Dhairya Maheshwari
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China using Uyghurs from Xinjiang camps as cover-up for new coronavirus cases: Taiwan think tank
India | Mar 25, 2020, 09:48 PM ISTA leading Taiwanese think tank has alleged that China could be hiding its new coronavirus cases by forcing Uyghurs from camps in Xinjiang to work in factories across the country. Further, it is alleged that cluster infections are still prevalent in major Chinese cities
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Exclusive: ‘SARS-CoV2 is probably quite resilient’, warns Indian biologist researching coronavirus
India | Mar 25, 2020, 08:40 PM ISTJustifying the 21-day lockdown call by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Dr Dinesh Gupta from Italy’s International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology said that if coronavirus survived in Indian heat, then it could enhance itself
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India will not bow to this painful crisis: Sonia Gandhi on eve of PM's ‘Janata curfew’
National | Mar 21, 2020, 08:58 PM ISTCongress President Sonia Gandhi echoed PM Modi’s concerns on coronavirus, as she called upon the public to stay indoors
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Delhi riots: MEA refers WSJ journalist case to Indian mission in US
World | Mar 13, 2020, 11:23 PM ISTThe controversial report carried in the Wall Street Journal quotes Ankur Sharma as saying that his brother, IB staffer Ankit Sharma, was killed by a mob chanting Jai Shree Ram. Ankur has denied that he made any such claim
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Congress questions PM’s decision to attend a Yes Bank-sponsored business summit after crisis emerged
Business | Mar 08, 2020, 08:13 PM ISTCongress spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Sunday launched a direct attack on the Prime Minister over the ongoing crisis at Yes Bank, as he questioned the PM’s decision to attend a business summit sponsored by the struggling lender
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Kabul terror attack: Pakistan's role in 'destabilising' Afghanistan back in focus
World | Mar 08, 2020, 02:23 AM ISTHaving been left out of the US-Taliban negotiations, Islamabad's spy agency ISI could well be behind the deadly attack in Kabul on Friday, it is learnt. The terror strike, claimed by ISIS (K), left at least 32 people dead
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Delhi riots: Iran’s Supreme leader's remarks may affect India’s Shia Muslims, affect bilateral ties
India | Mar 06, 2020, 09:38 PM IST“Iran should refrain from making such hostile statements against India. The Supreme Leader must realise that such threats against India could possibly serve towards marginalising India’s Shia Muslims from the mainstream."
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Exclusive: More than 42,000 Pakistan refugees allotted homes in Delhi at the time of Partition, reve
India | Mar 05, 2020, 09:37 PM ISTThe Indian government had established a total of 49 settlements in the National Capital alone to accommodate Hindu and Sikh refugees from Pakistan at the time of Partition
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Anger against AAP simmers in Mustafabad over Tahir Hussain’s arrest, Kejriwal’s silence on BJP
National | Mar 05, 2020, 06:37 PM ISTDelhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s decision to disown councillor Tahir Hussain, after he was named as an accused in the alleged killing of Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma, doesn’t seem to have gone down too well in Mustafabad
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"2,000 to 2,500 men with blue helmets...": Guard of Mustafabad school recalls horror on Feb 25
India | Mar 05, 2020, 04:16 PM ISTWhile US President Donald Trump was just a few kms away, a well-armed mob of 2,000 to 2,500 men descended upon Arun Senior Secondary Modern School in Brijpuri-Mustafabad area in broad daylight. They launched petrol bombs from the school, also vandalising and looting it
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Delhi violence: When Kapil Mishra and Tahir Hussain used to be buddies
National | Feb 29, 2020, 08:03 AM ISTWhile former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain is being probed for his role in Delhi violence, his former buddy Kapil Mishra has come under heavy scrutiny for a speech he made at Jafrabad, following which the violence escalated
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In NUMBERS: Is a trade deal with the US in India’s national interest?
Business | Feb 24, 2020, 07:12 PM ISTIn the list of top 10 companies getting H1-B visas in 2016, 37,370 visas were given to Indian companies which is 51 per cent of the total H1-B visas given to top ten companies that year. But in 2019, of the total H1-B visas granted to top 10 companies, only 9,808 visas, i.e. 24 per cent were given to Indian companies
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Coronavirus outbreak in China an opportunity for India to reduce reliance on China: Ashwani Mahajan
Business | Feb 20, 2020, 05:01 PM IST"We are appealing to the government to check the nation's economic dependence on China," said Swadeshi Jagran Manch's co-convenor Ashwani Mahajan, referring to India's ballooning trade deficit with the world's second-largest economy
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Taliban peace deal on the heels of Trump’s India visit? Experts wary of US’ expectations from India
World | Feb 16, 2020, 03:51 PM IST“In all probability, President Trump may once again throw in a request for Indian troops to be stationed in Afghanistan, a proposal clearly outside Indian interests and capability,” Lieutenant General (Retired) Syed Ata Hasnain, the former commander of the XV Corps of the Indian Army, said
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How could coronavirus outbreak in China, if not contained now, imperil India’s economic recovery?
Business | Feb 14, 2020, 05:51 PM ISTAs India faces a challenging economic situation, having experienced six successive quarters of negative GDP growth, a disruptive shock in supply chains from a major economic partner like China will only compound economic woes
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Two weeks before Donald Trump’s India visit, US formally designates India as ‘developed’ nation
Business | Feb 13, 2020, 11:35 PM ISTThe US’ Feb 10 decision to formally label India as a “developed” country, two weeks ahead of President Trump’s maiden visit, could affect ongoing negotiations over US-India Free Trade Deal
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It's official: Delhi loves Arvind Kejriwal
Elections | Feb 11, 2020, 09:34 PM ISTDelhi’s love affair with Arvind Kejriwal continues unabated as Aam Aadmi Party is poised to win 62 out of the 70 assembly seats, in what is a spectacular repeat of its 2015 landslide win
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22 years on, power continues to elude BJP in Delhi
Elections | Feb 11, 2020, 03:30 PM ISTAccording to EC trends, the BJP is projected to secure a vote share of around 39 per cent in 2020. The party has consistently secured over 30 pc of the vote in Delhi since 1998, still remaining out of power. A similar vote share stormed it to power on the national level in 2014
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Shaheen Bagh's anti-CAA protest echoes among Delhi's voters, indicate exit polls
Elections | Feb 09, 2020, 04:05 PM ISTThe exit poll results indicate that the anti-CAA protest at Shaheen Bagh have been successfully converted into a poll issue by the BJP, with the party's tally and vote share both set to rise
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India-Iran ties transcend politics, underpinned by art and culture: Iran's envoy Dr Ali Chegini
World | Feb 06, 2020, 08:42 PM IST“The friendship between Iran and India is based on art. It is not based on politics or trade,” said Iran’s Ambassador to India Dr Ali Chegini at event, in significant remarks amid the US-Iran tensions after the killing of Qasim Soleimani