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Erdogon-and-Taliban

Business

Roving Periscope: How the Taliban upstaged Turkey as the new Islamic power!

August 31, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant/Syria (ISIL/ISIS), founded by Abu Musab Zarqawi in 1999, shut shop by 2015, although its splinter groups still remain. It resurrected Turkey’s dream of reviving the Ottoman Caliphate when Recep Tayyip Erdogan became President in 2014. He wasted Turkey’s resources far and wide, funding […]

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Covid-19: As Delta spreads, 236,000 Europeans may die by December 1, warns WHO

August 30, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday warned that another 236,000 people could die from Covid-19 in Europe by December 1, sounding the alarm over rising infections due to the globally dominant Delta variant and stagnating vaccination rate on the Continent. Countries across the region have seen infection rates tick […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: Xinjiang, BRI force China make Taliban-friendly noises!

August 30, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day before the US-led western countries pull out their armed forces from Afghanistan completely, a rattled China, sensing a gathering storm in and around the mountainous, war-torn country, has urged America to help keep the war-torn nation peaceful. Ironically, China does not want the US to keep away from […]

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Education

Covid-19: New Delhi to reopen educational institutions from September 1

August 30, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: The national capital is all set to reopen schools, colleges, and coaching institutes from September 1 with 50 percent capacity, provided these institutions adhere to the Covid-19 appropriate norms. Since the government has allowed educational institutions to function with 50 percent student capacity per class, they will have to prepare multiple timetables to […]

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Dusty number plates on vehicles can be fined Rs.2,000

August 30, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: Dusty and unclean registration plates or those hiding numbers on vehicles can be fined Rs. 2,000, according to an order issued by Delhi’s Special Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Muktesh Chander on Saturday last. Such number plates will be viewed as defective. Other vehicle documents will also be examined and fined in case of […]

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Tokyo Paralympics: India wins 2 silvers and a bronze too on Monday

August 30, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: Indian athlete Devendra Jhajharia bagged a silver medal and Sundar Singh Gurjar won a bronze in the F46 category of the Men’s Javelin throw event at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 on Monday. Besides, 24-year-old athlete Yogesh Kathuniya also bagged a silver medal in the F56 category of Men’s discus throw, with the best […]

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Taming the Dragon: In Vietnam also, Kamala attacks China, rakes up SCS matter

August 27, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As part of its relentless strategy to tame the Dragon in all possible war theatres, US Vice-President Kamala Harris, who charged China with bullying during her Singapore visit early this week, raked up the South China Sea matter in Vietnam as well with a fresh jab at Beijing on Thursday. […]

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Defence

Roving Periscope: Xi does a Mao, to indoctrinate students with “thoughts”

August 26, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Faced with mounting international and internal challenges, embattled Beijing is doing what best it can protect the supremacy of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and integrity of the country: the way CPC founder Mao Zedong indoctrinated and ‘re-educated generations of Chinese people with his “Red Book”, President-for-Life Xi Jinping […]

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Business

Disinvestment: KPMG to charge Re. 1 to help government sell IDBI Bank

August 26, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Centre has appointed KPMG India as the transaction adviser to manage the strategic disinvestment of IDBI Bank for which the multinational accounting and advisory firm will be paid a token fee of only one rupee. Earlier, another multinational firm Deloitte had, similarly, charged Rupee 1 for managing divestment of […]

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Covid-19: Pandemic may turn into endemic in India, says WHO chief scientist

August 25, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid reports of a resurgence of infections in some states and speculations about the third wave of Covid-19 might be hitting India in September-October, World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Vishwanathan has said the pandemic may turn into an endemic in the country. India may be entering some […]

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