New Delhi (South Asian Wire): India has slipped to 101st position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 of 116 countries, from its 2020 position of 94th and is behind its neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. Eighteen countries, including China, Brazil and Kuwait, shared the top rank with GHI score …
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Vehicle in Haryana BJP MP’s convoy hits farmer in Ambala district Farmers protesting at Naraingarh in Haryana’s Ambala district after a protester was injured when a vehicle of BJP MP Nayab Singh Saini allegedly hit him on Thursday. (HT Photo) Four days after the Lakhimpur Kheri violence left eight people, …
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National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Thursday appealed to members of minority communities in Kashmir not to leave the valley, saying that the perpetrators of the recent civilian killings can’t be allowed to succeed in their “evil designs”. Taking to Twitter hours after a woman principal and a …
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday in the wake of terrorists killing seven civilians in the last five days, officials said. During the hour-long meeting, the home minister was given a presentation on the overall security situation in the Union …
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Two persons were arrested on Thursday while Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra has been summoned for questioning by the Uttar Pradesh police in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in which eight people were killed. Luvkush of Banbirpur village and Ashish Pandey of Nighasan tehsil were arrested …
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India has decided to allow foreign tourists into the country, beginning with granting tourist visas to those travelling by chartered flights from October 15 and those by regular planes from November 15. The Union Home Ministry on Thursday announced that with this, the restrictions placed on visa and international travel …
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India on Thursday said the vandalisation of a gurdwara in Kabul raised concerns not just for it but for the world and the international community needs to insist on protecting the rights of various sections of Afghan society as outlined in a UN Security Council resolution. According to reports, …
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“Please watch your October, November, December,” a senior Health Ministry official warned people on Thursday about the threat of COVID-19 resurgence during the coming festival and wedding season, and advised them to avoid crowded places and celebrate festivals virtually. Asserting repeatedly that the second wave of the pandemic is …
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Reminiscing his journey over the last 20 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said he had never imagined that he would reach such heights. After inaugurating 35 pressure swing adsorption (PSA) oxygen plants, established under the PM CARES fund, across 35 states and Union Territories in an event …
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The Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ), on behalf of incarcerated journalist Siddique Kappan, moved a contempt petition in the Supreme Court alleging that even after one year of his arrest, the journalist’s counsel was not provided with the charge sheet in the case. The petition says that this is …
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