Mumbai: 70-year-old woman, who lived last 6 years in Azad Maidan at her protest site, dies
Office-goers, college students and others who criss-cross Azad Maidan daily may recall running into an elderly woman walking around its expanse. Vimal Pethakar had been camping on the grounds, Mumbai’s official protest site, since 2014 with her son Dattatrey, and until his demise two years ago, her husband Mohan. On Monday, after six years of […]
Comet NEOWISE to make closest approach to Earth today — where, when & how to see it
Bengaluru: The comet NEOWISE will be making its closest approach to Earth Thursday, passing by at a distance of 103 million kilometres. NEOWISE is fading away slowly as it moves farther from the Sun, dimming in visibility. The comet will be visible after sunset around the world in the north west direction. In India, it will […]
No breakthrough in de-escalating border tension despite military, diplomatic talks
India and China have lately failed to make a breakthrough in reducing border tensions in the sensitive Ladakh sector despite intense negotiations at the military and diplomatic levels, and the disengagement process at some points of the contested Line of Actual Control (LAC) has virtually halted, people familiar with recent developments on this front said […]
Rajasthan political crisis: Speaker to move Supreme Court against high court order giving breather to Pilot camp
The Rajasthan political crisis is set to reach the Supreme Court with assembly speaker CP Joshi headed to the top court against the high court that asked him not to decide the disqualification notices he had issued to the group of 19 lawmakers led by Sachin Pilot. The high court on Tuesday told the Speaker […]
What are human challenge trials — the experiment Oxford is considering for its Covid vaccine
Bengaluru: The Jenner Institute, which is working collaboratively on developing the promising vaccine candidate from University of Oxford, is considering human challenge trials to expedite results, according to a report in The Guardian Thursday. Human challenge trials (HCTs) are those where participants are exposed to the virus on purpose, which is normally not allowed for ethical reasons. Exposure occurs in […]
736 new cases push Odisha’s Covid-19 tally to nearly 18,000
US continues to see massive spikes in the number of coronavirus cases rose by 1.4%. Texas reported more than 10,000 cases for the fifth consecutive day and Arizona reported a record number of Covid-19 deaths. The European Union is yet to finalise a economic recovery plan as the southern European nations expressed their displeasure accusing […]
BJP demands CBI probe into audio tapes released by Congress amid Rajasthan crisis
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday lashed out at the Congress and demanded to know if the phones of state leaders in Rajasthan are being tapped amid an alleged conspiracy to topple the Ashok Gehlot government. The party also demanded an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the allegations made by the […]
Maharashtra’s First Woman Election Commissioner Neela Satyanarayan Dies Of Coronavirus
Former Maharashtra State Election Commissioner Neela Satyanarayan died of COVID-19 at a hospital in Mumbai on Thursday morning, hospital authorities said. She was 72. The 1972-batch IAS officer was the state’s first woman election commissioner. She died at Seven Hills Hospital in suburban Andheri around 4 am, the medical facility’s dean Dr Balkrishna Adsul said. […]
COVID-19: India records highest spike in a day as more than 30,000 test positive
On Thursday, the country recorded the highest spike in the number of COVID-19 cases as more than 30,000 test positive for the virus, reported Press Trust of India. The overall tally has risen to 9,68,876, while the death toll climbed to 24,915 with 606 people succumbing to the disease, according to the Union Health Ministry data. […]
Congress ready for a ‘face saver’ for Pilot, he keeps them on the edge
Sachin Pilot, sacked as deputy chief minister and the state unit chief for leading a rebellion against the Ashok Gehlot government, hasn’t taken up the Congress on its offer to head back to Jaipur along with the other rebel lawmakers sequestered in a Gurugram on the outskirts of national capital Delhi. On Wednesday, the Congress […]