In focus, 9th Sep 2020, News & Stories from India

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09 Sep 2020

In focus, 09 Sep 2020

Zaleb Brown, the rising star of mixed genre music

The mixed-genre type of music garnered a lot of attention from the mass since early this decade

09 Sep 2020 8:38 PM

Voompla’s journey to the top: What it takes to build an entertainment news brand

Social media has now become a jungle where every brand is vying to stand out. So how do you get eyeballs?

09 Sep 2020 8:28 PM

J-K Police arrest two people after recovering M4 carbine, other ammunitions from truck

The persons who were arrested and are being interrogated have been identified as Bilal Ahmad Kuttey and Shahnawaz Ahmad Mir

09 Sep 2020 8:14 PM

Kangana Ranaut's fresh salvo: Uddhav, tujhe kya lagta hai?

Another parallel development may lead to another fight between the state government and the Centre — on behalf of the Ranaut.

09 Sep 2020 7:07 PM

Anita Katyal | ‘Pro-changers’ for voter lists; Anar ambition worries BJP

An entrepreneur by profession, Anar Patel joined the BJP a couple of years ago

09 Sep 2020 7:03 PM

Video grab of a video posted by Tsewang Rigzin, editor of the State Times newspaper of Leh. (Photo: Facebook/Ladakh In The Media.

Arrest of Ladakh editor has roots in 'attempt to bribe journalists' case against BJP

Tsewang Rigzin arrested because an unknown person posted hostile comments on a Facebook page run by him

09 Sep 2020 6:29 PM

Indian politics has changed. The Chinese are responding to that change. PTI Photo

N.V. Subramanian | Understand the politics behind China tensions

Dependence on a professional military and career diplomats can only take a nation state so far

09 Sep 2020 6:10 PM

Hungry for TRPs, the big media remained oblivious.

AA Edit | ‘Justice for Sushant’ holds mirror to media

The media is guilty of according the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput too much priority

09 Sep 2020 5:39 PM

Now, as part of weeding out inefficient and corrupt babus, the Modi sarkar has again reiterated that Central ministries and departments must constantly update the list of officers who have completed 30 years of service. Representational Image

Dilli Ka Babu | Civil servants under watch for corruption

Last year, the government endorsed lists of dozens of officers of the IRS and IT services accused of corruption and other charges

09 Sep 2020 5:18 PM

Men wearing facemasks as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 Coronavirus chat sitting on a bench in New Delhi. PTI Photo

AA Edit | Government must come clean on economy

The nation is witnessing a strange economic phenomenon where the people find it difficult to make ends meet

09 Sep 2020 4:46 PM

Supreme Court stays implementation of reservation to Marathas in education, jobs

On November 30, 2018, the Maharashtra legislature had passed a bill granting 16-per cent reservation to Marathas.

09 Sep 2020 4:27 PM

Serum Institute of India said that trials of AstraZeneca Plc’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the country is ongoing and has not faced any issues. (Representative Image)

AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine trials continue in India: Serum Institute

AstraZeneca said it has paused global trials, including large late-stage trials, due to an unexplained illness in a study participant

09 Sep 2020 4:20 PM

Afghan's first vice-presidenti Amrullah Saleh (C) speaks to the media at the Independent Electoral Commission office in Kabul. - At least two people were killed and a dozen more wounded in an explosion targeting the convoy of Afghanistan's vice president Amrullah Saleh in central Kabul early on September 9, officials said. (AFP File)

India condemns terrorist attack on Afghan VP Saleh

Saleh is reportedly a former Afghan Intelligence chief and staunch critic of the Taliban and is hated by Pakistan-backed terror groups

09 Sep 2020 4:15 PM

Afghan first Vice President Amrullah Saleh (right). Afghan officials claimed a failed assassination attempt against Afghanistan's first vice president Saleh. Razwan Murad, a spokesman for the first vice president said Wednesday, Sept. 9, that the enemies of Afghanistan again tried to harm Saleh, but the vicious and terrorist attempt has failed and Saleh has survived. (AP)

Afghanistan VP lightly wounded in deadly Kabul blast

The explosion killed at least 10 civilians and wounded more than a dozen, officials said

09 Sep 2020 3:57 PM

Migrants sit inside the burnt Moria Camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on September 9, 2020, after a major fire. - Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos fled for their lives early September 9, as a huge fire ripped through the camp of Moria, the country's largest and most notorious migrant facility. Over 12,000 men, women and children ran in panic out of containers and tents and into adjoining olive groves and fields as the fire destroyed most of the overcrowded, squalid camp. The blaze started just hours after the migration ministry said that 35 people had tested positive at the camp. (AFP)

Thousands flee as Greece's main migrant camp gutted by huge blaze

The blaze started just hours after the migration ministry said that 35 people had tested positive at the camp

09 Sep 2020 3:23 PM

FADA on Wednesday said passenger vehicle retail sales in August declined 7.12 per cent to 1,78,513 units. (PTI Photo)

Retail sales of passenger vehicles decline 7% in August: FADA

Two-wheeler sales declined 28.71 per cent to 8,98,775 units last month as compared with 12,60,722 units in August 2019

09 Sep 2020 3:21 PM

Bill Birtles (right) and Michael Smith had to consent to questioning before they were allowed to leave China, shepherded out of the country on a late-night flight by Australian diplomats.(Photo: Twitter @billbirtles)

Australian journalists flown out of China fearing arrest

Several reporters for US media residing in China have had their visas revoked and been forced to leave the country

09 Sep 2020 2:11 PM

A health worker arranges swab samples on a tray for COVID-19 test at a medical camp. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said that sharp spike in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the national capital will “plateau” after ten days or so. (PTI Photo)

COVID-19 cases will ‘plateau’ after 10-15 days: Delhi health minister

The minister said that “testing, tracing, isolation and treatment” strategy was still being followed along with “aggressive contact tracing”

09 Sep 2020 2:01 PM

Ex-Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah to voluntarily vacate government residence in Srinagar

Abdullah said he has never held on to any government property that he was not entitled to and "I have no intention to start now".

09 Sep 2020 1:48 PM

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. (AP File)

Russia says Navalny 'disinformation campaign' being used for new sanctions

G7 foreign ministers had recenly demanded that Russia quickly find and prosecute those behind Navalny's suspected poisoning

09 Sep 2020 1:45 PM

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