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Washington, Nov 8: On the first day of his presidency, president-elect Joe Biden intends to rescind Donald Trump’s travel bans on travellers from 13 countries, most either majority-Muslim or African nations. Shortly after taking office in 2017, Trump issued an executive order that banned travellers from seven majority-Muslim nations from entering the United States. The Trump administration

Joe Biden was fresh off winning the Michigan primary and effectively capturing the Democratic presidential nomination, a prize he’d sought for the better part of three decades. Instead of plotting a strategy to build momentum, he was contemplating an abrupt halt. He gathered his senior team in a conference room on the 19th floor of his campaign’s Philadelphia headquarters, the type of in-person

Mumbai, Nov 8: Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami on Sunday said he was subjected to torture and was not being allowed to talk to his lawyers. A video released by the Republic Television showed him speaking to media from the police van which shifted him from Alibag primary school in Rajgad district to Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai. “I had requested them please let me talk (to my lawyers). But

Dubai, Nov 8: In a major overhaul of the country's Islamic personal laws, the United Arab Emirates has shown green signal to some of the haram activities including cohabitation of unmarried couples (live-in relationship). It also loosened alcohol restrictions. The broadening of personal freedoms reflects the changing profile of a country that has sought to bill itself as a skyscraper-studded

New Delhi, Nov 8: The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued a notification making a FASTag mandatory for all four-wheel vehicles from January 1, 2021. FASTag has become mandatory for M and N class four-wheelers sold before December 1, 2017. For this, the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 were amended. The ministry issued a notification regarding this on November 6. As per the

New Delhi, Nov 8: India's Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of COVID-19 has touched 1.48 per cent and the country continues to report one of the lowest mortality rates, as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Sunday. The Ministry said that the widespread and comprehensive testing, prompt tracing, quick isolation, and effective treatment of severe patients in ICUs through a standard of

Bengaluru, Nov 8: The Task Force for Implementation of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 headed by former Chief Secretary S. V. Ranganath on Saturday recommended the establishment of Karnataka Education Commission (KEC) to implement this policy smoothly in next ten years. Deputy Chief Minister C. N. Ashwath Narayan and Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar released a report

Wilmington, Nov 8: US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Saturday (local time) delivered their victory speeches from Wilmington in Delaware after winning the race to the White House, during which they emphasised on the unity, and "healing of America", while also giving the subtle reminder for the decades of struggles by women and their journey to empowerment. Amid

Washington, Nov 7: Democrat Joe Biden has won the White House, US media said on Saturday, defeating Donald Trump and ending a presidency that convulsed American politics, shocked the world and left the United States more divided than at any time in decades. CNN, NBC News and CBS News called the race in Mr Biden's favor just before 11:30 a.m. (1630 GMT) as an insurmountable lead in Pennsylvania

Kasaragod, Nov 7: The arrest of Manjeshwar MLA M C Kamaruddin by police in a cheating case on Saturday is likely to have political repercussions in Kerala. Kamaruddin has been synonymous with Indian Union Muslum League in Kasaragod district for the past four decades. A college drop out during his undergraduate days at Sir Syed college in Taliparamba, Kamaruddin climbed his political ladders slowly