Rockets from Gaza rain havoc on Israeli cities in latest war
Jerusalem: Sirens wailed just before the Jewish holiday of Shavuot began on Sunday evening, sending Chen Farag and her family once again running for cover as they have dozens of times over the past week since the latest war between Palestinian militants in Gaza and the Israeli military erupted. The Farags live in Ashdod, Israel’s […]
COVID-19: CBSE extends deadline till June 30 for schools to tabulate marks for class 10
New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday extended the deadline up to June 30 for schools to tabulate class 10 marks and submit it to the board, according to officials. The board had earlier announced that the entire exercise of tabulation of marks will be completed by June 11 and the […]
Noted virologist on Govt panel quits
New Delhi: Scientists associated with INSACOG, the government panel that conducts research on different variants of the coronavirus, said they were surprised at noted virologist Shahid Jameel’s decision to quit the group and wondered whether he was disillusioned with the government’s handling of the pandemic. He quit days after he had said that scientists were […]
Stress in relations: Pak issues demarche to Kabul’s envoy
Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday served a demarche to Afghanistan’s ambassador Najibullah Alikhel, protesting against the accusations by the Afghan leadership. Pakistan’s Foreign Office (FO), however, did not specify the statement which angered it. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, in a recent interview, alleged that Pakistan “operates an organised system of support” for the Afghan Taliban. The […]
COVID-19 active caseload decreases to 36,18,458; positivity rate drops to 16.98%: Govt
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 active cases count has decreased to 36,18,458 with a net decline of 55,344 cases being recorded in the active caseload in a span of 24 hours, while the daily positivity rate dropped to 16.98 per cent, the Union health ministry said on Sunday. The total active caseload now comprises 14.66 per […]
Afghan cease-fire ends amid calls for fresh peace talks
Kabul: A three-day cease-fire marked by violent attacks some claimed by the Islamic State group ended Sunday in Afghanistan amid calls for renewed peace talks between the government and Taliban. Taliban political spokesman Suhail Shaheen said the negotiating teams of the government and the Islamic Emirate, as the Taliban refer to their ousted regime, met […]
Pak’s social security programme ‘Ehsaas’ gets World Bank pat: Report
ISLAMABAD: World Bank (WB) has listed Ehsaas Emergency Cash among top four social protection interventions globally in terms of number of people covered. In this regard, the World Bank released a report on global social protection responses to Covid-19 on Saturday. This report is called the ‘living paper’ and it is a partnership effort involving […]