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Articles by Harshit Sabarwal
Assam CM says admission to madrassas 'rights violation': 'Can't be doctors...'
“This word (madrassa) should vanish. Till the time, this thought process stays, a child cannot become a doctor or an engineer. If a child is told about the outcome, he or she won’t be interested in going there. Children are admitted to a madrassa in violation of human rights,” chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
Updated on May 23, 2022 02:13 PM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Swati Bhasin, New Delhi
On Japan connect, PM Modi recalls his days as Gujarat CM, also writes an op-ed
In the op-ed, PM Modi said that India-Japan defence ties were growing rapidly, from exercises and information exchanges to defence manufacturing.
Updated on May 23, 2022 10:17 AM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Swati Bhasin, New Delhi
Watch: 'Modi, Modi', 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' chants - PM gets warm welcome in Japan
Amid chants of "Har Har Modi", "Modi Modi", "Vande Mataram" and "Bharat Mata ki Jai'', the Prime Minister greeted the India diaspora with folded hands.
Updated on May 23, 2022 07:48 AM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Swati Bhasin, New Delhi
Bilateral with Biden, Quad summit: PM Modi elaborates Japan visit agenda
Modi will be in Japan's Tokyo on Monday and Tuesday. He was invited at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
Updated on May 22, 2022 01:11 PM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Swati Bhasin, New Delhi
North Korea adds 186 K 'fever' cases amid wide concerns: 10 global Covid updates
More than a million health workers in North Korea have been mobilised to find people with the mysterious fever and isolate them at quarantine facilities.
Updated on May 22, 2022 08:51 AM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Swati Bhasin, New Delhi
‘AOC received? Check!’: Jet Airways after getting clearance to fly again
The airline was given the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
Published on May 21, 2022 08:09 AM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Swati Bhasin, New Delhi
At BJP workers' meet, PM Modi on setting goals for next 25 years
Addressing the BJP's national office bearers' meeting in Rajasthan's Jaipur via video conferencing, the prime minister said, “India is seen as a country filled with aspirations. Now, every citizen of India wants to see the work getting done along with witnessing the outcome. In this backdrop, the responsibility of governments increases tremendously.”
Updated on May 20, 2022 11:31 AM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Swati Bhasin, New Delhi
All about Boeing's 3rd shot at high-stakes Starliner space demo flight| Videos
This was the third launch attempt by the US multinational after the first two failed for a program which has bedeviled the company, giving an edge to Elon Musk’s SpaceX as the only American option for ferrying astronauts.
Published on May 20, 2022 07:11 AM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Swati Bhasin, New Delhi
'Entire Maharashtra will rise up..': Warning before Raj Thackeray’s Ayodhya trip
Visuals of the warning by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS)- written on a poster and displayed in Mumbai's Lalbaug area - were shared by news agency ANI.
Updated on May 19, 2022 07:17 PM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan, New Delhi
Ex-Tripura CM Biplab Deb named in 'fake CIA report', wife files complaint
The complaint - filed three days after Deb resigned as chief minister, ahead of assembly elections next year - was lodged at the West Agartala Police Station on Tuesday.
Updated on May 18, 2022 12:38 PM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan, New Delhi
Talks for importing wheat, fertilizers from ‘friend’ India ongoing: Jamaica
"We have enough wheat imports today, but we don't know what will happen tomorrow as the world changed on February 24. Russia now has a war engagement with Ukraine. So we are opening discussions with our friend, India,” Jamaica's commerce minister Aubyn Hill said.
Published on May 18, 2022 11:29 AM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan, New Delhi
‘A face of…’: TMC MP after Manik Saha takes oath as Tripura's new CM
Manik Saha was sworn in as the chief minister at Raj Bhavan in Agartala. Governor SN Arya administered the oath to Saha, a Rajya Sabha MP.
_1652604923610_1652604941323.jpg "Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sushmita Dev and Tripura chief minister Manik Saha.")
Updated on May 15, 2022 02:59 PM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Assam flood's first wave affects 6 districts, kills three | Key points
Till Saturday, a total of 24,681 people in 94 villages in six districts - Cachar, Dhemaji, Hojai, Karbi Anglong West, Nagaon and Kamrup (Metro) - have been affected due to floods, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority said.
Published on May 15, 2022 12:49 PM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Sunil Jakhar 'an asset worth his weight in gold': Navjot Sidhu says Congress...
Taking to Twitter, Sidhu described Jakhar as an 'asset' and said, "The Congress should not lose Sunil K Jakhar... (he) is an asset worth his weight in gold …. Any differences can be resolved on the table."
Updated on May 14, 2022 02:31 PM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan, New Delhi
3 Madhya Pradesh cops killed by poachers, CM says 'sacrifice won't go in vain'
Posting a video statement on Twitter, the state’s home minister Narottam Mishra said, “In the Aaron Police station of Guna district, police received a tip-off about the presence of seven-eight miscreants who were on motorcycles. After the police surrounded them from all sides, the miscreants started firing at them, in which three police personnel were killed.”
