South Asia

India, Festivals, and Corona 2.0

It’s a time for ‘Festivals’ in India. Festival of democracy, elections are going on. Festival of cricket, Indian Premier Lague (IPL) has started. Festival of faith, Kumbh Mela is on the peak with millions and millions of devotees and in between all of this, Covid-19 aka Corona has also started to celebrate its own festival, […]

India reports record 152,879 new coronavirus infections

NEW DELHI – India reported a record 152,879 new COVID-19 cases, health ministry data showed on Sunday, as a second wave of infections continued to surge and overwhelm hospitals in parts of the country. The number of new fatalities stood at 839, the most deaths in more than five months, taking the toll to 169,275. […]

India records 43,846 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours

NEW DELHI, 21st March 2021 – India recorded 43,846 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the country’s infection tally to 11,599,130, Asian News International (ANI) quoted the country’s health ministry data as saying on Sunday. The death count due to the virus increased to 159,755 with 197 more fatalities being recorded in […]

Indian PM Modi warns states of second COVID-19 peak

New Delhi, 17th March, 2021 – With the number of COVID-19 infections rising in some states recently, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met with all state Chief Ministers via video conference. He called for “quick and decisive steps” to prevent a second peak of the pandemic from emerging nationwide. More than 96 percent of […]

100 state assets facing the axe of privatisation! With oil, gas, ports, airports and power sectors on the anvil, India seeks investment opportunities of 2.5 trillion Indian rupees

NEW DELHI – India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, last night offered to foreign investors the tantalising prospect of huge opportunities with his government’s decision to privatise 100 state assets in the oil, gas, ports, airports and power sectors. The opportunities Modi offered amount to investment opportunities of 2.5 trillion Indian rupees. “The mantra that the […]

#Tolerance: 9th Indo-Pak Peace Calendar 2021 launched by Pakistani and Indian School Students, Youths, Peace demanding citizens to foster friendship and peace.

The 9th Indo-Pak peace calendar 2021, featuring artwork and messages from students and leaders, was launched online by Aaghaz-e-Dosti. New Delhi/Karachi: 21 Feb 2021: The 9th Indo-Pak Peace Calendar 2021 is launched online today by Aaghaz-e-Dosti, an Indo-Pak Friendship Initiative that works voluntarily on fostering people to people relations between India and Pakistan, primarily through […]

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