Sunday 31 January 2021

Saudi human rights under new spotlight in Biden era

After free reign under President Trump, will the kingdom now be held more to account?

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Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: What a blind man's death reveals

Asmelash Woldeselassie has given his eyesight, left arm and now his life to a succession of wars in Tigray.

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Three lives, one message: Stop killing Mexico's transgender women

In Mexico, the second most dangerous country to be transgender, trans women fight to be protected.

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Romania's young history fans battle to save imperial spa resort

Volunteers try to breathe new life into a Romanian resort once a playground for European elites.

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Now and then: Iceland's vanishing glaciers

See how much Iceland's Skaftafellsjokull glacier has retreated over the past 30 years.

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Saba Sahar: 'I survived a Taliban assassination attempt'

Afghan film director Saba Sahar is one of the few to survive from a recent wave of targeted killings.

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Life in a Day: Kevin Macdonald says film 'reinforces everyone's similarities'

Kevin Macdonald's documentary features personal videos from across the world - all shot on the same day.

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Have US police departments become too militarised?

President Biden is reportedly looking to restrict local police from receiving surplus military gear.

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Impostor syndrome: 'I feel like I don't deserve my success'

An influencer and a corporate professional from India share their experiences of impostor syndrome.

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Muslim girl raised as Hindu reunited with kin after 15 years



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Choice of partner a key facet of right to life: High Court

The Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled that parents and guardians cannot assume the right to dictate to their wards how and with whom they should spend their lives with after they attain the age of majority.

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First part of Rajya Sabha session to end on Jan 13



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Academicians, scientists see red over Centre directive to seek nod for virtual seminars



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Man under boot now image of cop aggression



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Aung San Suu Kyi detained by Myanmar army: Party spokesman

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained by the military, her party spokesman said early Monday. "We heard the President (Win Myint) and State Counsellor (Aung San Suu Kyi) have been detained in Naypyidaw... we heard they were taken by the military," said Myo Nyunt, spokesman for the ruling National League for Democracy.

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Impostor syndrome: 'I feel like I don't deserve my success'

An influencer and a corporate professional from India share their experiences of impostor syndrome.

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Haryana lifts mobile net ban in 3 districts



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Farmers dying, says Capt Amarinder, calls all-party meet on stir



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Worried by stir in western UP, BJP netas reach out to farm groups to end impasse



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Bike, tractor rally in Jind; fund collection continues in villages



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Driver loses control, 2 Army men on way to MP killed in Yamuna Expressway crash



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Woman held with 18 liquor bottles in dry Bihar



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First Indo-US combat drill of Biden era in Rajasthan next week

India and the US are all set to kick off a major combat exercise in Rajasthan next week, in the first such bilateral wargame after the Biden administration took charge in Washington and reiterated India’s role as a key partner in the Indo-Pacific as well as the need to strengthen the “Quad”.

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Saturday 30 January 2021

Government releases SOPs for cinema halls, theatres on preventive measures against Covid-19

Government on Sunday issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for cinema halls and theatres on preventive measures to contain the spread of Covid-19. Earlier this week, Centre had allowed full occupancy in cinema halls and multiplexes starting from Feb 1.theatres will have separated seats, staggered show timings, and bookings, mandatory social distancing, and digital payments are being encouraged.​​

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Rahul Gandhi attacks Centre, says 'Dare to talk about China'



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PM Modi to address 2021's first Mann Ki Baat today



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Centre aims to provide adequate health, education to every child by 2022, says Harsh Vardhan



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Russia braces for latest Navalny protests

Metro stations are closed and movement is restricted ahead of rallies in support of Alexei Navalny.

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U’khand makes norms easier for visitors



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Embassy blast: Police seek details of Iranian visitors to city

Delhi Police has asked the Foreigners Regional Registration Officer (FRRO) to share details of all Iranians settled overseas who came to Delhi in the last one month in connection with Friday’s blast outside the embassy of Israel in central Delhi.

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Indian artefacts to go up for sale in Mountbatten auction



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Coronavirus in Algeria: 'No-one could travel to say goodbye to grandpa'

Algeria's coronavirus restrictions mean that people in the diaspora are unable to properly mourn.

