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Dhanteras

Nov 13, 2020 - 10:08 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Dhanteras marks the beginning of the celebrations of Diwali festival. Also called Dhantrayodashi, Hindus worship Lord Kubera and Goddess Laxmi or the God and Goddess of wealth on this day. In Hindi, ‘dhan‘ refers to […]

Nitish hails mandate; Tejashwi demands recount

Nov 13, 2020 - 10:04 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Patna (TIP): Bihar’s chief minister-designate Nitish Kumar hailed the National Democratic Alliance’s victory in the just-concluded assembly elections on Thursday but refused to speculate on the oath-taking ceremony even as his rival and Opposition Grand […]

Mumbai masterminds not on Pakistan list of ‘most wanted’

Nov 13, 2020 - 10:01 am EST @theindpanorama 0

New Delhi (TIP): India has expressed concern over the exclusion of masterminds of the 2008 Mumbai attacks from Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) list of 1,210 “most wanted” terrorists. “While the list includes a few […]

PM Modi underlines centrality of Asean in India’s Act East policy

Nov 13, 2020 - 10:00 am EST @theindpanorama 3

New Delhi (TIP): India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) on Thursday, Nov 12, emphasised the need to build on convergences and synergy to maintain peace and security in the Indo-Pacific, against the […]

Blow to China, Pakistan as Russia backs India at SCO meet

Nov 13, 2020 - 9:58 am EST @theindpanorama 2

New Delhi (TIP): Russia on Thursday, Nov 12, backed India’s assertion that Pakistan shouldn’t raise bilateral matters at platforms such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), saying these groupings are focused on multilateral cooperation to […]

Twitter removes Home Minister Amit Shah’s DP, reinstates it later

Nov 13, 2020 - 9:56 am EST @theindpanorama 2

New Delhi (TIP): Micro-blogging site Twitter on Thursday, Nov 12, night removed the Display Picture (DP) of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. It, however, reinstated the picture after some time. It turned out that Twitter […]

India, China pushing for settlement of ‘other outstanding issues’ besides Ladakh

Nov 13, 2020 - 9:55 am EST @theindpanorama 1

New Delhi (TIP): India and China remain engaged in resolving the current crisis at the border but are also pushing to settle “other outstanding issues” said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday, Nov […]

Ayodhya gears up for another Guinness record on Deepotsav

Nov 13, 2020 - 9:53 am EST @theindpanorama 1

Lucknow (TIP): Ayodhya is all set for the fourth Deepotsav on Friday as the administration plans to set a new Guinness World record of lighting 551,000 earthen diyas at 28 ghats in the temple town. […]

Arundhati Roy’s Book Removed From Syllabus

Nov 13, 2020 - 9:52 am EST @theindpanorama 1

After complaints from several people, including the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, against Arundhati Roy’s ”Walking with the Comrades” being part of its English syllabus for post graduation course, a state-run university in Tamil Nadu has […]

India records less than 50,000 daily Covid-19 cases for 6th day

Nov 13, 2020 - 9:51 am EST @theindpanorama 0

New Delhi (TIP): India’s daily cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) remained below 50,000 for the sixth consecutive day on Friday, Nov 13, with the 44,879 cases and 547 fatalities reported in the last 24 […]

Guru Hargobind: The sixth Sikh master

Nov 13, 2020 - 9:48 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Guru Hargobind, the son of Guru Arjan Dev, was the sixth Guru of the Sikhs. The period of his pontificate (1606- 1645) is of great significance in the history of the development of Sikhism. He […]

The Sikh Diwali: Bandi Chhor Divas

Nov 13, 2020 - 9:45 am EST @theindpanorama 39

The day marks the release of Guru Hargobind, along with 52 Hill Princes held in captivity by the Mughal ruler in Gwalior, and his return to Shri Harimandir Sahib in Amritsar. When Hindus and others […]

Global Covid-19 cases top 52.6mn: Johns Hopkins

Nov 13, 2020 - 9:38 am EST @theindpanorama 0

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 52.6 million, while the deaths have surged to 1,291,920, according to the Johns Hopkins University.As of Friday (Nov 13) morning, the total caseload and death toll […]

Lockdowns start to limit Covid-19 spread in Europe

Nov 13, 2020 - 9:36 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Lockdowns and other restrictions are starting to stem the spread of Covid-19 in some, but not all, European countries, authorities have said, and the continent’s hospitals remain under heavy pressure that is unlikely to ease […]

Russia says its Sputnik V COVID vaccine is 92% effective

Nov 13, 2020 - 9:31 am EST @theindpanorama 1

Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is 92% effective at protecting people from COVID-19 according to interim trial results, the country’s sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday, as Moscow rushes to keep pace with Western drugmakers in […]

Pak court jails spokesperson of Hafiz Saeed-led JuD for 32 years in terror financing cases

Nov 13, 2020 - 9:28 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Lahore (TIP): A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has handed down 32 years of imprisonment to Yahya Mujahid, spokesperson of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s Jammat-ud-Dawah (JuD) terror group, in two terror financing cases. The Anti-Terrorism Court […]

Ethiopia claims victory in west Tigray, suffering worsens

Nov 13, 2020 - 9:26 am EST @theindpanorama 2

Addis Ababa (TIP): Ethiopia’s military has defeated local forces in the west of Tigray state, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday, accusing his foes of atrocities during a week of fighting that threatens to […]

Nurse suspected of attempted murder of 3 patients in Germany

Nov 13, 2020 - 9:25 am EST @theindpanorama 1

Berlin (TIP): A nurse has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of attempted murder following allegations that he gave three patients overdoses of drugs they weren’t supposed to receive in hopes of heroically rescuing them, […]

China holds COVID-19 vice-ministerial meeting with Pakistan, Bangla, Nepal and Sri Lanka

Nov 13, 2020 - 9:23 am EST @theindpanorama 2

Beijing (TIP): China has hosted a vice-ministerial-level meeting with Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka on controlling the COVID-19, expanding its first such meeting held in July involving Islamabad, Kathmandu and Kabul. Chinese Vice Foreign […]

Construction of India-funded Integrated Check Post begins in Nepalgunj in Western Nepal

Nov 13, 2020 - 9:21 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Kathmandu (TIP): India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Nepal’s Urban Development Minister Krishna Gopal Shrestha on Thursday jointly witnessed the ground-breaking ceremony to mark the beginning of the construction of an Integrated Check […]

Thousands of Armenians demand prime minister quit over ceasefire

Nov 13, 2020 - 9:19 am EST @theindpanorama 1

Yerevan/Baku/Ankara (TIP): Thousands of Armenian demonstrators, chanting “Nikol is a traitor”, demanded Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan resign on Wednesday over a ceasefire that secured territorial advances for Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh after six weeks of fighting. […]