https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1321716434385489920?s= Former Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel died today in an Ahmedabad hospital at the age of 92. Mr Patel was brought to the city’s Sterling Hospital in an unconscious state in the morning following a cardiac arrest, ANI reported. “We tried to revive him but couldn’t…He was declared dead at 11:55 am. He didn’t die due to Corona,” said Dr Akshay Kiledar of Sterling Hospital. Mr Patel had earlier tested positive for COVID-19 but recovered later. Keshubhai Savdasbhai Patel served as Chief Minister of Gujarat for a few months in 1995 and then from March 1998 to October of…
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Ministry of External Affairs condemned the beheading of the French teacher Samuel Paty for showing caricatures of Prophet Mohammad, also termed it as a terror attack. Moreover, amidst massive outrage across Muslim countries, India has reiterated its support with President Macron. India has issued a statement condemning the personal attacks against French President Emmanuel Macron over his stand on Islam and radicalism. The Ministry of External Affairs has come out in support of Macron and said the attacks are a violation of the basic standards of international discourse. The MEA has also condemned the brutal terror attack, in which a…
With the pandemic in the backdrop, the Bihar’s election holders were apprehensive of holding polls in the state. But yesterday’s 52.24 percent turn-out for voting was an indication that it was a leap of faith for the people. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora on Wednesday said the Election Commission was “discouraged” from holding the Bihar Assembly polls amid the coronavirus pandemic, but the poll panel was of the view that carrying out the electoral exercise was a “leap of faith and not a leap in the dark”. In a break from the past, the CEC attended the poll panel…
In a shocking and bizarre incident that took place in Amritsar, some unknown miscreants burnt effigy of Lord Ram on Dussehra hurting Hindu sentiments on the auspicious day. A case was filed by police yesterday for hurting religious sentiments against Angrez Singh, son of Chandan Singh, Agrez Singh, son of Tarlok Singh, Jitendra Singh and 10 unknown people. A video of the incident was received by Sub-Inspector Harpal Sigh on his phone on Tuesday night in which some people were seen burning an effigy of Lord Ram. According to DSP Guru Pratap Singh Sahota, the culprits have been identified from…
With France as a key Western country mincing no words in condemning the reason of terrorism and extreme intolerance getting a boost at places where conservatism and radicalism are encouraged, Islamic countries such as Pakistan and Turkey are giving a call to unite in the name of a fight against ‘Islamophobia’. With barely a few days passed when French school teacher, Samuel Patty, was beheaded for displaying the cartoons of Prophet Mohammad in a classroom. A protest demonstration was staged in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday condemning the controversial remarks of the French president Macron. The protesters rallied outside…
Union Minister Smriti Irani has tested positive for coronavirus, she tweeted on Wednesday. “It is rare for me to search for words while making an announcement; hence here’s me keeping it simple – I’ve tested positive for #COVID and would request those who came in contact with me to get themselves tested at the earliest,” she wrote. India’s coronavirus tally neared the 80-lakh mark on Wednesday, registering 43,893 new cases and 508 deaths in the last 24 hours. The country is fast approaching the US in total infections which is the world’s worst-affected nation with more than 87 lakh cases.…
Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu resigned amid the fallout of his feud with star Lionel Messi, and on his way out revealed the Spanish club wants to join a potential new super league of elite European teams. After one of the club’s worst seasons in more than a decade, Bartomeu announced that his entire board of directors also resigned, effectively avoiding a motion of censure vote that was scheduled for the coming weeks. Bartomeu wanted to delay the vote, citing health concerns for the club’s more than 110,000 members amid the coronavirus pandemic, but local officials earlier in the day authorized…
The United States and several Western allies on Tuesday accused the Syrian government of deliberately delaying the drafting of a new constitution to waste time until presidential elections in 2021, and avoid UN-supervised voting as called for by the UN Security Council. US deputy ambassador Richard Mills urged the Security Council to do everything in its power to prevent Bashar Assad’s government from blocking agreement on a new constitution in 2020. The Trump administration believes Assad’s hope is to invalidate the work of U.N. special envoy Geir Pedersen who has been trying to spearhead action on a constitution, and the…
An Indian organisation that leverages tourism and technology to help remote communities access solar energy has won a prestigious UN award for its efforts to combat climate change amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) is among the winners of the 2020 UN Global Climate Action Award. GHE is one of the world’s first organisations using tourism and technology to bring solar energy to remote communities. The recipients of the 2020 United Nations Global Climate Action Awards, announced Tuesday, bring focus to the best examples of what people across the globe are doing to combat climate change in…
Two unidentified militants were killed by security forces in an encounter that broke out on Tuesday night in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation at Moachwah in Chadoora area of Budgam district around 7 pm on Tuesday following information about the presence of militants there, a police official said. He said the search operation turned into an encounter around 9 pm after militants opened fire at security forces positions. Two militants were killed in the gunbattle, which lasted nearly four hours. The identity and group affiliation of the slain militants was being…