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Rajnath Singh reaches Russia to attend Shanghai Cooperation Organization Defence Ministers’ Meet

ION correspondentSeptember 3, 2020September 3, 2020

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has reached Russia to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Defence Ministers’ Meet. The Defence Ministers of all eight SCO member nations are expected to deliberate...

PM Narendra Modi’s personal website’s Twitter account hacked, secured now, confirms Twitter

ION correspondentSeptember 3, 2020September 3, 2020

The Twitter account of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal website and mobile app was hacked early this morning, the social media giant has confirmed. Twitter said that it has...

World

Malaysia extends ban on entry of Indian, Indonesian, Philippine citizens due to COVID-19 pandemic

ION correspondentSeptember 2, 2020

Malaysia has extended the ban on entry of citizens of India, Indonesia and the Philippines from entering the country to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country. The...

States

Over 9,000 shifted to safer grounds as Narmada river swells in 3 Gujarat districts

ION correspondentSeptember 2, 2020

Over 9,000 people were shifted to safer places in Gujarat’s Bharuch, Narmada and Vadodara districts with the Narmada river swelling due to heavy inflow from upstream dams, officials said...

World

Islamabad High Court asks Nawaz Sharif to surrender to authorities by Sept 10

ION correspondentSeptember 2, 2020

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday directed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to appear before the court and surrender to the authorities by September 10 or face legal...

World

Coronavirus infection in Nepal enters community transmission phase

ION correspondentSeptember 2, 2020

With growing cases of Covid-19 cases in Nepal, 12 districts in the country have entered the phase of community transmission, the Ministry of Health and Population said on Tuesday....

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Uttarakhand relaxes inter-state travel norms, removes 2000 visitors per day ceiling

ION correspondentSeptember 2, 2020August 13, 2025

In an effort to boost tourism revenue, one of the major sources of income of the state, Uttarakhand government has relaxed norms to visit the state and has removed...

States

Mizoram releases new ‘Unlock 4’ guidelines

ION correspondentSeptember 2, 2020September 2, 2020

The Government of Mizoram has issued its own set of ‘Unlock 4’ guidelines days after the Centre released its list of relaxations to resume economic activities after the prolonged...

Nation

Moratorium period on loan repayment ‘extendable’ by two years

ION correspondentSeptember 2, 2020

The moratorium period on repayment of loans during the COVID-19 pandemic is “extendable” by two years and several steps have been taken to help the stressed sectors, the Centre...

States

Treatment of COVID-19 to be free in Assam, says state health minister

ION correspondentSeptember 2, 2020

Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday told the State Assembly that COVID-19 treatment in the State is free and it will remain free. Replying to the Opposition’s...

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