Among the key constituencies going to polls in the second phase are Raghopur, Hasanpur, Bankipur, Begusarai and Jhanjharpur. Tejashwi Yadav, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and chief ministerial face of grand alliance, is contesting from the Raghopur constituency, whereas his elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav is fighting from Hasanpur In Bankipur, Plurals Party chief Pushpam Priya Choudhary and…
At least seven persons have been killed and several people including a police officer, sustained injuries in multiple shootings in six different locations in Austrian capital Vienna, the media reported. The shootings that happened on Monday evening appeared to be a terrorist attack with multiple perpetrators, according to Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer, Xinhua news agency reported. “The attack is still ongoing,” said the minister to Austrian broadcaster ORF. Local media reported that at least seven people were killed in the attack. There were several people injured, the Vienna police said on Twitter. According to a ministry spokeswoman, a police…
Priyanca Radhakrishnan on Monday became New Zealand’s first-ever Indian-origin minister after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern inducted five new ministers into her executive. Born in India, Radhakrishnan, 41, went to school in Singapore before moving to New Zealand to further her education. She has spent her work life advocating on behalf of people whose voices are often unheard – women survivors of domestic violence, and migrant workers who have been exploited. She was elected first as a Member of Parliament belonging to the Labour Party in September 2017. In 2019, she was appointed the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister for…