18 Labourers Killed After Truck Collides With Standing Bus In UP’s Barabanki
In a tragic accident, 18 persons were killed after a truck rammed into a stationary bus in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki late last night. The incident occurred in the Lucknow-Ayodhya National Highway where the double-decker bus had reportedly been parked for maintenance work. The incident took place under Kotwali Ramsanehighat area late on Tuesday night. The […]
Beijing urges Washington to stop ‘demonisation’
BEIJING: Rancour marked the start of Monday’s talks between Beijing and the highest-level US envoy to visit under President Joe Biden’s administration, as Beijing urged Washington to stop “demonising” China while the US made a “forceful” case against China’s human rights violations. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman’s visit to the northern city of Tianjin […]
India Logs Less Than 30K New Covid Cases First Time In 3 Months
After nearly three months, India recorded a dip in the daily rise of Covid-19 cases with 29,689 fresh cases recorded in the last 24 hours on Tuesday. India’s active caseload dropped below 4,00,000 after 124 days with less than 30k cases being reported for the first time in 132 days. The current total tally of Covid […]
German politicians criticise warning to unvaccinated people
BERLIN: German politicians across the political spectrum on Sunday criticised a warning by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief of staff that restrictions for unvaccinated people may be necessary if Covid-19 infection numbers reach new heights in the coming months. Chief of staff Helge Braun told the newspaper Bild am Sonntag that he doesn’t expect another coronavirus-related lockdown in […]
Maharashtra Rains: Death Toll Rises To 149, IMD Predicts Heavy Showers In Several States Today
Rains continue to ravage most of south India, with Maharashtra being the worst hit in terms of loss of lives and infrastructure. The death toll in various rain-related incidents, like floods and landslides, in Maharashtra rose to 149 on Sunday with 36 more bodies being found in Satara and Raigad districts as rescue operations gathered […]
EU warns Bosnian Serb leaders against genocide denial
BRUSSELS: The European Union on Friday warned Bosnian Serb leaders against denying the massacre at Srebrenica as a genocide after they opposed a ban on genocide denial instituted by UN’s representative in Bosnia. “Revisionism and the denial of genocides are in contradiction with the most fundamental European values,” said Nabila Massrali, spokeswoman for EU foreign […]
India Logs 39K New Covid Infections, 564 Fatalities In 24 Hours
India reported 39,097 new coronavirus infections and 564 fatalities during the last 24 hours. With the latest addition, the country’s cumulative Covid caseload rose to 3.13 crore and the death toll surged to 4.20 lakh on Friday. According to the Union Health Ministry data updated at 8 am today, the country’s Covid-19 recovery rate stands […]
US launches airstrikes to support Afghan forces: Pentagon
The US military in the past few days conducted airstrikes in Afghanistan to support the war-torn country’s security forces, the Pentagon said. Ina statement on Thursday, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said that “in the last several days, we have acted, through airstrikes, to support the ANDSF (Afghan National Defense and Security Forces)”, without providing further […]
Navjot Singh Sidhu Is The New Punjab Congress President
Following a bitter stalemate with Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh for nearly two years, Punjab MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday took charge as the new state Congress president. After taking charge at the state Congress headquarters, the cricketer-turned-politician said there is no difference between an ordinary worker of the party and its state unit […]
Turkey condemns EU court ruling on headscarf ban
ANKARA: Turkey on Sunday slammed a ruling by a top European Union court allowing the banning of headscarves under certain conditions as a “clear violation of religious freedoms”, adding the move would exacerbate prejudices against Muslim women in Europe. The Luxembourg-based EU Court of Justice (CJEU) ruled on Thursday that companies in the bloc can […]