Kabul [Afghanistan], September 20 (ANI): Taliban's return to power raised fears among Afghans that they will forcibly recruit youngsters to groom them for terror activities.
Assam [India], September 20 (ANI): Assam reported 259 new COVID-19 cases and seven fatalities in the past 24 hours, as per the state health bulletin on Sunday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 20 (ANI): Out of the five boys, who drowned in the sea at Versova Jetty while immersing Ganesh idol, two were rescued while three are still missing, said Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], September 20 (ANI): After winning the gold medal at 60th National Open Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in Telangana's Warangal, sprinter Amlan Borgohain has now set his sights on the Commonwealth and Asian Games in the upcoming year.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], September 20 (ANI): A Bhubaneswar-based artist turned entrepreneur using coconut shells which are usually thrown as a waste in the temple city.
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 20 (ANI): People's Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of playing politics over issues pertaining to Taliban, Afghanistan and Pakistan to garner votes.
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 20 (ANI): The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) said that closing Afghan girls' schools violates the fundamental right to education.
Havana [Cuba], September 20 (ANI): Cuba has become the first country in the world to begin the mass vaccination of kids as young as age 2 against COVID-19 with its homegrown vaccines.
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 20 (ANI): Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that the Taliban have not fulfilled the commitments regarding the education of girls, women's rights, and the national flag.
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 on the Richter scale hit Myanmar at 12.54 am (IST) today, said National Center for Seismology (NCS).
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 20 (ANI): After Congress announced Charanjit Singh Channi as the new Chief Minister of Punjab on Sunday, the state party in-charge Harish Rawat said that there will be two Deputy Chief Ministers in the state.
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 20 (ANI): After banning girls to attend secondary and high schools, the Taliban on Sunday said that they will establish a potent and effective administration for women under the Sharia law.