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Kuwait fire incident: Bodies of Indians killed charred beyond recognition, DNA tests underway | After heated campaigns, PM Modi shares pleasantries with Naveen Patnaik at Odisha oath ceremony | Newly formed Odisha govt decides to reopen all gates of Puri Jagannath Temple in first cabinet meet | Kuwait building fire kills 40 Indian nationals, PM Modi holds high-level meeting | 'Deeply shocked, will render fullest assistance': S Jaishankar on Kuwait building fire that killed 40 Indians | One CRPF, two terrorists killed in Jammu and Kashmir encounter | Farooq Abdullah on Kashmir terror attacks: 'Unless we talk.. we cannot solve it' | Modi is still busy celebrating despite 3 terror attacks in Kashmir: Rahul Gandhi slams PM | Chandrababu Naidu takes oath as Andhra Pradesh CM, Modi in attendance | Lt General Upendra Dwivedi named new Army chief

Pepper robots are seen at SoftBank Robotics in Paris

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:09 am

PARIS, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Pepper robots are seen at SoftBank Robotics in Paris, France, Sept. 10, 2020. With a new feature, Pepper robot can detect whether people are wearing face masks and if not, instructs them to wear.

Mexico: Archeologists excavate bones of mammoth skeletons found at the construction site of airport

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Archeologists excavate bones of mammoth skeletons found at the construction site of the new Felipe Angeles International Airport in Mexico City, Mexico, Sept. 10, 2020.

Washington: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a press conference

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2020 (Xinhua) -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Sept. 10, 2020. U.S. Senate on Thursday failed to advance a slimmed-down Republican COVID-19 relief proposal, as lawmakers remain deadlocked over the scope and size of the much needed stimulus bill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said in a joint statement earlier that the bill doesnt come close to addressing the problems and is headed nowhere.

S Jaishankar meets Sergei Lavrov, Wang Yi in Moscow

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

MOSCOW, Sept. 11, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (C) and Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Moscow, Russia, on Sept. 10, 2020.

Patna: Bihar Legislative Council chiarman Awadhesh Narain Singh inaugurates oxygen cylinder bank

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

PATNA, SEP 11 (UNI):- Bihar Legislative Council chiarman Awadhesh Narain Singh inauguration oxygen cylinder bank for COVID-19 paitents, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, in Patna on Friday.

G20 labour and employment ministers attend virtual meeting

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

RIYADH, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 10, 2020 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, shows Group of 20 (G20) labour and employment ministers attending a virtual meeting . G20 labour and employment ministers called on Thursday for strong social protection systems to support all workers and their families during crisis and recovery.

EU, Britain officials meet over Brexit

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

LONDON, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier (L) walks to Britains Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in London, Britain, Sept. 10, 2020. Senior officials from the European Union (EU) and Britain met in London on Thursday for hastily arranged talks over a controversial Brexit bill as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson intended to override key parts of the Withdrawal Agreement previously agreed with Brussels.

UN Security Council meeting on children and armed conflict

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 10, 2020 shows the UN Security Council meeting on children and armed conflict, with a focus on attacks against schools as a grave violation of childrens rights, at the UN headquarters in New York. The UN Security Council on Thursday voiced grave concern about the significant increase of attacks on schools in recent years and the resulting alarming number of children denied access to quality education.

Glimpse of TIFF 2020

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

TORONTO, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- A man walks past a screen with the information of the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Canada, on Sept. 10, 2020. Featuring 50 new feature films, five programs of short films, as well as interactive talks, the ten-day annual event kicked off on Thursday with drive-in locations and online screenings.

IAF formally inducts Rafale and SU-30 aircraft

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

AMBALA, SEP 10 (UNI):- Rafale aircrafts and SU-30 aircraft at its formal induction ceremony at 17 Squadron of Indian Air Force Station, in Ambala on Thursday.

Prayagraj: Devotees walk in flood water mud on the river bank of Ganga

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

PRAYAGRAJ, SEP 9 (UNI):- Devotees walk in flood water mud on the river bank of Ganga in Prayagraj on Wednesday.

Ahmadabad: Health workers collect swab

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

AHMEDABAD, SEP 09 (UNI) A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) takes swab from a construction worker for a rapid antigen test at a construction site in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.

Harsh Vardhan attends the 73rd session of WHO South East Asia Region through Video Conferencing

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

NEW DELHI, SEP 9 (UNI):- Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Dr Harsh Vardhan attends the 73rd session of WHO South East Asia Region through Video Conferencing, in New Delhi on Wednesday. Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey is also seen.

Afghan municipal employees work at the site of a bomb attack in Kabul

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

KABUL, Sept. 9, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Afghan municipal employees work at the site of a bomb attack in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Sept. 9, 2020. At least 10 people were killed and 15 others wounded in a bomb attack that struck the convoy of Afghan First Vice-President Amrullah Saleh in Kabul during Wednesdays morning rush hour, an Interior Ministry spokesman confirmed.

