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Chaos As People Running Around In Kabul Airport To Board Flights
US troops were forced to fire warning shots at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul to prevent crowds of desperate citizens running to board planes as the Taliban took over the Afghan capital city, an official told a global news wire. ....
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani In Oman To Escape To The US
The exact location of fugitive Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is unknown, but he is said to have travelled to Oman to escape to the US, Mehr News reported. ....
India Covid Update: At 25,166, India Sees Major Decline In Daily Covid Cases
India on Tuesday registered a major fall in the daily Covid-19 cases as fresh infections reported in the last 24 hours came down to 25,166. The last time there were cases close to this number was last year December 22, when around 24,000 cases were reported. ....
UK PM Boris Johnson, US President Joe Biden Vow To Work Together On Afghan Situation
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Joe Biden have spoken over telephone about the current situation in Afghanistan following Taliban takeover, the Downing Street said in a statement. ....
Porn Case: Raj Kundra Gets Interim Relief From Arrest Till Aug 25
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted interim protection from arrest to businessman Raj Kundra till August 25 in a porn film racket case registered in 2020 by the Mumbai Police here.....
L-G Again Rejects Delhi Govt's Panel To Probe Deaths Due To Oxygen Shortage
Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal has again rejected the Delhi Government's request to set up a panel to investigate the deaths due to alleged oxygen shortage during the second wave of the Covid pandemic, said Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday. ....
Zydus Cadila's 3-dose Vaccine Gets Emergency Use Approval In India, Will Be First Jab For 12-18 Year Olds
Zydus Cadila's three-dose indigenous Covid-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D, the world's first DNA-based Covid vaccine that can be administered to people aged 12 and above, on Friday received emergency use authorisation (EUA) in India, an official statement said. ....
Kabul Evacuation Among ‘most Difficult’ In History’: US President Biden
President Joe Biden said on Friday he could not guarantee the final outcome of the emergency evacuation from Kabul’s airport, calling it one of the most “difficult” airlift operations ever. “This is one of the largest, most difficult airlifts in history,” Biden said in a televised address from the White House.....
Taliban Blame US For 'chaos' At Kabul Airport
Reacting to the chaotic situation at the Kabul airport, a senior Taliban official has held the US responsible for the panic. ....
Kabul Airport Suspends Operations Till Further Notice
All flights to and from the Kabul International Airport have been suspended until further notice due to large crowds seeking to flee Afghanistan, the national civil aviation authority said in a statement issued on Monday. ....
