India Reports 30,615 New COVID-19 Cases, 514 Deaths in Last 24 Hours; Tally Over 4.27 Cr
New Delhi, Feb 16: India logged 30,615 new coronavirus infections, taking the country’s tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,27,23,558, while the active cases dipped to 3,70,240, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 5,09,872 with 514 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated, reported […]
4 killed, 15 injured as van falls into river in Madhya Pradesh
Four labourers were killed and 15 others received injuries after their van overturned and fell into a river in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district on Tuesday, police said. All labourers were from West Bengal and were being taken to a bridge construction site at Vira village in Shivpuri district, Kolaras police station in-charge Alok Singh said. […]
US, Japan, S. Korea discuss threat posed by North
HONOLULU: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met his Japanese and South Korean counterparts on Saturday in Hawaii to discuss the threat posed by nuclear-armed North Korea after Pyongyang began the year with a series of missile tests. Blinken said at a news conference after the meeting that North Korea was in a phase of […]
Thousands head to Paris for protests against Covid curbs
PARIS: Thousands of protesters headed towards Paris on Friday in convoys from across France, with many hoping to blockade the capital in opposition to Covid vaccination rules and other restrictions despite police warnings to back off. Inspired by Canadian truckers paralysing border traffic with the US, the French protesters set off from Bayonne, Perpignan, Lyon, […]
In LS, Tharoor demands release of journalists Shah, Gul, Kappan to ‘preserve’ press freedom
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to facilitate “the immediate and unconditional release” of journalists Fahad Shah, Sajad Gul and Siddique Kappan “in the interest of preserving the freedom of press” in India. Raising the issue in Lok Sabha during Zero Hour, Tharoor said that while Shah and Gul were arrested […]
Central Govt Approves Rs 6.15 Crores For Families Of Journalists Succumbed To Covid-19
The Centre on Thursday said Rs 6.15 crore has been approved as financial assistance to families of 123 journalists who died due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Replying to supplementary questions in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L Murugan also said it was the responsibility of the state governments to take […]
PM Narendra Modi to hold rally in Jalandhar on February 14
Cancelling the virtual rally to be held on Wednesday for 27 Assembly seats of Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Bathinda, the BJP has announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold an election rally in Jalandhar on February 14. Modi had started a series of virtual rallies on Tuesday. He had held the rally on Tuesday for […]
US and Russia clash over use and impact of UN sanctions
The United States and its allies clashed with Russia and China in the UN Security Council on Monday over the usefulness and impact of UN sanctions, which are currently imposed on countries from North Korea to Yemen and Congo as well the al-Qaida and Islamic State extremist groups and their affiliates and supporters. Russia, which […]
‘Congress In Grip Of Urban Naxals’: PM Narendra Modi
Dynastic parties are the biggest threat to India’s democracy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday as he launched an all-out attack on the Congress and held it responsible for a host of issues, including the Emergency, the anti-Sikh riots, caste politics and the exodus of Pandits from Kashmir. Replying to the debate on the […]
Europe may see ‘long period of tranquillity’ in pandemic: WHO
The less severe Omicron variant, coupled with high immunity levels and the arrival of warmer spring weather, is soon likely to push Europe into a “long period of tranquillity” and a “ceasefire” to the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. According to Hans Kluge, WHO’s Europe Director, the region was in a position […]