Updated on May 14, 2022 11:26 AM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Swati Bhasin, New Delhi
No one can predict length of Ukraine war, says Zelensky |Top 5 points
Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Russia has defended its actions. The country’s president, Vladimir Putin, has said that the special military operation was necessary because the United States was using Ukraine to threaten Moscow and the Kremlin had to defend against the persecution of Russian-speaking people.
Published on May 14, 2022 07:54 AM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Swati Bhasin, New Delhi
At Global Covid summit, PM Modi hails India's pandemic fight, vaccine drive
The global Covid summit intends to galvanize new actions to address the continued challenges of the pandemic and build a stronger global health security architecture.
Published on May 12, 2022 08:24 PM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Aryan Prakash, New Delhi
Terrorists kill Kashmiri Pandit in government office in J&K's Budgam
The victim has been identified as Rahul Bhat – a member of the Kashmiri Pandit community and an employee of the Chadoora area Tehsildar office.
Updated on May 12, 2022 05:54 PM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan, New Delhi
Sri Lankan central bank governor warns of 'collapse', threatens to resign
"If there is no government in the next two days, the economy will completely collapse and no one will be able to save it," Central Bank of Sri Lanka's governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said.
Updated on May 11, 2022 06:56 PM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
'Telling truth not treason…': Rahul Gandhi on SC putting sedition law on hold
Earlier today, the Supreme Court put on hold the 152-year-old colonial-era law as it stressed the need to preserve the civil liberty of Indian citizens. In its interim order the court said it would be 'appropriate' to put Section 124A 'in abeyance' till the government reviewed the law in full.
Published on May 11, 2022 03:38 PM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan, New Delhi
'Tri-services synergy at its best!': Army tweets photo of the moment
General Manoj Pande, Air Chief Marshal Chaudhari and Navy Chief Hari Kumar were batch-mates of the 61st National Defence Academy (NDA) course, and the three are now heading their respective military wings.
Published on May 01, 2022 02:01 PM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Swati Bhasin, New Delhi
‘Didn’t God exist when...’: RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav's question on loudspeaker row
The loudspeaker row erupted in Maharashtra when Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray demanded that loudspeakers be removed from mosques, warning if they are not removed, his party workers would play Hanuman Chalisa and bhajans daily.
Updated on May 01, 2022 11:26 AM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Swati Bhasin, New Delhi
Kim Jong Un's latest warning on nuclear weapons: What is known so far
Since he took over as the supreme leader in 2011, North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong Un is believed to have conducted over 100 missile launches which include intercontinental launches, and four nuclear tests.
Updated on May 01, 2022 07:27 AM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Swati Bhasin, New Delhi
'Modi hai, mumkin hai': P Chidambaram's jab at Centre over coal, power crisis
The Congress has blamed the power crisis - which follows a similar problem late last year - on the Centre's misgovernance and mismanagement.
Updated on Apr 30, 2022 11:00 AM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan, New Delhi
In 1st foreign visit as Pak PM, Shehbaz Sharif meets Saudi Crown Prince
Taking to Twitter, the Pakistani government said that both leaders exchanged views on “matters of mutual interest, especially on various regional and international issues”.
Updated on Apr 30, 2022 07:58 AM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Swati Bhasin, New Delhi
Revived by US for Ukraine, 'Lend Lease' act explained. It helped defeat Hitler
Amid the ongoing Russian offensive in Ukraine, the act will help those affected by Moscow's attack such as Poland and other eastern European countries as well as Ukraine.
Published on Apr 29, 2022 07:50 AM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Swati Bhasin, New Delhi
'Should be called...': Elon Musk suggests name change for Trump's 'Truth Social'
"Should be called Trumpet instead!" Musk said, adding to tweets about Truth Social ranking above Twitter on the Apple store.
Updated on Apr 28, 2022 12:22 PM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan, New Delhi
Elon Musk wants his 'worst critics' to stay on Twitter
The self-described “free speech absolutist” is said to have been in talks with Twitter’s board on Sunday and early Monday over terms of his bid to buy Twitter for $54.20 per share.
Updated on Apr 25, 2022 11:16 PM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Partnership with India a priority for coming decade: European Commission chief
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen is on a two-day visit to India that started on Sunday. She met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind.
Updated on Apr 25, 2022 07:58 PM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Ukraine war: Russia announces ceasefire around Mariupol plant for evacuation
Issuing a statement on Monday, the Russian defence ministry said, "From 14:00 Moscow time (1100 GMT) on April 25, 2022, will unilaterally stop any hostilities, withdraw units to a safe distance and ensure the withdrawal of civilians."
Published on Apr 25, 2022 05:13 PM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Sohini Goswami, New Delhi
