The US and South Korea continue to adjust their joint defense capabilities to meet ever increasing threats from North Korea’s advancing nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities Topics US-North Korea | Pentagon | Nuclear test IANS  |  Washington  Last Updated at April 9, 2022 09:06 IST The US and South Korea continue to adjust their joint defense capabilities to meet…Continue Reading

The ever increasing infighting and simmering discordance in the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has seemingly put paid to the joy of the party’s landslide victory in the Panchayat and Urban Body elections. In Chhatrapur of Ganjam district, MLA Subash Behera and former legislator Priyanshu Pradhan are at daggers drawn. Similarly, the enmity between Rayagada MP Bhaskar…Continue Reading

The three provincially appointed members of the Ottawa Police Services Board have all resigned, meaning the board no longer has any members who were in place prior to the weeks-long protest that took over the city’s downtown.Coun. Eli El-Chantiry, chair of the Ottawa Police Services Board, speaks to reporters last month while interim police Chief Steve Bell…Continue Reading

Covid’s rise continues: India records 1,59,632 fresh cases, 327 deaths in 24 hours  

The huge rise in the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus seems to be continuing in India.   The country has recorded 1,59,632 new fresh cases and 327 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Sunday.   The nationwide death toll has reached 4,83,790 while the…Continue Reading

Four days on, wait continues for return of 2 arrested Indian fishermen, 1 body from Sri Lanka

It’s been four days since Indian fishermen Rajkiran, Xavier and Suganthiran left from their respective homes in the Kottaipattinam fishing hamlet in Southern state of Tamil Nadu. The fishing boat they were traveling in sunk near the Delft island (between India and Sri Lanka), owing to what the Sri Lankan Navy calls “a collision” with…Continue Reading