Online Registration Made Mandatory For People Visiting Himachal
Planning to visit Himachal? Online registration has again been made mandatory for the people travelling to the state. The government, however, exempted certain categories of people from the provisions of this order. “All inter-state movement to the state will be monitored through registration on COVID e-registration software” of the Himachal government, Chief Secretary-cum-Chairperson of State […]
New Zealand thrown into lockdown over single suspected Delta case
WELLINGTON: New Zealand imposed a snap three-day lockdown on Tuesday after identifying a single case of locally transmitted Covid-19 suspected to be the Delta variant, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said. Ardern said New Zealand, which had not recorded any infections in the community for six months, could not take any chances with the “game changer” […]
Tension Along Border Escalates Again; Assam Police Fire on Mizoram Civilians: Official
Tension along the Mizoram-Assam border escalated again on Tuesday when personnel of the Assam police allegedly fired on civilians of the neighbouring state injuring one, an official said. The incident occurred three weeks after a violent clash between police forces of the two North-eastern states left seven people dead and over 50 injured on July […]
Taliban won’t get access to US reserves
WASHINGTON: The Taliban will be denied access to any Afghan reserves held in US accounts, a US administration official said on Monday. As US forces were evacuating Afghanistan’s capital after the Taliban’s swift takeover, the official said: “Any Central Bank assets the Afghan government have in the United States will not be made available to […]
Centre need not disclose information compromising national interest, says SC on Pegasus
The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to the Centre on a batch of pleas seeking independent probe into the alleged Pegasus snooping matter, making it clear that it did not want the government to disclose anything which might compromise national security. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said this after the government […]
US to recognise Taliban only if they respect basic rights, says Blinken
WASINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday that the United States will only recognise a future government in Afghanistan if it upholds basic rights of its people and keeps terrorists out of the country. Asked to comment on media reports that China was ready to recognise the Taliban as a legitimate government, […]
India adds 32,937 COVID-19 cases, 417 deaths
New Delhi: India’s coronavirus caseload mounted to 3,22,25,513 on Monday with 32,937 fresh infections, while the active cases came down to 3,81,947, the lowest in 145 days, according to Union health ministry data. The death toll climbed to 4,31,642 as 417 more people succumbed to COVID-19, the data updated at 8 am showed. […]
India Records 36,083 New COVID-19 Cases, 493 Deaths
The India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to total 3,21,92,576 cases, with single day spike of new 36,083 cases on Sunday. According to the Union Health Ministry data, the country’s death toll has climbed to 4,31,225 with 493 fresh fatalities. The active cases, as per the data have declined to 3,85,336 and comprise of 1.20 […]
Eight killed as Russian firefighting plane crashes in Turkey
ISTANBUL: A firefighting plane from Russia crashed on Saturday in a mountainous area in southern Turkey, killing the eight crew members and emergency workers aboard, Russia’s Defence Ministry said. The Russian ministry said five Russian and three Turkish citizens were on the amphibious Beriev BE-200, which crashed while trying to land in Turkey’s Adana province. […]
WHO moves to take politics out of virus origin debate
GENEVA: The World Health Organization said on Friday it was setting up a new group to trace the origins of the coronavirus, seeking to end what it called “political point scoring” that had hampered investigations. The inability of the WHO to say where and how the virus began spreading has fuelled tensions among its members, […]