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Delhi High Court Friday agreed to hear a plea challenging the Centre's circular prohibiting travel of passengers from European Union, UK, Turkey and European free trade association member nations from March 18 onwards to contain the spread of coronavirus pandemic. 

The European Taskforce formed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to conduct research on developing a vaccine for Coronavirus has a Karnataka connection. Dr Mahadesh Prasad, a young scientist from Arkalgud, Hassan, is part 10 research teams formed to develop a vaccine for COVID-19. Watch this video to find out more about this Karnataka scientist.

In a shot in the arm for PM Modi, activists and journalists from Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan occupied Kashmir along with European Parliamentarians hailed the Indian government's decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution

Indian-origin Suella Braverman, UK’s new Attorney General, was formally sworn in at a ceremony at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Suella Braverman was appointed for the post in British PM Boris Johnson’s reshuffled Cabinet earlier this month. The 39-year-old minister is a barrister and Cambridge University law graduate, specializing in public law and judicial review. Here's all you need to know about her.

Today, Wuhan is the epicenter of the novel Coronavirus Outbreak. But, two generations ago, this Chinese City was known through the West as a major industrial junction. Many European powers had a consulate & major Western and Japanese firms had factories in Wuhan. A cradle of China’s revolution in 1911, Wuhan was a trading hub for iron, steel, food cans, teas, cotton and silks. Watch this video to find out how the city of Wuhan, which was once a trading center became the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.

External affairs minister S Jaishankar’s visit to Belgium and Germany came in the wake of some British members of the European Parliament wanting to pass a resolution against the newly amended citizenship law in India.

Hello and welcome to this episode of DePress Room, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about how the European Parliament Defers Vote on Anti-CAA Resolution. To the relief of the Narendra Modi government, the European Parliament decided to defer the vote on the resolution against India’s controversial Citizenship Amendment Act till the second half of March.

While several top political leaders in India claimed that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is considered to be an internal issue, a session was held in the European Parliament to debate upon India's stand on CAA and NRC

The European Union has made it clear that the move to pass a resolution against India’s CAA is not a reflection of its official status. 

Terming Article 370 an internal issue of India, EU parliamentarians, after visiting Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, said that they stand by India in its fight against global terrorism.

Mary Kom will represent the Asian bloc in the ambassadors group for Tokyo Olympics, which also comprise the likes of Ukrainian legend Vasyl Lamachenko (Europe), a two-time Olympic and world gold-medallist who now plies his trade in the professional circuit, and five-time world champion and 2016 Olympic gold-winner Julio Cesar La Cruz (Americas) among others

The Centre’s decision to allow an EU delegation to visit Jammu and Kashmir was met with much criticism by the Opposition. We take a look at why this impartial visit was allowed and necessary
 

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said that 13,000 marshals have been appointed to be deployed on Delhi buses to ensure women's safety. Swaroop Singh Kuntal became the fastest Indian to complete Ironman event that was held in Malaysia in a record time of 12 hours and 14 minutes. All this and more on today's MyNation in 100 seconds

A 28-member European parliamentary panel will visit Kashmir in the wake of abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A 

External affairs minister S Jaishankar called upon King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands and had "fruitful discussions on expanding the relationship". Let's unravel the agenda on their five-day visit to the country just ahead of Brexit on MyNation's SimplifiedBy.