Wednesday, March 31, 2021

India condemns violence in Myanmar, urges maximum restraint March 31, 2021 at 06:58PM

Myanmar's military toppled the country's government on February 1 and seized power for one year, detaining top political figures, including de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint. The coup sparked protests and other acts of civil disobedience, leading to the deaths of hundreds in military crackdown.

California office building shooting kills 4, including child March 31, 2021 at 06:34PM

Police in Orange, California, south of Los Angeles, reported a shooting on Wednesday with "multiple victims at the scene including fatalities," but said the situation has been "stabilized" with no further threat to the public.

अमेरिका में फिर फायरिंग:​​​​​​​कैलिफोर्निया के एक ऑफिस की बिल्डिंग में गोलीबारी; एक बच्चे समेत 4 की मौत; पुलिस की जवाबी कार्रवाई में संदिग्ध घायल March 31, 2021 at 06:28PM

California office building shooting kills 4, including child March 31, 2021 at 05:48PM

Police in Orange, California, south of Los Angeles, reported a shooting on Wednesday with "multiple victims at the scene including fatalities," but said the situation has been "stabilized" with no further threat to the public.

Macron announces school closures and defends strategy March 31, 2021 at 05:37PM

The 43-year-old leader has been under fire from political opponents and many health experts in recent weeks as the rampant virus left hospitals in hotspots such as Paris overwhelmed.

'Wall Street didn't build this country': Joe Biden March 31, 2021 at 05:28PM

"It's time to build our economy from the bottom up and from the middle out, not the top down. That hasn't worked very well," Biden said. "For the economy overall, it hasn't worked because Wall Street didn't build this country. You, the great middle class, built this country," he said.

7 convicted in Hong Kong over 2019 pro-democracy protests March 31, 2021 at 05:35PM

Seven pro-democracy advocates were convicted Thursday for organizing and participating in an unlawful assembly during massive anti-government protests in 2019, as Hong Kong continues its crackdown on dissent.

New Zealand moves to strip knighthood over child porn March 31, 2021 at 05:43PM

UN envoy urges action to prevent Myanmar 'civil war' March 31, 2021 at 05:07PM

More than 520 people have died in daily demonstrations since the military overthrew elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, halting Myanmar's decade-old experiment in democracy.

कोरोना दुनिया में:फ्रांस में 3 हफ्तों के लिए स्कूल बंद, अगले एक महीने तक देश में यात्रा पर भी बैन; ब्राजील में लगातार दूसरे दिन रिकॉर्ड मौतें March 31, 2021 at 04:15PM

गॉर्डन लिड्डी का निधन:अमेरिकी इतिहास में चर्चित वॉटरगेट स्कैंडल के मास्टरमाइंड लिड्‌डी ने वर्जीनिया में बेटी के घर ली आखिरी सांस March 31, 2021 at 03:20PM

चार साल, चार महीने जेल में बिताने के बाद रेडियो शो होस्ट बन गए थे

शोध में हुआ खुलासा:दांतों में ठंडी चीजों से होने वाली तेज झनझनाहट और दर्द की वजह एक खास प्रोटीन, जो कोशिकाओं में होता है, अब इलाज हो सकेगा March 31, 2021 at 03:20PM

नए शोध में विशेषज्ञों ने खोजा मुख्य कारण, टीआरपीसी-5 है जिम्मेदार

अर्थव्यवस्था को नया आकार देने की योजना का खुलासा:बड़ी कंपनियों पर टैक्स बढ़ाकर बाइडेन जुटाएंगे 2 लाख करोड़ डॉलर, सुधारेंगे अमेरिका की 20 हजार मील सड़क, 10 हजार पुल March 31, 2021 at 03:20PM

किसी तत्व की कमी होने पर शरीर देता है संकेत:चॉकलेट खाने को मन ललचाए यानी शरीर को मैग्नीशियम चाहिए, ड्राय फ्रूट और फ्रूट्स से इसकी पूर्ति कर सकते हैं March 31, 2021 at 03:20PM

वियतनाम में सीफूड फार्मिंग ने पकड़ी रफ्तार:फिशिंग विलेज, 300 तैरते घरों से चलती है 450 परिवारों की रोजी-रोटी; 31 हजार करोड़ का होता है कारोबार March 31, 2021 at 03:20PM

Myanmar's Suu Kyi in good health, lawyer says March 30, 2021 at 10:11PM

Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has not been seen in public since she was deposed by the military and detained in the early hours of February 1.