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Covid: The pandemic's young widows and widowers

"The grief creeps up on you," says Pamela who is raising two children alone after losing her husband.

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Japan whale hunting: 'By-catch' rule highlighted after minke death

The death of a whale which got trapped in a net off Japan has once again exposed the hunting divide.

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Could a vaccine get rid of malaria for good?

Seventeen-year-old Victoline explores progress to tackle the disease in her home country, Kenya.

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Lebanon ambulance driver: 'Hospitals can't take our Covid patients'

Lebanon's hospitals are turning away patients as the country buckles under Covid and economic collapse.

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2/3rd of India’s active cases in Kerala, Maharashtra



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Delhi Police file FIR against 'The Caravan' for spreading fake news



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Post-Covid, new world order to come up: PM Modi



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BKU chief’s proposal: Stay laws till 2024



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Red Fort vandals will not be spared: Rajnath



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Record paddy procurement by Chhattisgarh



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Had govt heard us, agitation could have been averted: Opposition



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Raisina Dialogue now 4th on global popularity chart: Think tank index



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Eye on China, India woos Madagascar and Comoros



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It was a terror attack and we were on alert: Israeli envoy

The improvised explosive device (IED) blast outside the Israeli embassy on Friday was a terror attack and the embassy had been on heightened alert around the first anniversary of the killing of Iranian military strategist Qassem Soleimani, said Ron Malka, Israel ambassador to India.

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Friday 29 January 2021

Australian Open to allow up to 30,000 fans to attend per day

Up to 30,000 fans a day will be allowed to attend the Australian Open, Victoria's minister for sport has announced.

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Covid: Argentina imposes new tax on wealthiest

A one-off tax on Argentina's richest people will pay for medical supplies and help for businesses.

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Russian anti-Putin anger spreads: 'We have to protest'

Russia is seeing some of the biggest demonstrations for a decade over the imprisonment of Alexei Navalny.

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The exiles: Hong Kong at a crossroads

Pro-democracy protesters face a tough decision over continuing to fight or fleeing to the UK.

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Amsterdam drugs: Tourists face ban from cannabis cafes

The mayor of Amsterdam has angered coffee shop owners, who fear that drug gangsters could step in.

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Jonas Gwangwa The South African jazz icon who stood up to apartheid

Remembering iconic trombonist and exiled anti-apartheid activist Jonas Gwangwa who has died aged 83.

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Coronavirus: What's behind Latin America's oxygen shortages?

Some Latin American countries struggle with insufficient oxygen as Covid-19 continues to spread.

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Surfing duck: Pet becomes local celebrity at Australian beach

The duck - called Duck - has become renowned locally for his daily forays into the sea.

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Tharoor and six journos now face FIRs in 5 states



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Rahul declaring ‘war’ on Indians, giving call for ‘violence’, says BJP



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Junk farm laws, protests will spread to cities if deadlock persists, says Rahul



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China lauds Jaishankar, but says border issue mustn’t be linked to ties



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SC notice to Assam NRC coordinator



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Maoists kill cop in front of his kids, set body on fire



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Jaishankar, US secy of state talk on security, vax supply



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CRPF man shoots comrade, injures another in Bastar



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In jolt to Didi ahead of polls, another MLA quits TMC



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Munde, ex-partner opt for mediation



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Opposition parties back Tikait, call for more mobilisation



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Easy access to Red Fort was perhaps a trap: Deep Sidhu



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Farmer who filed complaint against Tharoor is a college principal



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Branding people criminals sans proclamation illegal, says HC



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President Ram Nath Kovind defends farm laws, deplores Republic day violence



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Thursday 28 January 2021

India: Pak’s true intent on tackling terror showcased



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BJP: Oppn plan reflects ‘moral bankruptcy’



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Char Dham road project to claim 56k trees; 36k already felled



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Vaccines to missiles, India proved its mettle: PM



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Slight rise in daily Covid cases, toll



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India to ramp up vaccine delivery across world



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India jabs its way to No. 5 on vaccine tally



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Noted economist Shaibal Gupta, 67, passes away



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Hansa asking for CBI probe with ulterior motives: Maha to HC



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Constitutional duty of all to promote harmony: HC



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Tractor youth died of shock, bleeding, says autopsy; kin dispute it



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‘13 bills passed by UPA amid din when Ansari was RS chairman’



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Tharoor, senior journos booked for sedition



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Deep Sidhu threatens to reveal ‘secrets’ of kisan netas

Going “live” on social media to refute allegations levelled by Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) that he demeaned the farmers' stir by fomenting violence, Punjab actor-turned activist Deep Sidhu on Thursday said its leaders wouldn’t know where to hide if he started revealing “their secrets”.

