Health authorities in central China reported the first death from a mysterious pneumonia outbreak that has been blamed on a new strain of virus from the same family as SARS.
India-US relationship will benefit all: Sadhguru
Describing India and the US as two most resilient democracies, spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev hopes that the relationship between the two countries would mature in the next few years to benefit the whole world. Sadhguru in his remarks during a farewell reception hosted by the outgoing Indian Ambassador to the US, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, said that the ties between the two countries is important for the rest of the world.
Indirect elections, direct contest between AIADMK and DMK
Indirect elections for the posts of Chairpersons and Deputy Chairpersons of Panchayat Unions and District Panchayats, and Vice-Presidents of Village Panchayats began at 11 am today in 27 districts where people elected their representatives recently in the rural civic polls.
Election day for Taiwan
The future of Taiwan’s democracy is on the line as the self-ruled island’s 19 million voters decide on whether to give independence-leaning President Tsai Ing-wen a second term. Voting began at 8 AM Saturday and wraps up at 4 PM. The vote count will begin soon after, with results expected later in the evening. Tsai and her main challenger, Han Kuo-yu of the Nationalist Party, both voted shortly after polls opened. Han voted in Kaohsiung, the city in southern Taiwan where he is mayor.
US bid to kill another Iranian commander fails
The US military tried, but failed, to take out another senior Iranian commander on the same day that an American airstrike killed the Revolutionary Guard’s top general, US officials said Friday. The officials said a military airstrike targeted Abdul Reza Shahlai, a high-ranking commander in Iran’s Islamic Republican Guard Corps but the mission was not successful.
Venkaiah gets down car, enjoys beauty of Cauvery river in full flow
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu took the security personnel by surprise when he got down from his car to watch the majestic Cauvery river at Srirangam in this district, today.
All not well in DMK-Congress alliance
For the first time in the recent years, bitterness between alliance partners DMK and Congress came out in open Friday evening, when the latter accused the former of not allocating ”fair number of seats” to it in the civic polls in Tamilnadu.
Editorial: Wait & watch
Following CAA protests, the demand for providing dual citizenship for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees living in several camps across Tamilnadu is gaining momentum. Many including former Chief Minister of Sri Lankan Northern province C V Vigneswaran have urged India to extend the same as they have been living in the country for more than three decades. They were staying in India for more than 30 years and they were extended several welfare benefits by the Indian government all these years.
