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Karnataka minister urges children to be sent to schools; BJP MLA asks him to reconsider

Karnataka Minister S.T. Somashekar on Tuesday urged parents to send their children to schools without any fear.

Aug 18, 2021

Covid rampage continues as US records over 1,000 deaths in single day

The United States, at one point in time, had shown signs of flattening the coronavirus chaos curve

Aug 18, 2021

Taliban 2.0: Return of militant rule could affect Afghanistan's cricket team and women's football team

Afghanistan is currently in the 7th spot in the ICC T20I rankings, ahead of Sri Lanka, the West Indies, and Bangladesh

Aug 18, 2021

No plans to recognise Taliban as Afghan legitimate govt, says Canada; EU begs to differ

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government cannot recognise the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan, while EU says Taliban won the war and should be engaged in talks

Aug 18, 2021

Taliban Takeover: Orders not to fight came from above, reveals former Afghan central bank chief

Afghanistan's central bank governor, Ajmal Ahmady who also fled the country, said those who had taken up the cudgels against Taliban were silenced in a bigger cowardly plot and all the government and the ANDSF equipment were handed over to the Taliban as a result

Aug 18, 2021

"Our women are Muslims, happy to live under Sharia rules": Taliban

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid says women in Afghanistan will get equal opportunities but as Muslims they're happy to live under Sharia framework

Aug 18, 2021

Afghan VP Amrullah Saleh declares himself the caretaker President, vows to fight Taliban

Amrullah Saleh is currently living in the Panjshir Valley of Afghanistan. It is said to be the stronghold of Ahmed Shah Masood, a former commander of the Northern Alliance.

Aug 17, 2021

Female TikToker attacked in PAK; hundreds throw her in air, tear clothes, loot valuables [details]

During the struggle, woman's ring and earrings were "forcibly taken", along with the mobile phone of one of her companions, his identity card and Rs 15,000 that he had on him.

Aug 17, 2021

Reason behind burqa-clad American journalist reporting from Afghanistan; Clarissa Ward clarifies [details]

After the image of an American journalist wearing a burqa while reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan went viral, CNN's Clarissa Ward took to Twitter to douse the internet fire.

Aug 17, 2021

Terrorists kill BJP leader in South Kashmir, party calls the incident barbaric [details]

Javeed Ahmad Dar was BJP's constituency in-charge in the district, and he was brutally killed by terrorists on Tuesday

Aug 17, 2021

Two Kashmiri professors stranded in Afghanistan; J&K LG speaks to MEA for evacuation [details]

J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has assured the families of two professors belonging to South Kashmir's Kulgam district that the two teachers are safe, and they will soon return to India.

Aug 17, 2021

Terrifying video shows Russia's prototype military plane catch fire before crash; three dead [watch]

The video captures the tragic crash of a Russian military transport aircraft, a prototype, right before it caught fire midway in the air.

Aug 17, 2021

Space firm Blue Origin of Bezos sues NASA over awarding Moon lander contract to SpaceX of Elon Musk

Billionaire Jeff Bezos space firm Blue Origin has sued US space agency NASA for picking Elon Musk-owned SpaceX for its prestigious $2.9 billion Moon lander programme.

Aug 17, 2021

As Taliban with Kalashnikovs roam Kabul, Afghans' dress code turns to salwar kameez [details]

The rush at the Kabul airport and the strong push to get out was one indicator of peoples anxiety about life under the Taliban. Another was a change in the dress code. Most of the men were dressed in salwar kameez.

Aug 17, 2021

Situation is grim, says Indian envoy after landing at Jamnagar from Kabul

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) successfully carried out a three-day evacuation mission to bring back 192 Indians stranded in what is now the Taliban controlled Afghanistan.

Aug 17, 2021