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Red Fort flag-hoister yet to return home



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Daniel Pearl: US 'outraged' after Pakistan's court acquits men accused of murder

The American journalist was abducted and beheaded while working on a story in Pakistan in 2002.

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Why roller skating is making a comeback

It's become so popular in the past year that there's now a worldwide shortage of skates.

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Climate activists on Biden plans: 'We're celebrating key victories today'

Two young US campaigners react to the Biden administration's proposals on fighting climate change.

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The story behind the inauguration's sign language Pledge of Allegiance

Fire Captain Andrea Hall stole the show - and there is a personal story behind her unique pledge.

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Navalny defiant as judge dismisses appeal

The prominent anti-Putin campaigner decried his detention as "illegal" in a video link hearing.

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Farmers stay put at UP Gate, 'excess force' removed

Hundreds of Bharatiya Kisan Union members stayed put on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway early on Friday, notwithstanding the Ghaziabad administration's ultimatum to vacate the UP Gate protest site.

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On back foot, farm unions may seek political support

Farmers’ unions agitating for repeal of the central agri laws may continue to publicly resist presence of politicians at their platform but they are now looking for their support to take the protest forward at a time when the chances of resuming talks with the Centre appear quite bleak and they need to keep up the spirits of their supporters.

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Two more farm unions quit stir, want solution via discussion



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Wednesday 27 January 2021

India sees less than 12k new cases, 50% of them in Kerala



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Covaxin neutralises UK strain: Biotech



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20% of informal workers still jobless: Study



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MHA, aviation min to decide on global flights



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Red Fort 'flag-hoister' Jugraj’s parents flee Punjab village



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Route cause: How SKM lost plot to raiders on R-Day eve



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Govt sitting on judge picks for 1.5 years, says SC on HC vacancies

The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the Centre for chronic delay in processing names sent by high courts and forwarding them to the SC collegium for recommending suitable ones for appointment as judges of HCs, which are functioning with 40% vacancies even while groaning under huge pendency.

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Covid Australia: Queensland to reopen to Sydney after outbreak contained

Travel bans ease across Australia after a Covid outbreak in its biggest city is brought under control.

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German Lübcke trial: Far-right defendant faces killing verdict

Stephan Ernst admits firing the shot that killed prominent pro-migrant politician Walter Lübcke.

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Chinese New Year: Clamping down on going home for the holidays

China is striving to curtail the world's biggest mass migration event when people go home for Lunar New Year.

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Sani Abacha - the hunt for the billions stolen by Nigeria's ex-leader

A phone call in the middle of the night led one Swiss lawyer to pursue Nigeria's stolen money.

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What tech can the US president use?

From the ObamaPad to Joe Biden's Apple Watch and Peloton, being president can be a tech challenge.

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Biden: 'Time to act' on climate crisis

President Joe Biden signs executive orders on climate change, saying the US has waited too long.

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Kristal and her students are fighting to eradicate ocean plastic

Kristal Ambrose set up the Bahamas Plastic Movement in 2013 in a bid to reduce pollution.

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Top court stays HC skin-to-skin ruling in sex assault case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday took just two minutes to stay a Bombay high court order, which had acquitted a man of charges under the Pocso Act on the specious logic that groping a 12-year-old girl without removing her clothes was not sexual assault though it convicted him under the IPC provision for outraging her modesty.

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Freedom of speech not absolute, says SC, denies relief in web series case



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Cong sees BJP plot but Capt says ‘head hangs in shame’



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Cong to boycott Prez address?



