Are we at the brink of a war, in the India-China standoff?
Darpan News Desk Darpan, 18 Jun, 2020 09:49 PM
Indian forces put on high alert after recent altercations between Chinese and Indian military troops in the Himalayan border regions - part of a dispute which goes back over 50 years.
An elderly couple in Telangana committed suicide wearing new clothes and after arranging the material required for their last rites, as they did not want to burden their only son, who was ill-treating them.
In a blow to India, Moody’s Investors Service has cut the country’s credit rating outlook to negative--the first step towards a downgrade, saying the government has been partly ineffective in addressing economic weakness, leading to rising risks that growth will remain lower.
For a region that is the epicentre of crop fire burning, Punjab is exhibiting fairly comfortable levels of air quality index (AQI) while many parts of Delhi NCR, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh are showing elevated air pollution levels.
Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday thanked all the personnel of the Special Protection Group (SPG) for dedicatedly protecting him and his family for years and said it was "journey" filled with "affection and learning".
