Tag: Urges

The meeting was convened at a time when coronavirus pandemic cases have refused to show a downward trend New Delhi: Amid unrelenting spike in cases of coronavirus across the country, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Thursday held a video conference with chief secretaries and health secretaries of nine states, ...

Labour is calling on the government to renew financial commitments to tackle child malnutrition, amid fears that hunger is soaring not only in the developing world but also in Britain.The party released analysis of NHS figures showing that children admitted to hospital in England with malnutrition have risen steadily ...

ISLAMABAD Pakistan Wednesday urged the world terror financing watchdog -- the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) -- to block illegal funding for an Indian political party it accuses of involvement in terrorism.In a statement, Shehryar Afridi, chair of the Pakistani Parliament’s Kashmir Committee, accused the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ...

Pakistan has urged the Taliban to start talks soon with the Afghan government to end decades of conflict, telling visiting officials of the group that an intra-Afghan dialogue could help ensure regional stability. The meeting between Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and a Taliban delegation on Tuesday came ...

Chris Silverwood urged England’s Test cricketers to sign off from their epic summer in the bubble with a final‑day victory against Pakistan that rewards their efforts and, in an ideal world, gets Jimmy Anderson past 600 wickets. England’s winter plans remain uncertain because of the Covid‑19 pandemic and it ...

Apart from restrictive COVID-19 protocols, the rating highlights terrorism, crimes against women and insurgency among other reasons for the advisory, the statement said. The Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism and Hospitality (FAITH) has urged the government to address the negative travel advisory for India issued by the US government. ...

Top story: ‘Very small’ risk for children at school Morning everyone. I’m Martin Farrer and these are the top stories this Monday morning. Boris Johnson has emerged from his holiday in Scotland to try to reset his government’s education policies with a personal plea to parents to send their ...

File photo of Kashmir separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani ( Image: PTI). In a statement issued in the names of his two sons — Nayeem and Naseem Geelani, the family gave enough indication that they should be spared from any controversial comments as it was affecting the health ...

The political parties termed the abrogation of special status of the erstwhile state under Article 370 of the Constitution as a “spitefully shortsighted” and “grossly unconstitutional” moveFormer Union minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday welcomed a joint resolution of six national and regional parties in Jammu ...

Washington:Businessman Mike Bloomberg is urging Americans to evaluate President Donald Trump like a coworker or employee when deciding whether to give him another term.At Thursday’s Democratic National Convention, Bloomberg asked: “Would you rehire or work for someone who ran your business into the ground, and who always does what’s ...