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Indian and Pakistani troops exchange fire, at least 15 dead
Published On: November 14, 2020 08:59 AM NPT By: Reuters
SRINAGAR, India/MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, Nov 14: At least 10 civilians and five security personnel were killed in cross-border shelling between India and Pakistan on Friday, in one of this year’s deadliest days along the heavily militarised frontier separating the nuclear-armed rivals, officials said.
India, China close in on plan to end months of military standoff
Published On: November 13, 2020 08:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI, Nov 13: Seeking to end a dangerous military standoff in the western Himalayas, India and China are formulating a plan that involves creating no-patrol zones, pulling back tanks and artillery, and using drones to verify the withdrawal, Indian officials say.
China congratulates Biden on being elected US president
Published On: November 13, 2020 02:12 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, Nov 13: China on Friday became one of the last major countries to congratulate Joe Biden on being elected U.S. president.
Delhi records its highest COVID-19 deaths, hospitals swamped
Published On: November 13, 2020 02:10 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI, Nov 13: Delhi’s COVID-19 deaths rose by a record high on Thursday and it also reported the most number of infections in India, an increase attributed to the city’s toxic air and a lack of physical distancing in public places around a major festival.
At least seven people die in North Carolina flash floods
Published On: November 13, 2020 12:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
UNITED STATES, Nov 13: At least seven people died in North Carolina on Thursday as flash floods swept through parts of the state, authorities said, adding at least two people were missing.
Former China finance minister says trade frictions with U.S. could remain under Biden
Published On: November 13, 2020 12:01 PM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - Trade frictions between the United States and China may not ease in the near term even if Joe Biden becomes president of the United States, former Chinese finance minister Lou Jiwei said on Friday.
Suu Kyi party wins enough seats to form Myanmar's next government
Published On: November 13, 2020 10:00 AM NPT By: Reuters
YANGON, Nov 13: The ruling party of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has won enough parliamentary seats to form the next government, according to official results of a general election released on Friday.
COVID-19 fatality rate down 30% since April, study finds
Published On: November 13, 2020 08:29 AM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, Nov 13: The likelihood that a coronavirus infection will prove fatal has dropped by nearly a third since April due to improved treatment, researchers at the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) said on Thursday.
Republicans urge Trump to allow Biden briefings as U.S. election challenges sputter
Published On: November 13, 2020 08:10 AM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON/WILMINGTON, Nov 13: More Republican lawmakers said on Thursday the Trump administration should allow Joe Biden to receive intelligence briefings, in a tacit acknowledgement the Democrat will soon occupy the White House despite the president’s refusal to concede.
Spanish mountaineer, 81, trains for Himalayas in tribute to victims of COVID-19
Published On: November 12, 2020 06:15 PM NPT By: Reuters
MORALZARZAL, Spain, Nov 12: At 81 years old Spanish mountaineer Carlos Soria is training to tackle one of the world’s highest peaks, a challenge he will dedicate to elderly victims of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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