In a big development, Saudi Arabia’s state oil behemoth Aramco has suspended a deal to build a $10 billion refining and petrochemicals complex in China’s northeastern province of Liaoning, reports Economic Times. The refinery was supposed to be built by Aramco in partnership with China North Industries Group Corporation (Norinco) and Panjin Sincen. However, the fate of the refinery now hangs in the balance as Aramco is planning to cut down spending in a bid to cope with losses being incurred due to the low prices of oil. The joint venture was signed last year in February when Crown Prince…
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The Palestinian Authority’s Grand Mufti has issued a fatwa banning Muslims from praying at Al-Aqsa mosque through the gate in Israel weeks after a peace agreement was agreed by Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to normalise their relations. The Mufti added that Muslims can visit the mosque from the gate in Palestine. According to the reports, the Grand Mufti of Palestine has declared that any Muslims coming to Al Aqsa mosque from the side of Israel via the United Arab Emirates are traitors and “unwanted” as he issued the fatwa forbidding such visits. The fatwa also banned Muslims…
The Turkish government formally converted a former Byzantine church into a mosque Friday, a move that came a month after it drew praise from the faithful and international opposition for similarly turning Istanbul’s landmark Hagia Sophia into a Muslim house of prayer. A decision by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, published in the country’s Official Gazette, said Istanbul’s Church of St. Saviour in Chora, known as Kariye in Turkish, was handed to Turkey’s religious authority, which would open up the structure for Muslim prayers. Like the Hagia Sophia, which was a church for centuries and then a mosque for centuries more,…
provoked and started pelting stones on the Hindu community. Taking cognisance of the charge sheet filed against former AAP leader Tahir Hussain for his involvement in the Delhi Anti-Hindu riots, a Delhi court on Friday said that Muslims turned violent after AAP leader Tahir Hussain had provoked and started pelting stones on the Hindu community. According to the reports, the court took cognisance of the charge sheet filed by the Delhi police against the former AAP leader for his role in instigating the riots and the brutal murder of IB official Ankit Sharma’s murder during the Anti-Hindu riots in northeast…
The West Bengal government will conduct a survey to estimate the prevalence of comorbidity among residents of the town , and accordingly ask them to undergo COVID-19 tests, a senior official said on Friday. According to the plan, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will soon start sending teams to residences spread over 144 wards to compile an inventory of individuals with comorbidities, he said. People having comorbidities like hypertension, diabetes, cardiac disease, chronic renal disorder , pulmonary disease, cancer and tuberculosis, are going to be asked to tell the authorities if they need symptoms of COVID-19. “After visiting the homes…
India recorded its biggest single-day jump in coronavirus cases with 69,878 new patients registered in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said this morning. The latest spike takes the India’s tally to 29,75,701 cases. About 22.22 lakh people have recovered so far. Across India, 55,794 Covid-linked deaths have been registered so far; 945 patients have died since yesterday, according to the official data. The recovery rate stood at 74.69 per cent this morning. The country tested the highest number of samples on Friday – 10,23,836. India, the third worst-hit county by the pandemic after the United States and…
India’s COVID-19 recovery rate soared past 74 per cent today with a record 62,282 patients having recuperated and discharged during a day taking the entire recoveries to 21.5 lakh, the Union Health Ministry said. The COVID-19 case deathrate has dropped further to 1.89 per cent as on date. With more patients recovering and being discharged from hospitals and residential isolation, the entire recoveries have surged to 21,58,946 and exceeds active cases of coronavirus infection by 14,66,918 as on date. India’s COVID-19 recovery rate has risen to 74.30 per cent which is further bolstered by 33 states and Union Territories reporting…
Germany’s vice-chancellor Angela Merkel and France president Emmanuel Macron greeted each other with a namaste or folded hands when they met at Fort de Bregancon in Paris on Thursday to discuss issues concerning Europe and coronavirus relief measures. The world leaders greeting each other with the ‘namaste’ comes as Europe continues to struggle with curbing the coronavirus pandemic. French first-lady Brigitte Macron also was seen exchanging bows with the German head of state in a video shared on French president Macron’s Twitter account. Following this, both leaders donned their surgical masks and began the discussions regarding crucial issues that concern…
In a shocking revelation, journalist Raj Shekhar Jha has revealed that the Delhi Police have arrested two businessmen who were transferring money to Aam Admi Party, headed by Arvind Kejriwal, through shell companies. The two businessmen have been reportedly identified as Mukesh and Sudhanshu Bansal. A shell corporation is a corporation without active business operations or significant assets. These types of corporations are not all necessarily illegal, but they are sometimes used illegitimately, such as to disguise business ownership from law enforcement or the public. With the police arrested businessmen who were transferring money to AAP, who used to tout…
Following intel that Pakistan backed Islamists are planning attacks on selected BJP, VHP, RSS and ABVP- Hindu leaders associated with Ram Janmabhoomi movement, the Centre has placed three states on red alert. It is being seen as a sinister plot by Pakistani establishments to avenge the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. The Islamic fundamentalists are planning the assassination of select Hindu leaders and for this purpose, the ‘Indian assets’ have been tasked to collect details like office and residential addresses as well as the day-to-day movement of these leaders. The state governments have reportedly been told by the Centre…