India on Sunday trashed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s comments alleging targeting of Muslims in the country in the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the “bizarre comments” by the Pakistani leadership was an attempt to shift focus from the “abysmal handling” of that country’s internal affairs. In a tweet, Khan accused the Indian government of deliberately targeting the Muslim community against the backdrop of the coronavirus crisis. “Instead of concentrating on fighting COVID19, they are making baseless allegations against their neighbours,” the MEA spokesperson said. He was responding to media queries on Khan’s…
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s father Anand Bisht died on Monday morning, an official said. “Honourable CM’s father left for his heavenly abode at 10.44 am. Our deepest condolences,” Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi said in a statement. Bisht was undergoing treatment at the gastroenterology department of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, sources at the hospital said. He was admitted after his health deteriorated and his condition was critical, they said. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra condoled the death of Adityanath’s father.
In relation to the savagery killing of three people, including two sadhus, Home minister Amit Shah asked Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray through a telephonic chat asked for a report on the Palghar mob lynching in which three people were killed on Thursday night. The Maharashtra government had ordered a high-level inquiry into the incident on Sunday. Meanwhile, two police personnel of Palghar’s Kasa Police Station were suspended, district SP Gaurav Singh told ANI. Home minister Anil Deshmukh also warned against giving any communal colour to the incident, as two of the three deceased were believed to be seers. In a tweet issued from his…
In a horrific case of mob killing of three people, including two sadhus was reported from a village of Palghar, near Mumbai. The three people were savagely lynched to death on suspicion of theft in Gadchinchale village of Palghar in Mumbai. According to the police, the locals armed with planks and iron rods attacked the three persons on Thursday night based on the rumours that they were child lifters. A video of the horrific killing has gone viral. From the video, it is clear that the policeman had handed over the 70-year-old sadhu, profusely bleeding on head, to the mob…
In a relief to stranded migrant labourers, the government, here on Sunday, allowed their movement from shelter homes to workplaces, like manufacturing units and farms, from Monday. But movement will not be allowed “outside the state or Union Territory (UT) from where they are currently located”, according to a fresh Home Ministry Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). The SOP, issued by the Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Sunday, will apply in districts declared non-Covid-19 containment zones. It will help labourers to be engaged in industrial, manufacturing, construction, farming and MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) works. States and…
China is facing a backlash from major European powers after suspicions over its role in the coronavirus pandemic which has caused 1 lakh deaths in Europe. The Express UK reported that that a major German newspaper has put together a 130-billion-pound invoice that Beijing “owes” Berlin following the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. European powers like Germany, France, the UK and the US have unleashed criticism at China after findings have surfaced that China may have covered up the outbreak. Germany’s largest tabloid newspaper, Bild, joined this attack by drawing up an itemised invoice for Euro 149 billion (130 billion…
Italy’s overall fight to contain the spread of the coronavirus continued to show results, with the number of deaths, intensive-care cases, and new infections all trending downward, based on information from the Ministry of Health and the country’s Civil Protection Department on Sunday. Italy’s daily death toll continued to fall as a further 433 people had died of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, raising the country’s death toll to 23,660, official data showed. Sunday’s number of new deaths was the smallest in a week. It also represented the fourth time in five days that the number of victims of…
The epicentre of the Coronavirus outbreak, the New York state in the United States — is “on the descent,” Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Sunday. “We are past the high point, and all indications at this point is that we are on the descent,” Cuomo told a press conference. “Whether or not the descent continues depends on what we do, but right now we’re on the descent.” New York has borne the brunt of the virus in the United States, which has killed more than 13,000 people in the state, with more than 226,000 known infections. A field hospital has…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the COVID-19 pandemic affects everyone equally. “COVID-19 does not see race, religion, colour, caste, creed, language or border before striking. Our response and conduct thereafter should attach primacy to unity and brotherhood. We are in this together,” PM Modi said in a post on LinkedIn. “Unlike previous moments in history, when countries or societies faced off against each other, today we are together facing a common challenge. The future will be about togetherness and resilience,” PM Modi said. “The next big ideas from India should find global relevance and application. They should have…
288 flights have been operated under Lifeline Udan by Air India, Alliance Air, IAF and private carriers. 180 of these flights have been operated by Air India and Alliance Air. Cargo transported till date is around 479.55 tons. Aerial distance covered by Lifeline Udan flights till date is over 2,87,061km. ‘Lifeline Udan’ flights are being operated by MoCA to transport essential medical cargo to remote parts of the country to support India’s war against COVID-19. Pawan Hans helicopters have carried 1.86 tons of cargo covering a distance of 6265 kms till 18 April 2020. Helicopter services including Pawan Hans Ltd have been operating in J&K, Ladakh,…