Search For "grip"
11 killed in stampede during shopping mall looting in South Africa
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Gauteng [South Africa], July 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Eleven people have been killed in a stampede during the looting of a shopping mall in the South African province of Gauteng, as a wave of violent protests against the incarceration of former President Jacob Zuma grips the country, media reported
Read More
Rajasthan: Section 144 imposed after man's murder in Baran, internet shut
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Baran (Rajasthan) [India], July 11 (ANI): The Baran district administration clamped Section 144, deployed police force, and shut down internet services on Sunday when tension gripped Baran city following the murder of a youth near an agricultural produce market the previous day.
Read More
COVID-19: Dhaka's infection rate jumps from 3pc to 28pc in one month
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 7 (ANI): The COVID-19 infection rate of Bangladesh's capital city Dhaka has jumped from 3 per cent to 28 per cent in the last one month as fear continues to grip the city hospitals that they will run out of beds in a few weeks if the infection rate doesn't come down.
Read More
China tightening grip on Sri Lanka by exploiting its vulnerable situation:
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 7 (ANI): China is attempting to tighten its grip on Sri Lanka by exploiting the vulnerable situation of the island nation to fulfil its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, according to a think tank.
Read More
'Xi anxious to maintain his grip on CCP'
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 7 (ANI): As the 20th national congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is drawing closer, President Xi Jinping is anxious to ensure that no calamity, not even the Coronavirus pandemic and the global pushback, loosens his grip on the party and the party's on the cou
Read More
Hong Kong media curtail operations as China tightens grip on free speech
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 30 (ANI): As the national security law imposed by Beijing in Hong Kong completes one year in Hong Kong, several online media outlets in the city are taking down opinion articles and videos from their websites and have said they would move out after the arrest of another Apple
Read More
Tech, media, banks in Hong Kong fear end to their business after Apple Dai
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 26 (ANI): With closure of Apple Daily, a pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong, businesses including tech, media and banks are in fear of the possible end of their businesses in the city as China tightens its grip on a city.
Read More
Clubhouse will soon let users link their Instagram and Twitter accounts
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 5 (ANI): Social media app Clubhouse will soon be resolving the one gripe that people have had with it, its annoying invite-only system. As per the latest beta version of the app, it will now be officially allowing users to add their Instagram and Twitter accounts to the
Read More
Nancy Pelosi congratulates new Tibetan president-in-exile, praises CTA for
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], May 26 (ANI): US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has congratulated new Tibet President-in-exile Penpa Tsering and lauded the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) for courageously standing strong against 'Beijing regressive grip'.
Read More
Syngenta launches multiple initiatives to strengthen rural health infrastr
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI/BusinessWire India): With the second wave of the Covid pandemic gripping rural India in an unprecedented crisis, the country's leading agriculture company Syngenta India has stepped in to provide support to help farmers cope with healthcare challenges.
Read More
IIHM helps set up a 25-bed oxygen support isolation centre, waives student
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI/PRNewswire): The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the world and for the past two months, in the country leaving families devastated as the virus has gripped and taken away a member from them.
Read More
COVID-19: Locals demand probe into deaths in Prayagraj's Mendara village
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 19 (ANI): Villagers in Prayagraj's Mendara are gripped by fear due to the death of more than 50 people since April. While villagers are apprehending that the deaths could be due to COVID-19, they have demanded proper investigation into these deaths.
Read More