India’s COVID-19 case tally crosses 11 lakh
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 case tally crossed the 11-lakh mark on Monday, while the total number of recovered patients increased to over seven lakh, according to Union health ministry data. The death toll due to the disease rose to 27,497 with 681 fatalities reported in one day. The data updated at 8 am on Monday […]
UN chief: World ‘at the breaking point’ due to inequalities
Johannesburg: Saying we are at the breaking point, the U.N. secretary-general made a sweeping call Saturday to end the global inequalities that sparked this year’s massive anti-racism protests and have been further exposed by the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 has been likened to an X-ray, revealing fractures in the fragile skeleton of the societies we have […]
China reports sudden spike of COVID-19 cases in Xinjiang province
Beijing: China rushed a team of medical specialists to Urumqi, the provincial capital of Xinjiang, after it reported 40 new coronavirus cases, including 23 asymptomatic infections, prompting the local administration to declare a “wartime mode”, official media reports here said on Saturday. This is the second outbreak in Xinjiang, the Muslim Uyghur majority province which […]
Afghan talks: Taliban make big changes ahead of expected discussion
Islamabad: In one of the most significant shake-ups in years, the Taliban put the son of the movement’s feared founder in charge of its military wing and added powerful figures to its negotiating team ahead of expected talks aimed at ending Afghanistan’s decades of war, Taliban officials say. As head of a newly united military […]
US mulls travel ban on China’s ruling party members, their families
Washington: The US is mulling over imposing a sweeping travel ban on members of the ruling Communist Party of China and their families, a move that could further exacerbate the bilateral tensions, according to a media report. The presidential proclamation, still in its draft form, could also authorise the US government to revoke the visas […]
Population explosion: India’s population may peak to 1.6 bn in 2048: Study
New Delhi: Scientists have predicted that the India’s population may peak to about 1.6 billion in 2048, and decline by 32 per cent to around 1.09 billion in 2100, when it is also expected to be the world’s most populous country. The analysis, published in the journal The Lancet, used data from the Global Burden […]
Accused of rape Bhopal based newspaper owner held in Kashmir
Srinagar/Bhopal: Bhopal-based newspaper owner, Pyare Miyan (68) who was on the run after five girls and a woman accused him of rape was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, the city police said here. Earlier in the day, the police claimed to have seized porn CDs, high-end cars, liquor bottles and bones of wild […]
Sachin ‘Piloted’ out of Rajasthan government
Sacked as deputy CM, party's Rajasthan unit chief
Jaipur: The Congress on Tuesday sacked Sachin Pilot from the posts of Rajasthan’s deputy chief minister and the party’s state unit chief. Cracking the whip on the rebel party leader, the party also removed his loyalists Vishvendra Singh and Ramesh Meena from the state cabinet. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot met Governor Kalraj Mishra immediately after […]