Amid reports of a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases in Afghanistan, the Kabul government is facing mounting criticism over alleged misuse of international funds to battle the pandemic, the media reported A Kabul-based anti-corruption organization, Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA), on Friday said the government was not ready to provide the details of the money it spent for combating the pandemic, reports TOLO News. “The Afghan government has not been accountable in spending Covid-19 budget, in many cases, either they provided us incomplete information or refrained from providing details about it,” said Sayed Ikram Afzali, the head of IWA.…
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On 10th October night, a priest of Ram Janki Temple in Tirre Manorama village of Etiathok police station area, Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, was shot. He was rushed to the hospital. As per the police, the miscreants shot him over the years old land dispute. The pujari is undergoing treatment in a hospital in Lucknow. Samrat Das, the priest of Ram Janaki temple, had a dispute over land ownership with the land mafia. He was attacked last year as well. The miscreants attacked him on Saturday night and escaped. Police have registered FIR against four miscreants and started an investigation. The…
The Madras high court scrapped the admission of 65 postgraduate medical students, who have completed their courses, in six Puducherry-based institutions. In 2017-18, admission to PG medical courses in Puducherry were conducted through CENTAC (centralised admission committee) based on PG-NEET marks, but these institutions admitted 65 students on their own. “Mediocrity should never be encouraged, at least in medical education,” said Justice N Anand Venkatesh, adding: “It would be better even if some seats go unfilled and wasted rather than filling such seats with unmeritorious candidates.” It will lead to compromising the precious lives of the citizens of this country,…
India on Saturday reported a spike of 73,272 new Covid-19 cases and 926 deaths in the last 24 hours taking the tally to 69,79,424 including 8,83,185 active cases, 59,88,823 cured/discharged/migrated cases and 1,07,416 deaths, according to the Union Health Ministry A total of 11,64,018 samples were tested for Covid-19 on Friday. Till October 9, a total of 8,57,98,698 samples tested in the country according to the Indian Council of Medical Research. The number of active coronavirus cases in India for the first time in a month has fallen below the nine lakh-mark, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. The…
An inspiring woman, Shayara Bano, who fought a age old practice of triple talaq in India, was in the news once again for the a rightful decision she has taken. Shayara Bano fought a long legal battle against the practice of triple talaq in India. She joined the BJP on Saturday. Shayara Bano, the Muslim woman who fought a long legal battle against triple talaq, has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She joined the party today in Dehradun in presence of Uttarakhand BJP leaders including state BJP president Bansidhar Bhagat. Uttarakhand BJP tweeted, “Shayara Bano, the brave woman who…
To finalise the party’s candidates for the remaining seats in Bihar which goes to assembly polls in three phases beginning October 28, PM Modi, Amit Shah attend Bihar Election meeting at party headquarters. The party has already announced the names of its 29 candidates. This was the second meeting of the BJP”s Central Election Committee, chaired by party president JP Nadda, to finalise candidates for the Bihar polls. The BJP had earlier this week formally inducted the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) into the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and assigned the party 11 seats as part of seat distribution among allies…
After 10 hours of negotiations in Moscow, Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed on a ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh region which will begin on Saturday, announced Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov “A ceasefire is declared with the humanitarian aim of exchanging prisoners of war and other captured persons as well as to exchange bodies of victims with the facilitation of the International Committee of the Red Cross and in line with its regulations,” TASS News Agency quoted Lavrov as saying early Saturday citing a joint statement, signed by the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan. “Detailed parameters of the ceasefire regime…
Babulal Vaishnav, a 50-year old priest was mercilessly burnt alive in Rajasthan. Sadhus in the state of Rajasthan came out in protest against the horrific incident in which a temple priest was burnt alive in Karauli district of Rajasthan. The priest named Babulal Vaishnav was allegedly set on fire by six men who wanted to grab the land of the temple. BJP leader Ram Kadam has slammed Congress scions Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for rushing to Hathras to show solidarity with the family of the victim but failing to show similar concern for the family of the priest.…
A 26-year-old scientist working at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre has gone missing for the past four days from Yelwal in Mysuru. According to his family sources, Abhishek Reddy Gulla went out on October 6 afternoon on his two-wheeler and did not return to his room since then. A native of Madanapalle in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, Abhishek Reddy Gulla had joined the BARC in Mysuru about a year ago, family members told PTI. The Administrative Officer-3 of BARC, Mysuru, T K Bose had lodged a complaint with Yelwal police on Thursday, based on which a case of missing…
Pakistani troops violated ceasefire overnight by unprovoked firing and mortar shelling on civilian areas along the road of Control and International Border in two sectors of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. Indian troops retaliated befittingly to silence the Pakistani guns, they said, adding there was no immediate report of any casualty. At about 1:30 am, Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and intense shelling with mortars, targeting civilian areas along the LoC in Makote sector of Poonch. The Indian Army retaliated befittingly, a defence spokesman said Saturday morning. A police official said the heavy…