Recently, the finance ministry issued several guidelines for a scheme that is based on granting of ex-gratia payments (Ex Gratia payments basically means payments that […]
Year: 2020
Days after 230 Dalits took up Buddhism, UP Police file FIR over conversion ‘rumours’
After 230 residents of a Ghaziabad village said they converted to Buddhism on October 14, the UP Police filed an FIR against “unknown persons” for […]
Donald Trump accuses China, India and Russia of not taking care of their ‘filthy air’
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday accused China, India and Russia of neglecting their air pollution as they allowed the US withdrawal from the Paris […]
Sri Lanka opposes delisting of LTTE as a terror group in the UK
Britain’s Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission, have delisted the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organisation on Wednesday. Sri Lanka has appealed against […]
Belarus opposition wins the European Parliament’s Human Rights Award
The European Parliament has awarded the Human Rights Award ‘Sakharov Prize’ to the opposition movement of Belarus and its leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. The human rights award […]
French PM says second wave of the virus is here, vastly extends curfew
French PM Jean Castex announced a curfew imposed last week on Paris and eight other cities would be extended to 38 more departments. The curfew […]
Presidential Race Heats Up with Last Televised Debate Between Trump and Biden
With only 12 days to go for November 3rd, the day of the U.S. Presidential election result, both Donald Trump and Joe Biden engaged one […]
ISRO’s MOM Study Reveals that Mars is Losing its Atmosphere Faster than Earth
According to a study of data and pictures sent by Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) and Nasa’s Mars orbiter Mars Atmosphere […]
Philippines Cancels “Black Nazarene” Procession as COVID-19 Remains a Major Threat
The Manila government announced on Friday that the grand procession named Traslacion, for the coming year remains cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the […]
Russia gives whistleblower Edward Snowden permanent residency rights
Russia has granted permanent residency rights to US whistleblower Edward Snowden on Thursday. His lawyer has called it a step towards Russian citizenship if Snowden […]