Current Affairs
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Struck Islamic Jihad members in Gaza Strip: IDF
Jerusalem: The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said it had struck a vehicle belonging to members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement near the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza...
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SL Prez Dissanayake expresses interest to join BRICS
Moscow: Sri Lankan President Anura Dissanayake expressed interest in joining BRICS in a letter sent to Russian President...
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Taxi runs into pedestrians in New York, 6 injured: Reports
Washington: At least six pedestrians were injured after a taxi ran into a group of people outside New...
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Syrian authorities impose curfew in Homs, Jableh amid protests
Damascus: A curfew has been introduced in the Syrian cities of Homs and Jableh amid clashes between the...
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Trump nominates ex-Florida official as Ambassador to Panama
Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he has nominated the candidacy of former County Commissioner Kevin...
WHO refutes Der Spiegel report on Xi Jinping and Dr Tedros telephone talk
Geneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) refuted the report published in the German publication Der Spiegel which stated that the President of China Xi...
US tightens visa rules for Chinese journalists
Washington DC: The United States has tightened visa rules for Chinese journalists as a war on the media between the two sides escalated.The rules,...
US Blocks UNSC’s Vote For Global Ceasefire Over Reference To WHO
Geneva: The United States blocked a vote on a UN Security Council resolution calling for a global ceasefire amid COVID-19 pandemic. The Trump administration objected...
AIDS Healthcare Foundation calls on World Health Assembly to dismiss Dr Tedros from WHO
Los Angeles: AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has called upon the World Health Assembly (WHA) to dismiss Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus from his position as...
Goa Forward Party meets Goa Governor with petition to NEC to open airport and port
Margao: The Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) of Goa Forward Party (GFP) led by its President and Former Deputy Chief Minister Vijai Sardesai along...
Former Goa CM Digambar Kamat meets Governor over seafarers conundrum
Panjim: The former Chief Minister of Goa and current Leader of Opposition (LOO) along with the representatives of the Seafarers Association of Goa met...
Terrorist Riyaz Naikoo on route to hell
Srinagar: Early morning today the Indian security forces, trapped a most wanted terrorist after an overnight operation in his native Beighpora village in Awantipora...
Utter impotence and spineless leadership of Goa government: Vijai Sardesai
Margao: Former Deputy Chief Minister of Goa and President of the Goa Forward Party (GFP), Vijai Sardesai lambasted the government of Goa over their...
Only one representative of China within UN system – People’s Republic of China: WHO’s stand on Taiwan
Geneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) stood firm on its stand on Taiwan that it recognises only one representative of China that is the...
Taiwan did not warn us about human-to-human transmission: World Health Organisation
Taiwan and the World Health Organisation (WHO) continue to spar over an email sent on December 31, 2019 to the International Health Regulators (IHR)...