Daily Archive: September 4, 2020

Teachers’ Day is celebrated every year on the 5th of September, which also marks the birth anniversary of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who was an Indian philosopher and the second President of India. Read more...

“Undoubtedly the most unattractive women in the world are the Indian women,” they are “pathetic”, they “turn me off”, Indians are “repulsive”. These are just some of the sexist, racist, bigoted tropes essayed by...

This Teachers’ Day, we are sharing some chosen quotes, heartfelt messages, wishes, and greetings to send out to your teachers to pay your respect to them. Read more here:: India News Times

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In a bid to break the continuing deadlock in the ongoing military confrontation in eastern Ladakh since early May, India and China held their first high-level political meeting on Friday, on the sidelines of...

Acreage of paddy could take total Kharif (summer crops) sown area to an all-time record level, but it’s the coverage of oilseeds which reported highest percentage increase this year — an encouraging sign for...

The United States is ready to help resolve the dispute between India and China over the mountain border running through the western Himalayas, President Donald Trump said on Friday. Trump told reporters the situation...

Highlighting the scourge of terrorism, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday called for enhanced BRICS cooperation in countering terrorism in a virtual meeting of the foreign ministers. He expressed satisfaction on the conclusion...

The Army is fully geared to handle the “delicate and serious” situation along the border with China, having undertaken precautionary deployments to safeguard the country’s territory integrity, Gen M M Naravane said on Friday....

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has overhauled its priority sector lending (PSL) norms to boost fund flows to districts that have been excluded and has doubled its limit for health infrastructure to Rs...

Covid-19 cases in India raced past 4 million on Friday, just 13 days after hitting the 3 million mark, even as fresh cases in the past 24 hours surged to a new high of...

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) probing the drug angle in the alleged suicide case of actor Sushant Singh Rajput on Friday arrested his actor girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty’s brother Showik and Rajput’s house manager Samuel...

A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde on Friday brought into the open a loosely kept secret — that judges faced the maximum number of false complaints and it was...

One of the first steps agreed at a meeting chaired by Congress president Sonia Gandhi with chief ministers of seven non-BJP ruled states fell flat on Friday with the Supreme Court rejecting a petition...

In a move seen as a protectionist measure, the government on Friday said that import duty on cars and completely- and semi-knocked down assemblies (CKD and SKD) could be raised as it also advised...

The situation on the LAC between India and China was “unprecedented” and it could not be “business as usual”, foreign secretary Harsh Shringla said while addressing a webinar at the Indian Council for World...

Amid rising number of Covid-19 cases across the country, the Centre on Friday nudged states to allow testing on demand — a move that is likely to help early detection of positive cases leading...

No number of thank you cards, flowers or gifts can ever be enough to express the gratitude for the innumerable contributions of teachers in our lives. Read more here:: India News Times

Lionel Messi ended speculation about his future at Barcelona by announcing on Friday that he would reluctantly stay for another season rather than tackle his career-long club in court. A week after saying he...

Amid heightened border tension in eastern Ladakh, defence ninister Rajnath Singh on Friday held talks in Moscow with his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe. Defence secretary Ajay Kumar and Indian Ambassador to Russia D B...

India has ordered tougher scrutiny of visa requests by a Chinese non-profit headed by a senior official of the ruling communist party, designating it as an entity of concern. Indian officials say the well-resourced...

In the midst of heightened tensions in eastern Ladakh, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is likely to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe on Friday evening in Moscow on the sidelines of a...

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The COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, approved by Russia last month, has been shown to elicit antibody response with no serious adverse events in small human trials, according to preliminary results published in The Lancet...

After Suresh Raina pulled out of the IPL due to personal reasons, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have suffered another blow as veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has confirmed his withdrawal from the upcoming IPL season...

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Twitter user Mahtab Raza posted a photo of a minor girl sitting in a bridal outfit with a much older man to claim that the 10-year-old girl was forcefully married to 40-year-old Shivnath Chaturvedi,...

There will be no Question Hour during the upcoming two-day monsoon session of the West Bengal Assembly due to “paucity of time and the COVID-19 situation”, Speaker Biman Banerjee said on Friday. Read more...

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The Wrangler 4xe can go 25 miles on electricity before a 2-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine takes over. Drivers can choose to have an engine-powered generator recharge the batteries (at a higher fuel consumption rate),...

To encourage alternative fuel, the government has decided to allow automakers meeting certain criteria to set up own fuel pumps, provided they sell green fuel too, Gadkari said, asserting that carmakers could easily introduce...

Peace and security in the SCO region demands a climate of trust, non-aggression, respect for international rules and peaceful resolution of differences, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday, seen as an indirect message...