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Hajj-2021: International Hajj cancelled for second straight year

On: June 17, 2021

Srinagar: The Hajj Committee of India on June 16 cancelled all the applications for Haj-2021 after the Saudi government decided to cancel the International Haj for the second straight year in 2021 im wake of Covid pandemic. A circular issued by Chief Executive Officer Hajj Committee, Dr. Maqsood Ahmed Khan,Continue Reading

Pope hails musicians’ ‘new creativity’ amid pandemic disruption

By: Matters India

On: February 4, 2021

In: International

Vatican City: Pope Francis praised musicians on Thursday for showing “new creativity” despite severe restrictions imposed on their work by the coronavirus pandemic. In a Feb. 4 video message to participants in an online conference organized by the Pontifical Council for Culture, he also sympathized with artists whose livelihoods areContinue Reading