Patna: People wait to enter Mahavir Temple

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

PATNA, SEP 9 (UNI):- People wait a queue at a famous Mahavir temple, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in Patna in Wednesday.

People walk through disinfection tunnel in Israel

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

RAMAT GAN, Sept. 9, 2020 (Xinhua) -- People walk through a disinfection tunnel that sprays sanitation liquid at Bar-Ilan University in central Israeli city of Ramat Gan amid COVID-19 pandemic on Sept. 8, 2020.

Prayagraj: Health worker collects swab

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

PRAYAGRAJ, SEP 9 (UNI) - A health worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) collects a swab sample during a rapid antigen testing campaign for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Prayagraj on Wednesday.

UEFA Nations League football match between Ireland, Belgium taking place

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

BRUSSELS, Sept. 9, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Belgiums Jeremy Doku (Bottom) and Icelands Hjortur Hermannsson vie for the ball during the UEFA Nations League football match between Belgium and Iceland at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, Sept.

Aquabus ferry carries a few tourists on board in Vancouver

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

VANCOUVER, Sept. 9, 2020 (Xinhua) -- An Aquabus ferry carries a few tourists on board in Vancouver, Canada, Sept. 8, 2020. As summer winds down, tourism operators across British Columbia province are looking at staggering losses from a season constricted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Toronto: People line up to have COVID-19 tests

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

TORONTO, Sept. 9, 2020 (Xinhua) -- People line up to have COVID-19 tests outside a COVID-19 assessment center in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Sept. 8, 2020. Early Tuesday, Ontario announced a pause of four weeks on any further loosening of public health measures in the province.

A woman wearing a face shield walks past the London Eye

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

A woman wearing a face shield walks past the London Eye in London, Britain, Sept. 8, 2020. The latest British official figures showed Tuesday that COVID-19 death toll had hit 57,400 as British people are being urged to take the pandemic seriously or face a bumpy road ahead.

Pakistan: Rescuers search for miners after rock slide

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

MOHMAND (PAKISTAN), Sept. 9, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers search for miners after a rock slide at a marble mine in Pakistans northwest tribal district of Mohmand, on Sept. 8, 2020. The death toll from the rock slide incident at a marble mine, which took place on Monday in Pakistans northwest tribal district of Mohmand, climbed to 19, police and local media said on Tuesday.

UNGA prez Tijjani Muhammad-Bande addresses press conference

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 9, 2020 (Xinhua) -- President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Tijjani Muhammad-Bande (R) speaks at an end-of-tenure press conference at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 8, 2020. The outgoing president of the UN General Assembly, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, on Tuesday called on member states to respect international law.

Morocco: Student wearing a mask has her temperature checked before attending a class in school

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

RABAT, Sept. 9, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A student wearing a mask has her temperature checked before attending a class in a school in Rabat, Morocco, on Sept. 8, 2020. Morocco on Tuesday reported 1,941 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of infections in the country to 75,721.

People learn traditional Chinese painting in Kuala Lumpur

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 7, 2020 (Xinhua) -- People learn traditional Chinese painting under the theme of Mid-Autumn Festival at the China Cultural Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sept. 6, 2020. The Chinese Cultural Center in Kuala Lumpur held cultural events recently to welcome the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, under tight epidemic prevention and control measure

Police and Civil Defence team members retrieving body of a boy died in Ramban accident

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

JAMMU, SEP 7 (UNI):- Police and Civil Defence team members retrieving the body of a boy died in road accident in Ramban district on Monday.

Ministry of Tribal Affair and STEPAap sign MoU

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

NEW DELHI, SEP 7 (UNI);- L to R Sandeep Singhal (CBO STEPapp), Praveen Tyagi (CEO & Founder STEPapp), Saurabh Jain (Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs), Surendra Kumar Meena (Private Secretary, Ministry of State of Tribal Affairs), Vaibhav Goyal (DS, Ministry of Tribal Affairs) at the MOU signing between Ministry of Tribal Affair and STEPAap for digitalization in Eklavya Model Residential Schools, in New Delhi on Monday.

DG BSF Rakesh Asthana with wife and other senior ranked officers of Jammu Frontier

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

JAMMU, SEP 7 (UNI):- DG BSF Rakesh Asthana with wife and other senior ranked officers of Jammu Frontier before leaving for the national capital in Jammu on Monday.

Students queue for body temperature screening at the Bak Touk High School in Phnom Penh

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 7, 2020 (Xinhua) - Students queue for body temperature screening at the Bak Touk High School in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sept. 7, 2020. Schools in Cambodia reopened on Monday after a six-month closure due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) office closed in Srinagar

Sep 19, 2024, at 11:10 am

SRINAGAR, SEP 7 (UNI):- Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) office closed in Srinagar on Monday after some employees reportedly test positive for COVID-19.