Breaking News LIVE: Scores Of Foreigners Fly Out Of Kabul In First Mega Civilian Evacuation Post US Withdrawal
Breaking News LIVE Updates September 9, 2021: This blog brings to you the latest breaking news from across India and the world. Refresh the page to find the latest updates.
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Breaking News LIVE Updates, September 9, 2021: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to meet the Indian contingent of the 2020 Summer Paralympics on Thursday (September 9), just as he had earlier met with all the Olympians who returned after participating in the multi-sports event in Tokyo. Announcing on Sunday that the Prime Minister will be hosting the Paralympians this week, Union minister for youth affairs and sports Anurag Thakur said that Modi has always had a “vision” for inclusive participation in sports, so creating more opportunities for specially-abled athletes was a part of that idea.
“He [the Prime Minister] had hosted the Olympians when they arrived in India, and now he is going to host the Paralympians as well,” the sports minister later told reporters, adding a congratulatory word for all the medallists this year. He pointed out that in 2016, the contingent for the Paralympics was 19 and now in 2021, the country's para-athletes managed to win 19 medals.
The 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo was held from August 24 to September 5 this year entirely behind closed doors due to the prevailing coronavirus disease (Covid-19) situation. Just like the Olympics, the multi-sports event was branded as Tokyo 2020 despite being delayed a year due to the pandemic.
The World Health Organization called Wednesday for countries to avoid giving out extra Covid jabs until year-end, pointing to the millions worldwide who have yet to receive a single dose.
"I will not stay silent when the companies and countries that control the global supply of vaccines think the world's poor should be satisfied with leftovers," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists.
Speaking from WHO's headquarters in Geneva, Tedros urged wealthy countries and vaccine makers to prioritise getting the first jabs to health workers and vulnerable populations in poorer nations over boosters.
"We do not want to see widespread use of boosters for healthy people who are fully vaccinated," he said.
The WHO called last month for a moratorium on Covid-19 vaccine booster shots until the end of September to address the drastic inequity in dose distribution between rich and poor nations.
Scores Of Foreigners Fly Out Of Kabul In First Mega Civilian Evacuation Post US Withdrawal
Dozens of foreigners, including Americans, have left Kabul on an international commercial flight, marking the first large-scale evacuation since US and NATO forces left Afghanistan late last month. A senior US official said that Americans, green cardholders and other nationalities including Germans, Hungarians and Canadians are on the flight.
Some 200 foreigners, including Americans, boarded the international commercial flight from Kabul airport.
BREAKING | CBDT Extends Income Tax Deadline Till Dec 31 For FY21
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) extends the due date for filing of Income Tax Returns for the assessment year 2021-22 till 31st December.
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