Early flood warning: Study recommends satellite monitoring of Himalayan glacial catchments
New Delhi: Satellite-based real-time monitoring of Himalayan glacial catchments would improve understanding of flood risk in the region and help inform an early flood warning system that could help curb disaster and save human lives, according to a recent study. This should be the future strategy to reduce loss of human lives during glacial lake […]
French envoy to face expulsion from Pak
Islamabad/Lahore: Pakistan’s Imran Khan-led government on Tuesday decided to introduce a resolution in Parliament to expel the French ambassador and quash all criminal cases filed against the banned radical Islamist party TLP after they reached a deal following a marathon round of talks. The agreement came a day after Prime Minister Khan said that the […]
Rahul Gandhi, Jitendra Singh test positive for COVID-19
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said he has tested positive for COVID-19 and has mild symptoms. “After experiencing mild symptoms, I’ve just tested positive for COVID,” the 50-year-old posted on Twitter. “All those who’ve been in contact with me recently, please follow all safety protocols and stay safe,” he wrote. Prime Minister […]
PDP slams govt over detention of party leaders
Srinagar: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday hit out at the Centre for the alleged inhuman and illegal incarceration of senior party leaders and other political prisoners in and outside Kashmir. “Notwithstanding the fact that the detention of top party leaders including Mohammad Sartaj Madni and Naeem Akhter is illegal in the first place, […]
Blasphemy in the West: Pak PM says expulsion of French envoy no solution
Islamabad: Expulsion of the French ambassador from Pakistan was not a solution to stop the incidences of blasphemy in the western world, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday as the banned radical Islamist party Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) sought the removal of the envoy. Khan’s statement came after his government held talks with the TLP […]
UK to start Covid ‘human challenge’ trial
Adults to be reinfected to study immune response
London: Healthy young adults who have previously contracted Covid-19 will be recruited to take part in a new human challenge trial to study how the body’s immune system reacts to the deadly coronavirus, for a better understanding to protect against the virus and also for more accurate tests. The Oxford University led human challenge trial […]