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"Foreign policy swings like wild pendulum": Kharge as Centre plans to allow Chinese to bid for govt contracts

New Delhi, Jan. 9 -- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday slammed the Centre over reports suggesting that the Indian government plans to scrap five-year-old restrictions on Chinese firms bi... Read More


Denmark's 'shoot first, ask later' order to troops amid Donald Trump's Greenland threat

India, Jan. 9 -- The Danish defence ministry has reportedly ordered its troops to prepare to "shoot first, ask questions later" in case the US tries to forcibly capture Greenland. The directive to Dan... Read More


Protesters in South Africa condemn US intervention in Venezuela, call for Maduro's release

New Delhi, Jan. 9 -- Dozens of people gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in the South African capital Thursday to protest the U.S. intervention in Venezuela and the capture of former president Nicolas ... Read More


Conan O'Brien feels that Donald Trump is bad for comedy

United Kingdom, Jan. 9 -- Conan O'Brien thinks that Donald Trump has been bad for comedy. The 62-year-old star feels that some comics are so staunchly against the US President that they have neglecte... Read More


Rebello lays out legal path; ball now in CM's court

Goa, Jan. 9 -- Former judge of the Bombay High Court, Justice Ferdino Rebello, on Thursday placed the onus squarely on the State gov ernment to act in accord ance with public interest, after submittin... Read More


Vietnam chairs consultation on NPT RevCon 11 with Middle East, North Africa countries

Hanoi, Jan. 9 -- Ambassador Do Hung Viet, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations and President-designate of the 11th Review Conference (RevCon 11) of the Treaty on the Non-Prolifera... Read More


Sewage trench dug at Morjim turtle nesting beach

GAUREWADA, Jan. 9 -- AUGUSTO RODRIGUES Tourists and locals in Mor jim were in for a shock on Sunday morning when a JCB dug a one-metre-deep trench across the beach, re leasing sewage directly into th... Read More


"Will not allow China's hand to reach into Taiwan": President Lai

Taipei, Jan. 9 -- Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said that he would continue safeguarding Taiwan and would not allow China to reach into, Focus Taiwan reported. Focus Taiwan said that the Taiwanese... Read More


Wall Street gains after weak jobs data, Intel surges 7.5%, GM slips 3.6%, mortgage lenders rally

New Delhi, Jan. 9 -- Major Wall Street stock market indices gained on Friday as investors looked over a weaker-than-expected jobs report. A Labor Department update revealed that the US economy added ... Read More


"There was no Bangladesh without India": Ex-diplomat Surendra Kumar

New Delhi, Jan. 9 -- Former diplomat Surendra Kumar has said that Bangladesh's attitude towards India was "very disappointing", given that the neighbouring country wouldn't even exist without India. ... Read More