Novel coronavirus can survive on skin for 9 hours: Study
New Delhi: The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, may linger on human skin for nine hours, much longer than the flu viruses can, according to a study. The influenza A virus (IAV), in contrast, remained viable on human skin for nearly two hours, said the researchers including those from Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine in […]
US troop pullout from Afghanistan to end by Christmas
Washington: US President Donald Trump has sought withdrawal of all American troops from Afghanistan by Christmas this year. We should have the small remaining number of our BRAVE Men and Women serving in Afghanistan home by Christmas! Trump said in a tweet Wednesday night. After an agreement with the Taliban on February 29 this year, […]
Wuhan virus probe: WHO awaits China’s nod on list of experts
Beijing: The World Health Organization (WHO) has given Beijing a list of global experts to be part of the international investigation team to be sent to China to probe the origin of the coronavirus and is awaiting its approval, according to a media report on Thursday. In May, the annual meeting of World Health Assembly […]
Govt extends LTC facility for employees to visit J&K, northeast
New Delhi: The Centre has extended the facility that allows its employees to visit Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the northeast while availing leave travel concession (LTC) by two more years till September 25, 2022, according to a personnel ministry statement issued on Thursday. The eligible central government employees get […]
China asked to cancel debt to coronavirus-hit poor countries: Report
Beijing: China, the world’s largest creditor, is increasingly coming under pressure to cancel its huge debt to coronavirus-hit poor countries under the Group of 20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI), according to a media report. World Bank President David Malpass on Monday called on China to cancel debt to coronavirus-hit poor countries, blaming Beijing’s well […]
Improving capabilities: Pak Navy aims to add over 50 vessels to its fleet
Islamabad: The Pakistan Navy will add more than 50 vessels, including 20 major ships, to its fleet as part of an ambitious modernisation plan to improve its capabilities, the country’s outgoing Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) said on Wednesday. Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi said in his farewell address that the Navy will induct four Chinese […]
Opposition parties in Pak to corner PM Imran Khan
Will hold 1st major rally on October 16
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Opposition parties will hold their first combined rally against the Imran Khan-led government on October 16, weeks after launching an alliance to seek the “selected” prime minister’s resignation and an end to the role of the powerful military in the country’s politics. On September 20, the leaders of 11 major Opposition parties formed […]
Young women face online violence, abuse: Survey
58 per cent young women reported online harassment
New Delhi: A latest global survey carried out across 22 countries has revealed that girls and young women are one of the biggest targets of online violence and abuse. Carried out by UK-based humanitarian organisation Plan International, the survey, titled “State of the World’s Girls Report”, involved 14,000 women aged 15-25 from 22 countries including […]
Three scientists share Nobel Prize for physics
Trio awarded for their work on black hole research
Stockholm: Three scientists won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for advancing our understanding of black holes, the all-consuming monsters that lurk in the darkest parts of the universe. Briton Roger Penrose received half of this year’s prize for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of […]
