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BRICS meet likely in June, India to attend China-hosted event

Weeks after the visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Delhi, India has agreed to attend a virtual summit of leaders of the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa grouping, likely to be held at the end of June, sources here have confirmed.

Two juveniles among 23 held in connection with Jahangirpuri violence

A day after communal clashes broke out in Northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri, the Delhi Police on Sunday said that it has arrested 21 persons, 16 of whom are Muslims, in connection with the case and booked them under sections of rioting and criminal conspiracy. Police also said that two juveniles have also been apprehended.

Amid row over actual COVID-19 deaths, WHO Director General to visit India

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Ghebreyesus and Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth will be among the foreign guests to participate in the inauguration of WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM) in Jamnagar on April 19. The WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Kashmir University PhD scholar arrested for ‘highly provocative and seditious’ magazine article

The J&K State Investigation Agency (SIA), constituted to investigate militancy-related cases, on Sunday arrested a Kashmiri scholar for his write-up published in 2011 by the magazine,  The Kashmiri Walla.

Strict COVID-19 protocols for Delhi schools amid surge

With the number of COVID-19 cases witnessing an upward trend, students going back to school on April 18 after a four-day weekend will be met with schools enforcing stringent protocols to contain the spread of the virus if there is a breakout. Private schools have been advised to close the entire school or a concerned wing of the school if a COVID-19 case is reported.

China Eastern Airlines resumes Boeing 737-800 flights after March crash

China Eastern Airlines has started putting its Boeing 737-800 jetliners back in use for commercial flights less than a month since a crash killed 132 people and led the company to ground 223 of the aircraft, the carrier said on Sunday.

Yati Narasinghanand associate urges Hindus to have more children

An organisation associated with controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand on Sunday again urged Hindus to give birth to more children to avoid India becoming an Islamic country. The priest, who is out on bail in the Haridwar hate speech case, had earlier this month in Mathura urged Hindus to produce more children to prevent the country from becoming “Hindu-less” in the coming decades.

Retirement spree in Supreme Court may hit efforts to scale down pendency

The retirements in the topmost rung of the judiciary in 2022 would encompass changes in the powerful Supreme Court Collegium and see two new Chief Justices in a span of months. But the retirements come at a time when the court is in the process of steadying itself after particularly brutal waves of the pandemic. Even as the virus refuses to leave for good, the court continues to grapple with pendency.

India objects to WHO methodology for calculating COVID-19 death toll

India has been in regular and in-depth technical exchange with the World Health Organization (WHO) on the issue of collecting and making public the COVID-19 death toll in the country, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday in response to  The New York Times article titled India Is Stalling the WHO’s Efforts to Make Global Covid Death Toll Public dated April 16.

Cloud over child helpline 1098 as government mulls merging it with national emergency helpline 112

Childline 1098 is the country’s only dedicated helpline number for children and the entire child rights sector relies on it to provide assistance to them, but today a cloud hangs over its future as the government plans to merge it with national emergency helpline 112.

EU anti-fraud body accuses Marine Le Pen of embezzlement

The EU’s anti-fraud body has accused French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and associates of embezzling around 6,00,000 euros during their time as MEPs, French website  Mediapart said Saturday, quoting a new report .The allegations come just over a week before Le Pen goes head-to-head with incumbent Emmanuel Macron in the second round of presidential elections.

North Korea tests new weapons system aimed at enhancing ‘tactical nukes’ efficiency: KCNA

North Korea has test-fired a new weapons system, under the supervision of leader Kim Jong Un, that it claims will boost the efficiency of its tactical nuclear weapons, state media said early Sunday.

PM Modi calls for self-reliance, urges people to promote local products

India cannot afford to remain stagnant and has to become  atmanirbhar (self-reliant), Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday while urging people to use and promote local products only .Mr. Modi was speaking after unveiling a 108-foot-tall statue of Lord Hanuman at Morbi in Gujarat via videoconference on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti.

HDFC Bank Q4 net rises 23% to ₹10,055 cr. on loan growth, lower provisions

The country’s largest private sector lender HDFC Bank on Saturday reported a 23% jump in standalone net profit to ₹10,055.20 crore for the March quarter, led by growth in loan demand across categories and lower provisioning as bad loans were trimmed.

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