Himachal Landslide: Death Toll Rises To 15 As Two More Bodies Recovered
The death toll in the Kinnaur landslide in Himachal Pradesh rose to 16 on Friday with the recovery of two more bodies. According to updates from Kinnaur DC, Abid Hussain Sadiq, the rescue operation resumed at 5:30 am. Two dead bodies were recovered at 6:30 am. The rescue operation was halted for some time due […]
Taliban could take Kabul in 90 days: US intelligence
KABUL: Taliban fighters could isolate Afghanistan’s capital in 30 days and possibly take it over in 90, a US defence official said on Wednesday citing US intelligence, as the resurgent militants took control of an eighth provincial Afghan capital. The official said that the new assessment of how long Kabul could stand was a result […]
Maharashtra Records 5,560 New Covid-19 Cases, 163 Deaths
Maharashtra on Wednesday reported 5,560 new coronavirus cases and 163 fatalities, a health department official said. The highest number of deaths- 69- was reported in the Pune region. The caseload in the state thus rose to 63,69,002, while the death toll reached 1,34,364, he said. Around 6,944 patients were discharged from hospitals. On Tuesday the state had […]
Taliban seize seventh Afghan provincial capital
KABUL: The Taliban seized another Afghan provincial capital on Tuesday — the seventh in less than a week — as tens of thousands of people fled their homes in the north for the relative safety of Kabul and other centres. A provincial lawmaker said the insurgents had taken Farah city, capital of the same-named province […]
Himachal Pradesh: Schools Closed Again Till Aug 22, RTPCR Test Must For Tourists
With Covid active cases already over 2,300 within a fortnight, the Himachal Pradesh government has decided to close all schools and educational institutions till August 22. The schools were opened only on August 2 but with a sudden surge in Covid cases, including those reported among the children, the government has taken a quick call to shut down […]
Taliban resurgence: US asks Afghan forces to fend for themselves
If the Taliban had seized three provincial capitals in northern Afghanistan a year ago, like they did on Sunday, the American response would most likely have been ferocious. Fighter jets and helicopter gunships would have responded in force, beating back the Islamist group or, at the very least, stalling its advance. But these are different […]
India Logs 28,204 New Covid-19 Cases, Lowest Daily Count In Last 147 Days
India registered 28,204 new coronavirus infections, the lowest count in last 147 days which took the total tally of cases to 3,19,98,158. The active cases plummeted to 3,88,508, the lowest in 139 days, according to the Union Health Ministry’s 8AM data updated on Tuesday, According to the ministry’s data, national COVID-19 recovery rate has gone up to 97.45 per […]
Power transmission tower in Iraq bombed
Unidentified miscreants bombed a power transmission tower in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, the Ministry of Electricity said in a statement. The attack on Sunday sabotaged the tower that links the areas east of the provincial capital Mosul to Mosul Dam, and led to an almost complete power outage, Xinhua news agency quoted the statement […]
Heavy downpours affect over 100,000 in China’s Sichuan
Torrential rains have affected more than 100,000 residents in China’s Sichuan province and forced the emergency evacuation of over 7,000 people, local authorities said. The heavy downpours lashed the northeastern part of Sichuan, including the cities of Bazhong, Nanchong and Dazhou, from 8 a.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Sunday, flooding roads and rising water levels […]
India logs over 35,000 fresh Covid cases, 447 casualties in a day
With 35,499 more people testing positive for COVID-19, India’s infection tally now stands at 3,19,69,954, while the death toll climbed to 4,28,309 with 447 fresh fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry on Monday. The number of active cases has declined to 4,02,188 which comprise 1.27 per cent of the total infections, and the national […]