Solving the border issue through dialogue seems to be the stand which both sides India and China have taken to resolve the bitter differences in eastern Ladakh by holding a dialogue on Saturday. The Indian and Chinese troops have been locked in a bitter military standoff in at least four sensitive areas in eastern Ladakh following the violent clashes between them in Pangong Tso on May 5 and 6. The two sides resorted to massive build-up and have been on an eyeball-to-eyeball situation in Galwan Valley, Pangong Tso, Demchok and Daulat Beg Oldi. Since multiple meetings between local commanders did…
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday urged people to return forward and work together to revive the greenery of the state which has been devastated by cyclone Amphan last month. She said the cyclone caused incalculable ecological damage in Kolkata and therefore the districts and uprooted thousands of trees when it made landfall on May 20. On World Environment Day, she urged the people to save lots of lots of green to save lives. Best wishes to all or any on #WorldEnvironmentDay. Save green, save life. After the cyclone, incalculable ecological damage has occurred in #Kolkata & south…
Producer Boney Kapoor on Friday said that three of his house staff members, who had tested positive for novel coronavirus, have fully recovered. Kapoor said he and his daughters — Jhanvi and Khushi — have also completed their precautionary 14 day quarantine. Happy to share that while my daughters & I had always been tested negative, our 3 staff members who had tested positive for Covid19, have fully recovered & tested negative. Our 14 day home quarantine period has also ended & we glance forward to starting afresh @mybmc @MumbaiPolice, the producer posted on Twitter. Thanking the doctors, healthcare workers,…
Pakistan pace legend Wasim Akram cannot visualise a T20 World Cup happening behind closed doors and believes the ICC should await a “suitable time” to host the big-ticket event after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides. There is speculation that the T20 World Cup scheduled to be held in Australia in October-November are going to be postponed thanks to the travel restrictions in situ for the coronavirus outbreak. “Personally, i do not think it is a good idea. I mean, how could you’ve got a cricket World Cup without spectators,” Akram told ‘The News’ on Thursday. “A World Cup is all about…
Sri Lankan batting great Kumara Sangakkara said cricket may be a social game and it’ll be interesting to ascertain how players deal with the new ICC guidelines when cricket resumes after the COVID-19 hiatus. With government restrictions due to the health crisis easing, the ICC has begin with guidelines for the safe resumption of the game which was shutdown in March thanks to the outbreak of the contagion. Keeping “social distancing” norms on and off the sector and ‘safe’ ball management are among the dos and don’ts listed by the ICC late last month. The ICC Cricket Committee also recommended…
The number of coronavirus cases in India rose to 2.35 lakh on Friday, taking the country to the sixth spot worldwide above Italy, while the number of deaths crossed 6,600, data from state governments and America’s Johns Hopkins University showed. In terms of cases, India had crossed China – where the virus emerged late last year – for the ninth spot just a week ago. The number of states with four-digit or bigger tallies has doubled since May 1 when the centre allowed the movement of migrant workers in special trains from big urban clusters to their villages. Some of…
Atlas Cycles – a name that became a synonym for bicycles in India – has shut its last manufacturing unit in Sahibabad, just outside Delhi, citing lack of funds to run the factory. The company’s CEO NP Singh Rana, however, insists the shutdown is only temporary, and the company will resume operations once it can raise around Rs 50 crore by selling surplus land. The company shut the factory on June 3, which ironically was also the World Bicycle Day. It laid off 431 remaining employees, though Rana insists they continue to be on the role of the company and…
A mentally unwell man jumped into a tiger enclosure at a zoo in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad city on Tuesday morning but was rescued by guards in time, an official said. The 30-year-old man jumped from the compound wall at the rear side of Siddharth zoo and managed to get to the core area of the big cat’s enclosure, the civic official said. No one saw him scale the compound wall, which has broken glass pieces embedded at the top, and jump into the enclosure, the official said. “We spotted him in the service area of enclosure on Tuesday morning after which…
Indian Navy ship INS Jalashwa will sail from Colombo Port on Friday with approximately 700 Indians nationals, who have been stranded owing to Covid-related travel restrictions, under the second phase of Operation “Samudra Setu” as a part of the “Vande Bharat” mission. INS Jalashwa arrived at anchorage last night alongside berth in Port of Male, Maldives. On June 1, the vessel repatriated approximately 700 Indians from Colombo in Sri Lanka to Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu. This is the third trip to the Maldives by INS Jalashwa. The rescue mission is a part of Operation “Samudra Setu” under the Vande Bharat…
The diplomatic dialogue between Indian and Chinese armies on Ladakh standoff will be held as per plan on Saturday. Ending speculations of backing out, China has announced that Major General Liu Lin will represent the People’s Liberation Army at the Corp Commander-level talks. Major General Liu Lin is the commander of the Southern Xinjiang Military District. The Indian delegation at the talks is also likely to be headed by a Corp commander-level officer. The talks are slated to be held around 8 AM in the Border Personnel Meeting Point at Maldo in the Chushul sector of Eastern Ladakh. The dialogue…