Morning Digest | BRICS meet likely in June, India to attend China-hosted event; Two juveniles among 23 held in connection with Jahangirpuri violence; and more
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BRICS meet likely in June, India to attend China-hosted event
Weeks after the visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Delhi, India has agreed to attend a virtual summit of leaders of the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa grouping, likely to be held at the end of June, sources here have confirmed.
Two juveniles among 23 held in connection with Jahangirpuri violence
A day after communal clashes broke out in Northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri, the Delhi Police on Sunday said that it has arrested 21 persons, 16 of whom are Muslims, in connection with the case and booked them under sections of rioting and criminal conspiracy. Police also said that two juveniles have also been apprehended.
Amid row over actual COVID-19 deaths, WHO Director General to visit India
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Ghebreyesus and Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth will be among the foreign guests to participate in the inauguration of WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM) in Jamnagar on April 19. The WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Kashmir University PhD scholar arrested for ‘highly provocative and seditious’ magazine article