Kabul: The role of China and Pakistan is important behind the dominance of the Taliban. Why is the Taliban capture of Afghanistan a matter of happiness for Pakistan and China? After all, why are Pakistan and China praising and favoring the Taliban? The role of Pakistan has been important in this entire war. Not ...
Read More »Canada expands ban on all flights from India till Aug 21
The Canadian government extended the ban on all flights that come from and to India for 30 days until August 21. Flights between India and Canada were earlier suspended till July 21. Canadian Transport Minister Omar Alghabra confirmed the development in a tweet. Alghabra tweeted, “Protecting the health and safety ...
Read More »Explosion in bus will be fully investigated, PM Imran Khan assures China
At least 13 people, including 9 Chinese civilians and two Frontier Corps soldiers, were killed when a bus carrying Chinese engineers and workers to the under-construction Dasu Dam site exploded. Pakistan – Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday assured his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang that no stone will be ...
Read More »Political crisis in Malaysia, the largest party of the coalition withdrew support
The largest party UMNO in the ruling coalition on Thursday announced it would withdraw support to Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. Malaysia – After a year, the political crisis has started again in Malaysia. The Umno, the largest party in the ruling coalition, on Thursday, announced it would withdraw support to ...
Read More »Belarus arrested blogger Ryanair by forcibly landing a plane
Image Source: The Guardian World – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on Sunday forced the passenger plane of Ryanair from Athens, Greece to Athens city of Lithuania to forcibly land at Minsk Airport with its fighter aircraft. After this, Belarus police officers arrested Lukashenko’s anti-aircraft activist and blogger Roman Protasvik (26). ...
Read More »Airbnb Bookings Jump by 52% as Vaccinations Increase the Demand
On Thursday, Airbnb Inc. beats Wall Street’s expectations for first-quarter gross bookings and revenue, as rapid COVID-19 vaccinations and easy restrictions encouraged more people to check out its vacation rental. Gross bookings jumped by 52% with $ 10.29 billion for the quarter, easily beating analysts’ estimate of $ 6.93 billion. ...
Read More »Twitter donates $ 15 million for COVID-19 relief work in India
Microblogging giant Twitter has donated $15 million to help address the COVID-19 crisis in India which is battling the unprecedented second wave of the deadly pandemic. Twitter CEO Jack Patrick Dorsey on Monday tweeted that the amount has been donated to three non-governmental organisations Care, Aid India and Sewa International ...
Read More »India’s GDP rate may slip 8.2% by FY22 due to COVID 2nd wave, Says CRISIL
India’s economic growth could fall to 8.2% if the second wave peaks at the end of June, domestic rating agency CRISIL warned on Monday. India’s economic growth rate could fall to 8.2 percent if the second wave peak stays at the end of June, domestic rating agency CRISIL warned on ...
Read More »COVID-19 deaths estimated to reach 1 Million by Aug 1 in India, Says Lancet
The science editorial states that if these results become a reality, the Narendra Modi-led government will be responsible for presiding over a suicidal national disaster. The Lancet a British Medical Journal has published on Friday stated that the COVID-19 related deaths may reach 1 million by August 1, 2021. The ...
Read More »Britain expected to be free by COVID-19 by August: Chief Vaccine Taskforce says
Britain has administered more than 51 million vaccines and is the second-fastest country to administer the first dose to at least half of the adult population. Clive Dix, the government’s late vaccine task force chief, told the Daily Telegraph on Friday, the new Coronaviruses will no longer air in the ...
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