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INLD’s Abhay Chautala first MLA to resign on farm issue



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Dead ryot’s kin say he was shot, autopsy finds no ‘bullet wound’



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Deep Sidhu, man blamed for Capital chaos, goes missing

Punjabi actor-turned-activist Deep Sidhu, who is copping most of the blame for the violence that marred the tractor rally in Delhi on R-Day, hid from the glare of cops, farmer comrades and cameras on Wednesday even as two new videos of the mayhem surfaced, one of which shows a vehicle give chase as he runs and jumps onto a motorbike to escape.

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NBA decries attacks on journos during farm rally



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India lodges protest on Khalistani bid to attack Italy embassy



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Tuesday 26 January 2021

Rescued Chinese miners 'feel reborn' after harrowing ordeal

Two Chinese miners have described how they survived while trapped underground for two weeks.

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Joe Biden: The team he hopes can fix the US economy

The new US president has called on a team of Ivy League-trained economists and lawyers to "heal" the economy.

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12,689 fresh Covid-19 cases take India's infection tally to 1,06,89,527

India's Covid-19 tally mounted to 1,06,89,527 with 12,689 new cases in a day, while 1,03,59,305 people have recuperated from the infection so far pushing the national recovery rate to 96.91 per cent on Wednesday, according to the Union Health Ministry's data. With 137 more fatalities, the death toll reached 1,53,724, the data updated on Wednesday showed. The Covid-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.44 per cent.

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Union Cabinet meeting to be held today via video conferencing



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US actress Jane Fonda to get Golden Globes' lifetime achievement award

The 83-year-old Hollywood royalty is also known as an active climate change campaigner.

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Huge relief for spouses of H-1B workers, Biden nixes Trump plan to kill H-4 work permits

"Withdrawn". A single word on a thick bureaucratic file on the seventh day of the Biden administration delivered a huge win for spouses of workers on H-1B visas in the US who spent the last four years worried sick that their work authorisations would be killed off.

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Goldman Sachs boss takes $10m pay cut for 1MDB

David Solomon is being punished for the bank's involvement in the fraudulent Malaysian investment fund.

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Elliot Page: Canada's Juno star to divorce Emma Portner

The Oscar-nominated actor and his choreographer wife describe as "difficult" their decision to split.

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World on verge of defeating pandemic, says Harsh Vardhan at WHO meet



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Vaccinate fast, or the virus will become deadlier



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California’s Governor Newsom eases Covid restrictions - why now?

The governor has lifted the state’s stay-at-home order as test positivity rates have steadily fallen.

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Keystone XL: Why I fought for - or against - the pipeline

President Biden has cancelled the permit for the controversial US-Canada project.

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When your 'pandemic puppy' doesn't work out

Lockdown seemed like the perfect time to get a dog, but for some, the excitement turned into regret.

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How women played a major role in Yemen's Arab Spring

Yemeni lawyer Ishraq al-Maqtari shares her memories of being one of the first women to take to the streets in Taiz city, which later became known as the 'cradle of the revolution'.

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The child environmentalist receiving death threats in Colombia

Francisco Vera, 11, was threatened after calling for better access to education during the pandemic.

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Iraq killings: Who's behind a series of murders?

BBC News Arabic investigates a series of killings and the power of Shia militia groups in Iraq.

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Holocaust Memorial Day 2021: 'It's sad when I sit there alone'

Already a difficult day, honouring those killed by the Nazis will be different this year, as the pandemic prevents survivors and their families being together.

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TN shows the way, cuts road deaths by 54% in 4 years



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Nishan Sahib is found in every gurdwara



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Peaceful farm stir in rest of India



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Feb 1 rally still on, says SKM, blames ‘some outfits, persons’ for violence



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India sees 12k fresh cases, nearly half of them in Kerala

Kerala accounted for nearly half of all fresh Covid-19 cases recorded in India on Tuesday, as the pandemic continued to rage in the state while receding from most other parts of the country.

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Airlifted 6m shots to 9 nations, will supply to WHO’s Covax facility, India tells UNSC

India has informed the UN Security Council that it will gradually supply vaccines to the Covax facility of the World Health Organisation and undertake contractual supplies to various countries in a phased manner, as more than six million doses have been airlifted to nine countries under New Delhi’s “vaccine diplomacy.”