USCIS announces completion of H-1B cap lottery process for fiscal 2022 March 30, 2021 at 09:54PM

Nasa is latest to offend China by calling Taiwan a country March 30, 2021 at 09:38PM

NASA has become the latest foreign organization to upset China by referring to Taiwan as a country, the latest in a string of quarrels the Asian nation has waded into over wording it deems politically sensitive.

मानवाधिकार पर US की रिपोर्ट:नस्लवादी घटनाएं झेल रहे अमेरिका का दावा- भारत में ह्यूमन राइट्स से जुड़े कई मसले, लेकिन जम्मू-कश्मीर में हालात सामान्य हो रहे March 30, 2021 at 08:53PM

'Be at peace, meditate': Trump Buddha statue designer March 30, 2021 at 09:14PM

Chinese furniture maker Hong Jinshi first created a couple of pint-sized statues of former US President Donald Trump meditating in a Buddhist pose as a fun project for himself last year.

China under pressure after WHO chief revives lab leak theory March 30, 2021 at 08:35PM

A report by WHO and Chinese experts released on Tuesday had judged the lab-leak hypothesis highly unlikely, saying the virus behind Covid-19 had probably jumped from bats to humans via an intermediary animal.

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

स्वेज नहर में मालवाहक जहाज फंसने का मामला:द एवर गिवन जहाज पर सवार सभी 25 भारतीय क्रू मेंबर्स का स्वास्थ्य ठीक, इन्हें अभी नहीं बदला जाएगा March 30, 2021 at 08:37PM

Myanmar junta deepens violence with new air attacks in east March 30, 2021 at 07:10PM

The Karen National Union, the main political body representing the Karen minority, said the airstrikes were the latest case of Myanmar's military breaking a cease-fire agreement and it would have to respond.

WHO chief toughens tone on China with lab probe call March 30, 2021 at 07:26PM

The WHO's chief, long accused of complacency towards Beijing, hardened his tone Tuesday, urging further investigation into a theory Covid-19 sprang from a laboratory leak. The director-general of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also rebuked China for sitting on key data.

Reset to rivalry: China and the West drift further apart March 30, 2021 at 07:28PM

China has swung back with tit-for-tat sanctions of its own against several European Union and UK lawmakers, while sealing deals with Iran and reaffirming friendships with Russia and North Korea.

चीन पर भड़का अमेरिका:बाइडेन प्रशासन ने शिनजियांग में चीन की कार्रवाई को जनसंहार बताया; कहा- बीते साल में यहां मुस्लिम उइगर और अल्पसंख्यकों पर अत्याचार बढ़ा March 30, 2021 at 07:03PM

New York state passes bill legalizing recreational marijuana March 30, 2021 at 07:12PM

New York will join 14 other US states and the District of Columbia in permitting cannabis use after the bill was backed by both state chambers, where Cuomo's Democratic Party holds strong majorities. "For too long the prohibition of cannabis disproportionately targeted communities of color with harsh prison sentences," Cuomo said in a statement.

Capitol police sue Trump over January 6 riot March 30, 2021 at 07:06PM

Officers James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby said they suffered "physical and emotional injuries" in the riot they said was fomented by Trump, when he was in his final weeks as president and refusing to accept his election defeat.

US orders diplomats out of Myanmar as violence spirals March 30, 2021 at 07:01PM

China locks down city on Myanmar border over virus fears March 30, 2021 at 06:14PM

Three asymptomatic cases in Ruili, a city of over 210,000 people, were also recorded as Myanmar nationals, aged between 24 and 28, according to health authorities in Yunnan province.

Australia to build guided missiles to boost defence capacity March 30, 2021 at 06:07PM

Citing the "changing global environment," Prime Minister Scott Morrison said it would partner with a weapons manufacturer to build the missiles in a plan that would create thousands of jobs as well as export opportunities.

Database reveals secrets of China's loans to developing nations, says study March 30, 2021 at 06:04PM

Brazil military chiefs exit in new turmoil for Bolsonaro March 30, 2021 at 05:27PM

Biden announces additional actions to respond to anti-Asian violence March 30, 2021 at 04:31PM

"We can't be silent in the face of rising violence against Asian Americans," Biden tweeted. "That's why today I'm taking additional steps to respond-including establishing an initiative at the Department of Justice to address anti-Asian crimes. These attacks are wrong, un-American, and must stop."

