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A Third Israeli-Hamas War — What’s Next?

Now that a third Israeli-Hamas war has ended as inconclusively as the two previous wars, will both sides prepare for the next one, or let sanity sink in and chart a dramatically

June 1, 2021

-Top News·Arab News·Asia News

Is Taliban Supremo Haibatullah Akhundzada alive?

Afghanistan’s National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib said that Taliban leaders had not been in contact with their supreme leader for one year, reports Mrityunjoy Kumar Jha The Taliban’s top leader Mullah Haibatullah

June 1, 2021

-Top News·Afghanistan·Asia News

China transformed into a full-fledged Surveillance State during Covid

Information flowing through China’s digital networks is closely monitored and controlled on the insistence of the CCP, making its digital security more precarious and vulnerable, reports Pushkar Sinha Under the garb of

June 1, 2021

-Top News·China·POLITICS

India needs to step up game to counter China in S.Asia

While the outbreak of Covid 19 has somewhat derailed economic growth in the region, which is home to about one fourth of the world’s population, it has the advantage of a robust

June 1, 2021

-Top News·Asia News·India News

Vijayan urges non-BJP CMs to take up vax issue with Modi

Vijayan said all the states should put before the PM the need for giving the vaccines free of cost to all the states, but the Centre is trying to wash its hands

June 1, 2021

-Top News·India News·Kerala

Delhi’s daily Covid positivity rate below 1 per cent

The city’s positivity rate — the proportion of samples tested returning positive — on March 19 was reported at 0.93 per cent, while the daily number of Covid cases on the day

June 1, 2021

COVID-19·India News

Apex court grills government over vaccine policy

The bench emphasised that the vaccination not reaching the rural population and indicated that 75 per cent vaccination is being done in urban areas…reports Asian Lite News A three-judge bench of the

June 1, 2021

-Top News·COVID-19·India News

Covid dents economy, GDP plunges 7.3%

Pandemic-triggered national lockdown during Q1FY21 had a massive impact on the economy, which suffered a GDP contraction of 24.4 per cent, reports Asian Lite News The Covid-induced volatility heavily dented India’s economy

June 1, 2021

-Top News·Economy·India News

WB Chief Secy retires, made Mamata’s Chief Advisor

Bandyopadhyay’s decision to opt for normal retirement came after the Centre sent a second letter to him and the state government, asking the senior officer to report to North Block on Tuesday…reports

June 1, 2021

-Top News·India News·West Bengal

Healthcare workers bear the brunt of Covid-19 in J&K

Those infected in line of duty included 529 doctors and 853 of the paramedical staff across the Union Territory, reports Ahmed Ali Fayyaz The war against Covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir is

June 1, 2021

-Top News·COVID-19·India News