Kumbh Mela Thousands of pilgrims have gathered on the banks of India’s Ganges river at the start of the Kumbh Mela, billed as the world’s largest human gathering. One of the most auspicious events in Hinduism is taking place this year during the coronavirus pandemic. Hundreds bathed on day one of the festival, seeking to […]
By John Sudworth BBC News, Beijing In addition to the heavy restrictions it places on foreign journalists trying to report the truth about its far western region of Xinjiang, China has a new tactic: labelling independent coverage as “fake news”. At night, while travelling for hours along Xinjiang’s desert highways, the unmarked cars that had […]
Coronavirus pandemic President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled a $1.9tn (£1.4tn) stimulus plan for the coronavirus-sapped US economy before he takes office next week. If passed by Congress, it would include $1tn for households, with direct payments of $1,400 to all Americans. The relief proposal includes $415bn to fight the virus and $440bn for small businesses. […]
By Reuters Staff ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece is pushing to return 1,450 people currently in migrant reception centres on Lesbos and other Aegean islands to Turkey, Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi said on Thursday, calling on Ankara to respect asylum agreements with the European Union. Mitarachi said Greece had submitted a request to the European Commission and […]
By Reuters Staff (Reuters) – A huge fire swept through the Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh in the early hours of Thursday, the United Nations said, destroying homes belonging to thousands of people. The U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said more than 550 shelters home to around 3,500 people were either totally or partially destroyed […]
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel is revising military options for a possible clash with Iran, an Israeli newspaper reported on Thursday, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government braces for differences with the incoming U.S. administration on Iranian nuclear policy.U.S. President Donald Trump delighted Netanyahu by quitting the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and […]
By David Morgan, Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump on Wednesday became the first president in U.S. history to be impeached twice, as 10 of his fellow Republicans joined Democrats in the House of Representatives to charge him with inciting an insurrection in last week’s violent rampage in the Capitol. The vote in the Democratic-controlled […]
” *भास्करस्य यथा तेजो मकरस्थस्य वर्धते।* *तथैव भवतां तेजो वर्धतामिति कामये।।*” अर्थात, जिस प्रकार मकर राशि में प्रवेश करने के बाद दिन प्रतिदिन सूर्य देव का तेज बढ़ता जाता है, उसी प्रकार आप का तेज, यश और कीर्ति भी दिन प्रतिदिन बढ़ती रहे । उत्तरायण का सूर्य आपके स्वप्नों को नयी ऊष्मा प्रदान करे, आपके […]
By Zoe Kleinman Technology reporter Message platforms Signal and Telegram have both seen a huge surge in downloads around the world following a controversial update to WhatsApp’s terms and conditions. WhatsApp has told its two billion users they must allow it to share data with its parent company Facebook if they wish to continue using […]
Soutik Biswas India correspondent Indian farmers protest 2020 After more than 45 days of protests and eight rounds of talks with the government, India’s farmers have refused to budge. Nothing short of a repeal of three market-friendly farm laws – designed to loosen rules around the sale, pricing and storage of farm produce – will make the […]