कोरोना दुनिया में:बीते दिन ब्राजील में रिकॉर्ड 3668 मौतें, यह एक दिन में जान गंवाने वालों का सबसे बड़ा आंकड़ा; इमरान खान की रिपोर्ट निगेटिव आई March 30, 2021 at 04:34PM

अरसे बाद यूं मुलाकात, न नजर मिली न बात:‘हार्ट ऑफ एशिया’ सम्मेलन में हिस्सा लेने ताजिकिस्तान में थे भारत-पाक के विदेश मंत्री, ऐसा पहली बार जब एक-दूसरे पर आरोप नहीं लगाए March 30, 2021 at 03:24PM

फोटो सेशन में एक-दूसरे से नजर मिलाने से बचते रहे दोनों नेता

शाही परिवार पर वारिस विहीन होने का संकट:जापान में 85% लोग चाहते हैं महिला को दिया जाए राजपाट, पर सत्तारुढ़ समेत रुढ़िवादी समाज विरोध में March 30, 2021 at 03:21PM

'It wasn't right': witness to Floyd death tells court March 30, 2021 at 03:03PM

Trump launches official website of 45th US President March 29, 2021 at 09:24PM

Trump's heir? Pence reemerges, lays groundwork for 2024 run March 29, 2021 at 10:04PM

For someone who built a reputation as one of Trump's most steadfast supporters, Pence is now viewed with suspicion among many Republicans for observing his constitutional duty in January to facilitate a peaceful transfer of power to the Biden administration, a decision that still has Trump fuming.

हार्ट ऑफ एशिया सम्मेलन:भारत-पाकिस्तान के विदेश मंत्री होंगे आमने-सामने, लेकिन दोनों के बीच द्विपक्षीय बातचीत नहीं होगी March 29, 2021 at 09:44PM

How China's plan to neuter Hong Kong oppn works March 29, 2021 at 08:56PM

The "reforms" unveiled on Tuesday are the most dramatic overhaul of Hong Kong's political system since the city was handed back to China by Britain in 1997.

Vietnam jails FB user for 10 yrs for anti-state posts March 29, 2021 at 08:38PM

Probe underway, day after cargo ship freed in Suez Canal March 29, 2021 at 08:12PM

Monday, March 29, 2021

दुनिया में रह रहे भारतीयों के लिए बड़ी खबर:केंद्र सरकार ने OCI कार्ड धारकों के लिए पुराना पासपोर्ट साथ रखने की अनिवार्यता खत्म की March 29, 2021 at 08:45AM

विदेशों में रह रहे भारतीय मूल के नागरिकों को इस अनिवार्यता के कारण कई बार एयरपोर्ट से लौटना पड़ता है

अमेरिका में वैक्सीनेशन:US में कोरोना के बढ़ते मामलों ने बढ़ाई चिंता; बाइडेन का ऐलान- अगले 3 हफ्तों में 90% बालिग अमेरिकी वैक्सीन लगवा सकेंगे March 29, 2021 at 07:00PM

Israel urges citizens to avoid UAE, citing Iranian threat March 29, 2021 at 07:09PM

Top flight: South Korea's 18-year-old world drone champion March 29, 2021 at 06:01PM

An Asian American official bared his chest, revealing scars from his army service March 29, 2021 at 05:48PM

As town meetings go, the discussion was fairly routine, meandering from what Memorial Day celebrations might look like in the second year of the coronavirus pandemic, to a federal grant application for bulletproof vests for police officers. But when the time came for the trustees in West Chester Township, Ohio, to deliver personal remarks at the group’s most recent meeting, the board’s chairman, Lee Wong, who is Asian American, did something unusual.

कोरोना वायरस पर WHO की रिपोर्ट:वायरस किसी जानवर के जरिए चमगादड़ से इंसानों में पहुंचा होगा, वुहान की लैब से लीक नहीं हुआ March 29, 2021 at 06:40PM

Traffic in Suez Canal resumes after stranded ship refloated March 29, 2021 at 05:30PM

The Ever Given had become jammed diagonally across a southern section of the canal, the shortest shipping route between Europe and Asia, in high winds early on March 23. Evergreen Line, which is leasing the Ever Given, said the ship would be inspected for seaworthiness in the Great Bitter Lake, which separates two sections of the canal.

Trump talks about self in speech at couple's wedding March 29, 2021 at 05:16PM

Former US president Donald Trump stole the spotlight at a wedding in his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida over the weekend, using a congratulatory speech to mainly talk about himself and assail his successor. "Do you miss me yet?" a tuxedo-clad Trump asked at Saturday night's function, according to video posted on celebrity gossip site TMZ.

