AUGUST 5, 2020
Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday held a closed-door informal session on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir under 'Any Other Business'(AoB).
Sources told India Today that an AoB is a 'closed informal session' without any records. "Today's meeting ended without any outcome or press elements. This is how it was the last two...
AUGUST 5, 2020
Facebook on Wednesday said it had removed a post from President Donald Trump's page for containing false claims about Covid-19.
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. - Andrew Harnik/AP
The post was a video of an...
AUGUST 5, 2020
New Delhi: India on Wednesday (August 5) strongly rejected Chinese comments on Jammu and Kashmir, advising China not to comment on "internal matters". In response to a media query on Chinese MFA spokespersons comment on Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, official spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs, Anurag Srivastava said.
"We have noted the comments of the...
AUGUST 5, 2020
Declaring August 5 as a “golden day” in India’s history, Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke ground and laid a silver brick, the first in the construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya at the site believed to be the Hindu god’s birthplace and where the Babri Masjid once stood.
Modi offered prayers to nine stone blocks with Lord...
AUGUST 5, 2020
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters as he leaves a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. as negotiations continue on a coronavirus relief package on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — After more than a week’s worth of meetings, at least some clarity...
AUGUST 5, 2020
Historian Allan Lichtman, who has correctly predicted every presidential election since 1984 has announced his pick for 2020: Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden
Lichtman's prediction model looks at 13 different categories, dubbed the "Keys to the White House," that have more to do with the record of the incumbent party occupying the White House than the...
AUGUST 5, 2020
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) lashed out at Oprah Winfrey for saying white privilege is an "advantage," accusing the Black media mogul of spewing "utter, racist BS."
"Billionaire Oprah lectures the rest of us: 'You still have your whiteness. That's what the term "white privilege" is. It means that whiteness still gives you an advantage, no matter,'" the senator...
AUGUST 4, 2020
The Off-Facebook Activity tool addresses privacy concerns. Angela Lang/CNET
Facebook can see your web activity. Here's how to stop it
Facebook wants you to be able to trust what you read about the coronavirus, Mark Zuckerberg said.
With the privacy feature, you can clear the history of apps and websites that have shared your data. You can also turn off future...
AUGUST 4, 2020
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, left, and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speak to reporters in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. July 29, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo
The White House and Democratic leaders agreed to try and finalize a deal to address lapsed unemployment benefits and eviction restrictions by the end of this...
AUGUST 4, 2020
Children, who have missed online classes due to a lack of Internet access, listen to prerecorded lessons over loudspeakers, in Maharashtra, India, on July 28. (Prashant Waydande/Reuters)
The world is facing a “generational catastrophe” due to ongoing school closures, U.N. Secretary General António Guterres warned Tuesday, calling the coronavirus pandemic “the largest disruption of education ever.”
Allowing students...
