Special Desk After lakhs take to the streets to demand the departure of long-term President Alexander Lukashenko on the weekend, fresh strikes may erupt now in Belarus. Opposition leaders called for the strikes as anger grows over reports of police violence as well as alleged poll-rigging in the 9 August …
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Minister Chetan Chauhan passed away
News Desk Lucknow: Cabinet minister in Uttar Pradesh government and former cricketer Chetan Chauhan died on Sunday at Medanta hospital in Gurugram. He was admitted to PGI in Lucknow after he tested positive for COVID-19 and was later shifted to Medanta hospital after his condition became serious. He is the …
Read More »US President’s younger brother dies
Special Desk The US President Donald Trump paid tribute to his youngest brother following his death at 71. “It is with heavy heart I share that my wonderful brother, Robert, peacefully passed away tonight,” he said in a statement. The president had visited his brother in hospital in New York …
Read More »The ‘Devi’ factor in US elections
Jubilee News Desk US elections now have a Indian touch as Kamala Devi Harris an Indian-origin California senator Kamala Harris was selected by the Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, as his Vice-Presidential running mate. On August 11, Biden announced that Harris would be his vice presidential running mate. An American …
Read More »Russia claims vaccine, criticism starts
Jubilee News Desk Even as Russia claims of safety and efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine ‘Sputnik V’ the country is facing strong criticism from scientists across the globe for rushing the vaccine development process and limiting people in the trial before launching it. Russian President Vladimir Putin, after his daughter …
Read More »Will climate change be the key to US elections 2020
Dr. Seema Javed The 59th United States Presidential election, 2020 will be held on 3rd November admist Covid crisis. “climate change’ seems to have become a relevant topic and keeps showing up between Democrats or Republicans to win control of white House this time. Democratic party emphasizes climate language: The Democratic National Committee is …
Read More »Northern Territory in Australia extends border restrictions
Special Desk As Australia battles a second wave of the infection spree it has been decided to keep borders at the remote Northern Territory (NT) closed to the corona virus-affected states approximately for the next couple of months. In an official communique, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said interstate travel …
Read More »Deaths cross 45,000 mark, active COVID-19 cases at 6.39 lakh
News Desk Number of deaths in India from COVID-19 rose to 45,257 on Tuesday after 871 deaths were reported in last 24 hours. However the number of fresh cases 53,601 were a little less than the average daily fresh cases coming in the country for past few days. Also India …
Read More »Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested
Jubilee News Desk A Hong Kong business tycoon Jimmy Lai was arrested on Monday and his newspaper offices raided by cops over allegations of collusion with foreign forces. The arrest is the most high-profile arrest so far under the controversial security law imposed by China. Who is Jimmy Lai? Estimated …
Read More »Australia records deadliest 24-hours since the pandemic started
Jubilee News Desk With 19 deaths in 24-hours Australia recorded its deadliest day on Monday since the coronavirus pandemic began, amid a second wave of infections in Melbourne. Nineteen deaths were reported in Victoria – of which Melbourne is the capital – on Monday. Victoria has now seen about two-thirds …
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