Myanmar death toll tops 500, protesters stage 'garbage strike' March 29, 2021 at 05:00PM

In a new tactic, protesters sought to step up a civil disobedience campaign on Tuesday by asking residents to throw garbage onto streets on key road intersections. "This garbage strike is a strike to oppose the junta," read a poster on social media.

Brazil's Bolsonaro overhauls cabinet amid Covid surge March 29, 2021 at 04:52PM

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro overhauled his government Monday, changing six cabinet members including the foreign, defense and justice ministers, as the far-right leader faced mounting pressure over a deadly surge of Covid-19.

WHO: Covid probably came to humans from animals March 29, 2021 at 04:44PM

Chinese official calls Canada 'running dog' of US March 29, 2021 at 04:43PM

"Boy, your greatest achievement is to have ruined the friendly relations between China and Canada, and have turned Canada into a running dog of the US. Spendthrift!!!" Li Yang, the Chinese consul-general in Rio de Janeiro, tweeted on Sunday.

North Korean leader's sister slams Moon as US 'parrot' March 29, 2021 at 04:30PM

Kim Yo Jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's influential sister, slammed the South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday as "a parrot raised by America" after he criticised a missile test by Pyongyang.

George Floyd murder trial: Jury shown harrowing video of his death March 29, 2021 at 03:46PM

Prosecutors sought to demonstrate that then-police officer Derek Chauvin had no justification for using the dangerous move for some nine minutes on Floyd, an African-American man, last May during an arrest on a minor charge. But Chauvin's attorney countered that he would prove that Floyd was on drugs, forcing officers to take tough action, and that his death was caused by the drugs and a medical condition rather than asphyxiation.

Suez blockade ends as moon & tides cut 'Ever Given' free March 29, 2021 at 04:11PM

कोरोना दुनिया में:ब्राजील में लगातार दूसरे दिन 50,000 से कम संक्रमित मिले; कनाडा में 55 साल से कम उम्र वालों को एस्ट्राजेनेका वैक्सीन लगाने पर रोक March 29, 2021 at 04:12PM

कोरोना वैक्सीन पर अमेरिका में स्टडी:फाइजर और मॉडर्ना की वैक्सीन पहले डोज के बाद 80% असरदार, दूसरे डोज के बाद संक्रमण का रिस्क 90% कम March 29, 2021 at 04:46PM

खुफिया रिपोर्ट में दावा:PM मोदी के बांग्लादेश दौरे के दौरान हिंसा की साजिश रची गई, इसके लिए जमात-ए-इस्लामी ने फंडिंग की March 29, 2021 at 02:16AM

Coronavirus: Pakistan imposes partial lockdown amid spike in cases March 29, 2021 at 12:58AM

Guterres says UN negotiating with China on unfettered access to Xinjiang March 29, 2021 at 01:01AM

The United Nations is holding "serious negotiations" with China on gaining unfettered access to the Xinjiang region to verify reports that Muslim Uighurs are being persecuted, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said.

Hundreds evacuated after fire at Indonesian oil refinery March 29, 2021 at 12:19AM

Obama family matriarch dies in a Kenyan hospital at 99 March 28, 2021 at 09:51PM

Sarah Obama, the matriarch of former US President Barack Obama's Kenyan family has died, relatives and officials confirmed Monday but did not disclose the cause of death. She was at least 99 years old. The former US President often showed affection toward her and referred to her as "Granny" in his memoir.

पूरी दुनिया ने ली राहत की सांस:स्वेज नहर में छह दिन से फंसा मालवाहक जहाज निकाला गया, अब तक 50 हजार मिलियन डॉलर से भी ज्यादा का नुकसान हुआ March 28, 2021 at 09:06PM

Merkel blames German 'perfectionism' for current virus woes March 28, 2021 at 08:47PM

German Chancellor Angela Merkel acknowledged that mistakes were made by her government, including on plans for an Easter lockdown. She also expressed frustration over the actions of some of Germany's state governors, including members of her own party, who have resisted tougher restrictions.

North Korea accuses UN of double standard over missile firings March 28, 2021 at 08:39PM

Last week, North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea in a defiance of UN resolutions that ban such launches by North Korea. The UN Security Council subsequently adopted a resolution to renew the mandate of UN experts monitoring sanctions against North Korea.

Sunday, March 28, 2021