US death toll from COVID-19 hits 900,000
Washington: Propelled in part by the wildly contagious omicron variant, the US death toll from COVID-19 hit 900,000 on Friday, less than two months after eclipsing 800,000. The two-year total, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is greater than the population of Indianapolis, San Francisco, or Charlotte, North Carolina. The milestone comes more than 13 […]
Exposure to one nasal droplet enough for Covid infection: Study
London: Exposure to a single nasal droplet may be sufficient to cause COVID-19 infection, according to a landmark trial in the UK in which healthy volunteers were intentionally given a dose of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The collaborative study is the first in the world to perform detailed monitoring over the full course of COVID-19, from […]
Weather woes: ‘Cooler’ February likely, says weather office
New Delhi: India is all set to experience below normal temperature over most parts of the country in February, while Punjab and Haryana are expected to get above normal rainfall, the weather office said on Monday. According to the monthly outlook for rainfall and temperature for February, the India Meteorological Department said the forecast suggests […]
Pak court declares ex-PM Sharif ‘proclaimed offender’
Acquits media tycoon in land-related graft case
Lahore: A Pakistani court on Monday acquitted media tycoon Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman in a 34-year-old case related to a land he allegedly acquired illegally in collusion with former prime minister Nawaz Sharif who has been declared a “proclaimed offender” in this case. Rehman, the owner of Pakistan’s largest media group Jang, which includes some of the […]
Medical Assistance- 5,00,000 Covid vaccine doses provided to Afghanistan: MEA
New Delhi: India has supplied 3.6 tonnes of medical assistance and 5,00,000 doses of Covid vaccines to Afghanistan while the process to procure wheat and arrange its transportation to that country is currently underway, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday. Asked about humanitarian aid to Afghanistan at an online media briefing, Ministry of […]
Air India back under Tatas wings
New Delhi: Salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group on Thursday took over Air India and vowed to turn the loss-making carrier, it had founded but had lost control nearly seven decades back, into a world-class airline. N Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons, which in October last year beat a consortium led by rival SpiceJet promoter to win […]
Passengers to be told about Tata’s takeover
New Delhi: The passengers who will be travelling on Air India flights on Friday will be hearing about the Tata Group’s takeover of the airline during in-flight announcements, according to an official order. The Indian government handed over Air India to the Tata Group on Thursday afternoon, after approximately 69 years when it was taken […]
Bonhomie: Pakistan hands over 20 Indian fishermen to India
Attari (Amritsar)/Islamabad: Twenty Indian fishermen arrested by Pakistan for allegedly entering into the country’s territorial waters were handed over to India through the border on Monday. They crossed over to India through the land transit route of Attari border on Monday evening, said officials at the Attari border. They entered India on the basis of […]
World more unpredictable than during the Cold War: UN Chief
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the current world is “much more chaotic, much less predictable” than during the Cold War between the former Soviet Union and the United States, and it’s dangerous because there are no “instruments” to deal with crises. He said in a wide-ranging press conference on Friday that the […]