Barely one month before elections, President Donald Trump and his wife Melania have contracted the coronavirus and are under quarantine. Trump, 74, was diagnosed hours after it became publicly known that Hope Hicks, a top Trump aide who travelled with him on Air Force One and Marine One this week, tested positive on Thursday morning. An aide who saw Trump late Thursday said he seemed normal and did not show any symptoms, though he was aware of Hicks and her condition. Hicks is showing symptoms, officials said. Aides said all of his political events will be cancelled for the foreseeable…
Author: Rohit India Aware
The 18-year-old Hindu girl Muskaan, hailing from Kanpur’s Govind Nagar, who had been missing for the last 10 days, has returned to her family. On the basis of the family’s complaint, Govind Nagar police have registered an FIR against Asif Shah alias Nafiz, a resident of Jajmau in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, under IPC Section 366 and started investigating the matter. The family has alleged it to be yet another case ‘Love Jihad’. THE 18-year-old Muskaan was trapped by one Asif Shah alias Nafiz, who brainwashed her into embracing Islam. She was then, forcefully converted and married off to Asif. Here,…
Reviewing bilateral development projects, India and Nepal on Monday joined hands for infrastructure projects. The eighth foreign ministry-level meeting of the oversight mechanism, held via video conferencing, focussed on progress of various infrastructure projects, including the Ramayan Circuit. However, sources have told that the border issues did not feature in the talks. At the meeting, the Indian side was led by Ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra in Kathmandu and the Nepalese delegation was led by Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi. The meeting comes at a time when both sides have been battling over territorial issues and the recent change in the…
Fringe outfit Hindu Sena has filed a complaint against Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi and the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) for promoting hatred and violence. In its complaint to the Delhi Police, Hindu Sena has alleged that the AIMIM chief and the AIMPLB are promoting hatred and violence against ‘minor Ram Lalla’, the deity’s property and the Hindu community as a whole. This, claimed the complainants, is in contempt of the Supreme Court’s 2019 verdict in favour of the deity Ram Lalla over the land dispute in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya. The complainant, Vishnu Gupta has cited Owaisi’s…
Five sites across the country are ready for the third and final phase of human trials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, Secretary of Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Renu Swarup said on Monday. This is an essential step because it is necessary to have data within the country before the vaccine is administered to Indians, Ms Swarup told PTI. The Serum Institute of India, the largest vaccine maker in the world, has been chosen by Oxford and its partner AstraZeneca to manufacture the vaccine once it is ready. Trials results for the first two phases were published earlier this month. According…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday talked to the Chief Ministers of seven states to discuss the coronavirus and flood situations. He dialled the Chief Ministers of Bihar, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Some of these states like – Assam and Bihar – have been tackling the annual floods during the monsoon season. In Assam, nearly 28 lakh people in 26 districts have been affected by the floods. 1.18 lakh hectare of cultivable land is submerged as River Bramhaputra is flowing above the danger mark at several places across the state. Nearly 48,000 people have…
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma’s National People’s Party will continue to support the BJP-led government in Manipur, Assam minister and the BJP troubleshooter in the northeast, Himanta Biswa Sarma has tweeted. The change of heart of the MLAs — who quit the BJP-led coalition government in the northeast state earlier this month, bringing it to the brink of collapse — came after they had a meeting with BJP chief JP Nadda and Union home minister Amit Shah in Delhi, Mr Sarma posted in the microblogging site. “A NPP delegation led by @SangmaConrad and Dy Chief Minister of Manipur Sri Y…
A reinvigorated Sushmita Sen returns to acting with Hotstar Specials “Aarya” and therefore the actor says she wants to let all the filmmakers know that she is prepared to figure with them. But her availability comes with a rider that she would say yes to only those projects which will help her grow as an artiste. “I put out a word everywhere that i’m able to work and that i will give my everything. But i want something which will help me grow as an actor. If you give me that i will be able to leave my way. i…
The Delhi state government will levy 70 per cent extra tax on liquor beginning from Tuesday amidst the coronavirus lockdown. The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Admi Party (AAP) government called this new tax ‘special corona fee’ and said that the police should allow people to buy liquor between 9 am to 6:30 pm. The 70 per cent tax will be charged on the maximum retail price per bottle. For instance, a liquor bottle with a pre-tax MRP of Rs 1,000 will now cost Rs 1,700. The decision came after the restrictions were eased on May 3 and the states decided to…
Indian football heavyweights Mohun Bagan clinched their second I-League title with a 1-0 win over Aizawl FC with four rounds to go in the season here on Tuesday. Prolific Senegalese striker Baba Diawara scored the all-important goal for Mohun Bagan in the 80th minute to beat former champions Aizawl in their 16th round match and give their supporters a memorable Holi gift. It was former Sevilla striker’s 10th goal from nine consecutive games. With Tuesday’s win at the Kalyani Municipality Stadium, Mohun Bagan have 39 points from 16 matches. They are 16 points ahead of second-placed East Bengal (23 points…