Government bans 118 Chinese apps including PUBG
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India on Wednesday banned another 118 mobile apps including Tencent Holdings’ popular videogame PUBG, as it stepped up the pressure on Chinese technology companies following a standoff with Beijing at the border. The list of 118 mostly Chinese apps also includes applications from Baidu and Xiaomi’s ShareSave. The ban was announced […]
‘Very Nasty’ situation along India-China Border; ready to help ease tension: Trump
US President Donald Trump said that the border standoff between China and India is “very nasty” and “they (China) are certainly going at it”. Mr. Trump told media at a White House briefing on Friday that he had raised this matter with both India and China, and the US was ready to help. He said, […]
UP Police nabs accused in rape, murder of three-year-old girl in Lakhimpur Kheri
Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri, a three-year-old girl found dead in a field in the district was raped and strangled, the police said on Friday, September 4. The toddler, who had been missing since Wednesday, had injury marks on the head. Her body was found just half a kilometre from her home in the Singahi area, […]
FAU-G an Indian Alternative to PUBG, Announced by Akshay Kumar After China App Ban
Days after the Indian government put a ban on PUBG MOBILE along with other 118 Chinese apps, Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar announced a multiplayer action-game, FAU-G. Core Games, based in the southern Indian tech hub of Bengaluru, will launch its “Fearless and United: Guards (FAU:G)” game by the end of October, the company’s co-founder Vishal Gondal […]
India overtakes Brazil to become second-worst hit country by the pandemic
India’s coronavirus infections surged past 4.2 million on Monday as it overtook Brazil to become the country with the second-highest number of cases. With 4,204,613 infections, India is nearly 70,000 cases ahead of Brazil, which will post its most recent numbers later on Monday. India, with a daily record 90,802 cases on Monday, also has […]
Taj Mahal to reopen on September
India’s top tourist attraction the Taj Mahal is set to reopen more than six months after it was shut, officials said Tuesday, even as the vast nation battles soaring coronavirus infections. “The Taj Mahal will reopen on September 21. All COVID-19 protocols, like physical distancing, masks will be followed,” northern Uttar Pradesh state’s Tourism Department deputy director […]
86-year-old grandmother’s rape shocks India
The 86-year-old grandmother was raped in Delhi. Tens of thousands of rapes are reported in India every year, but some stand out for being deeply disturbing. In one particularly shocking case, police in the capital, Delhi, have arrested a man in his 30s for the rape and assault of an 86-year-old grandmother. “The woman was […]
Bollywood Sushant Singh Rajput case: After a star’s suicide, a TV ‘witch hunt’
MUMBAI (AFP) – India has more than four million coronavirus cases and an explosive border stand-off with China, but the story dominating television news for months is how a Bollywood actress supposedly drove her ex-boyfriend to suicide with pot and black magic. Faced with a seemingly endless pandemic lockdown and an economy in free fall, […]
India coronavirus cases surge to 4.85 million
MUMBAI (Reuters) – India has recorded 92,071 new cases of the coronavirus, taking total cases to 4.85 million, the federal health ministry said on Monday. The world’s second-most populous country lags only the United States globally in the overall number of infections, but it has been reporting more daily cases than the United States since […]
At Least 10 Dead in Building Collapse in India, Dozens Feared Trapped
India (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed on Monday and dozens were feared trapped when a portion of a three-storey residential building collapsed on the outskirts of the Indian city of Mumbai, officials said. The details, 31 people have been rescued from under the debris of the building in Patel Compound area. A […]
