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Tokyo Olympics: ‘Winners will have to wear own medals!’

July 15, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Now this is a ‘social distancing’ few would expect. As athletes are packing their bags to reach Tokyo for the Olympic Games, starting next week, they have an additional responsibility: they will have to put their medals around their own neck to protect themselves against spreading the Covid-19 pandemic! This […]

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LAC: With Taliban eyeing Xinjiang, China may climb down in Ladakh

July 15, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after urging the resurgent Taliban to make a “clean break” with all terrorist forces and return to the mainstream of Afghanistan’s politics, China has hinted to India that it is ready for a “mutually acceptable solution to the issues that require urgent treatment through negotiations”. No, this […]

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Entertainment: Taapsee Pannu launches her own production house

July 15, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Mumbai: Actor Taapsee Pannu has turned producer with the launch of her own production house, Outsiders Films, to nurture talents with no film background. The actor has teamed up with content creator and producer Pranjal Khandhdiya to launch Outsider Films. Excited about expanding her horizons as a producer, Taapsee said, “I have been very sure […]

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Cricket: England Women’s Team wins T20 series 2-1

July 15, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: England defeated India by 8 wickets in the final match of the T20 Indian-England Tour Series it won by 2-1. The finals between India and England Women’s teams were held at the Essex Country Club stadium on Wednesday. India chose to bat after winning the toss and scored 153 runs and 6 wickets […]

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Roving Periscope: Why China dreads a resurgent Taliban retaking Kabul’s control?

July 14, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With the US-led multinational troops from 36 nations withdrawing all their soldiers by September 2021 from war-ravaged Afghanistan after 20 years, China is worried that the newly-resurgent Taliban could spur Islamic militancy in neighbouring Muslim-dominated Eastern Turkestan (which China calls “Xinjiang”, meaning New Territory). The US insistence to return from […]

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SAARC: India’s BHIM-UPI project launched in Bhutan

July 14, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: India’s Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her Bhutanese counterpart Lyonpo Namgay Tshering jointly launched BHIM–UPI project in Bhutan on Tuesday in a virtual event. With this, Bhutan became the first country outside India to implement the UPI standards for QR deployment and accept mobile-based payments via the BHIM App. On […]

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Entertainment: Nawazuddin to star in “Tiku Weds Sheru”

July 14, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Mumbai: Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui will star in Kangana Ranaut’s upcoming debut home production, Tiku Weds Sheru. Kangana’s production house, Manikarnika Films, shared the news on Instagram and said, “The best actor of our generation joins team Tiku weds Sheru. We are privileged to have found our Lion. Tiku weds Sheru filming begins soon.” She also […]

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Weather: Lightning strikes Dwarkadheesh Temple’s flag in Gujarat

July 14, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Ahmedabad: The 52-yard-long flag atop the famous Dwarkadheesh Temple, one of the holiest Hindu shrines, was burnt when it was struck by lightning on Tuesday afternoon on the Gujarat coast. However, Lord Krishna’s idol, the temple premises, and devotees remained unaffected. Dwarka’s Sub-Divisional Magistrate Nihar Bhataria said that the incident occurred around 2 pm on […]

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Sports: PM Modi interacts with Tokyo-bound Indian Olympic athletes

July 14, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday evening motivated the Indian contingent of athletes heading to Tokyo in batches from the next week to participate in the Olympic Games to do their best and make the country proud. The Games are scheduled to be held in the Japanese capital from July 23 to August […]

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Nepal: SB Deuba appointed PM for the fifth time

July 13, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After the Supreme Court’s Monday order to reinstate the House of Representatives and appoint Sher Bahadur Deuba, 74, as the Prime Minister within two days, President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Tuesday appointed the Nepali Congress President as the Himalayan nation’s PM, replacing the controversial incumbent K P Sharma Oli. President […]

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