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ULAN BATOR, July 5 (Xinhua) -- A total of 263 Mongolian nationals onboard a chartered flight arrived Saturday at the Chinggis Khaan International Airport from Japan amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the country's State Emergency Commission (SEC). … [Read more...] about 263 Mongolian nationals back home from Japan amid pandemic

Already, in Delhi, there are suggestions that Shah is overseeing the Covid-19 fight by diktat with little consultation with the state government. Which might partly explain why so many unilateral decisions taken one day are hastily abandoned the very next. The home minister may have no love lost for Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal but this is a moment to set aside personal differences and work as a team. So far, in his political career, Shah has been a divisive figure; now he needs to become a unifying force by providing a healing touch to a traumatised citizenry. … [Read more...] about The return of Amit Shah to the national stage, writes Rajdeep Sardesai

The sudden and tragic demise of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput has left the Indian film and television industry in shock and disbelief. TV Czarina Ekta Kapoor and BJP Amethi MP, both of whom have followed Sushant’s journey from his Balaji days took to social media to condole his death. Ekta, whose show ‘Pavitra Rishta’ catapulted Sushant to nationwide fame shared a one-week old conversation she had with the late actor on Instagram. Also read - Sushant Singh Rajput: The (real) star of ‘Kai Po Che!’, and one who kept it real in ‘Byomkesh’, ‘Dhoni’, and real life Ekta had taken to Instagram to share how the producers of a TV channel had refused to cast the ‘Kedarnath’ star as the lead in the TV show and it was her who convinced them. View this post on Instagram … [Read more...] about ‘A star who made nation swoon’: Ekta Kapoor and Smriti Irani remember Sushant Singh Rajput’s Balaji days

“Now the spending on border infrastructure in the country has almost tripled. This has also led to speedy development of border areas including construction of bridges and laying of roads,” he said. “One of the biggest advantages of this is that now the goods reach you in a short time. The country is strengthening its armed forces at every level today,” he added. … [Read more...] about PM Modi, President Kovind discuss national, international issues at Rashtrapati Bhavan

At almost a quarter of the population already enrolled for Aadhaar and the unique identity project surpasses the US human database. Aadhaar also promises to be the panacea for e-governance in India - no duplicates, no frauds and one that an individual need not remember, like a password. As pilots --using Aadhaar to authenticate people -- convert to actual rollout, people will be able to use fingerprints to avail of government subsidies, insurance policies, buy fertiliser or open bank accounts. Behind this mega project and an aspect responsible for its most essential feature - uniqueness that can't be duplicated - lies biometrics or mathematical calculation of a human feature - eyes, face, palm, toes, fingers, veins and so on. Fingerprints change the least over time and are relied upon the most for biometric authentication followed by iris (see graphics -- Basics of Biometrics). When UIDAI spearheaded by technology titan Nandan Nilekani was entrusted with the task of giving each … [Read more...] about UIDAI: Banking on biometrics to give you a unique identity