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Monday 25 January 2021

Hopeful of a solution soon: Agri minister



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To expedite projects, sr rail officials to be asked to mentor them



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BJP: Mamata’s Ram slogan protest a bid to appease minorities



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Biden adds South Africa to Covid travel bans

The restrictions come as Minnesota records the first US case of the Brazil Covid variant.

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Shyamala Gopalan: The woman who inspired Kamala Harris

The tale of her rise is rooted in an audacious journey Shyamala Gopalan made more than 60 years ago.

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Coronavirus in Zimbabwe: 'We need vaccines now'

Zimbabwean doctor Dixon Chibanda explains why it's so vital that Zimbabwe gets vaccines urgently.

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Randy Rainbow made his name satirising Trump - now what?

Why the show's not over for Randy Rainbow who used Broadway tunes to make fun of Donald Trump.

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Janet Yellen to be first female US treasury secretary

The Senate has confirmed Janet Yellen as first female treasury secretary in US history.

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Like a good deal? Maybe a hagglebot can help

Artificial intelligence is getting better at negotiating and research promises systems that could help you.

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Covid vaccines: Why some countries will have to wait until 2022

How are Covid-19 vaccines being distributed across the world? As some countries start vaccinating their populations, others are being left behind.

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Covid: The migrant helping Australia with modified masks

When Manmeet Kaur began giving away masks, she realised many people would relish a different design.

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Hope and fear as Somalia’s civil war turns 30

Thirty years since Somalia plunged into civil war, BBC Africa correspondent Andrew Harding has returned to Mogadishu to see what hopes people have for peace.

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Experts debunk claims on ‘cow dung chip’ to fight radiation



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Daily cases below 10k after 231 days



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Don’t share Aarogya Setu data without consent: HC



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Threats not best way to fight vaccine hesitancy: Experts



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Drive picks up pace, 19.5 lakh vaccinated in the last 10 days



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Govt: Take penal action against those spreading rumours about vaccine safety



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Swiftly decide Salar Jung case, oldest civil suit: SC



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Nagaland Lokayukta sets terms for quitting



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ED attaches land in laundering case



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SC seeks Centre’s view on regulator for TV channels

The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre’s response to a PIL seeking establishment of a regulatory body or statutory tribunal to adjudicate public grievances against news broadcasters and television channels, which the petition alleged frequently crossed the line.

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Pulwama martyr, Jharkhand ASI get Prez police medal



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Sunday 24 January 2021

Zuckerberg's Biden problem

President Biden's open dislike of Facebook could spell problems for the social network.

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Ethiopia's Tigray conflict: 'My wife died giving birth to twins while we hid'

A father tells the BBC his tragic story of fleeing the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region.

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Move to call & inoculate helps cut vaccine wastage in Maha



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Help spread right info on Covid vaccine to people: PM to youths



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China starts smear campaign against India’s vaccine diplomacy

As India’s vaccine diplomacy puts China on the back foot in South Asia, Chinese government mouthpiece Global Times has sought to mount a smear campaign to try and discredit the Indian initiative.

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32 children get Pradhan Mantri Bal Puraskar



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PM salutes ‘desh ki betis’ and those empowering them



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100 bright students to join PM in his box during R-Day parade



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Kargil vet now a tractor 'commander'



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Over 100 farmer leaders under ‘house arrest’ in Agra region



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Thousands of farmers hit Mumbai for today’s rally



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Covid-19: Top advisor warns France at 'emergency' virus moment

The head of France's scientific council suggests a third lockdown is needed amid spread of variants.

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Covid-19: Vaccine divides in the Middle East

Israel is vaccinating against Covid-19 faster than anywhere else, but most Palestinians are waiting.

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Detective Jane Mugo: Meet Kenya's 'spy queen'

BBC Africa Eye looks at the inside story of Detective Jane Mugo, the woman they call Kenya’s "spy queen".

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Egypt's dreams of democracy still alive?

It's been 10 years since Egyptians took to the streets to unseat their longest-serving President, Hosni Mubarak.

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Ghazipur cops ban oil supply to tractors, SP orders probe



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Ayodhya mosque to be dedicated to 1857 fighter Ahmadullah Shah



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