Unending wait: COVID-19 vaccine could be at least a year away, say scientists
New Delhi: Vaccine design is still an empirical, trial and error process and a preventive against COVID-19 could be at least a year away, say scientists as information on developments in therapeutics to combat the infection flows in a steady trickle from across the world. While quelling the buzz of a quick breakthrough, the scientists […]
Covid-19: Dexamethasone can reduce deaths by one-third: UK Study
London: Low doses of the steroid dexamethasone can reduce deaths by one-third in severely affected COVID-19 patients, according to researchers who assessed the performance of the inexpensive drug in more than 2,100 people. The analysis is part of the RECOVERY (Randomised Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY) trial which was established to test a range of potential […]
Nepal-India border row: India will sort out ‘misunderstanding’ through dialogue: Rajnath
New Delhi: Asserting that the road built by India till Lipulekh Pass is very much in its territory, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday that his government believed in sorting out the “misunderstanding” in relations with Nepal through dialogue. In a virtual rally for Uttarakhand, Singh underscored the deep ties between the two countries, […]
Covid crisis: PM Modi to speak with chief ministers
New Delhi: Amid an unabated rise in coronavirus cases in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a fresh round of consultations with chief ministers on Tuesday and Wednesday on ways to check the spread of the virus as India exits the lockdown. On Tuesday afternoon, Modi will hold a video-conference with chief ministers, […]
GoI working to stop water of India’s share into Pak: Gadkari
Ahmedabad: Stating that water of India’s share from three of six rivers in “Akhand Bharat” is flowing into Pakistan, Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said the Central government is trying to stop this outflow. He said Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh will get this water. Addressing virtual ‘Jan Samvad’ […]
India 9th worst-hit in terms of COVID-19 deaths; recoveries surpass active cases
New Delhi: With 9,195 fatalities till Sunday, India is the ninth worst-hit nation in terms of COVID-19 deaths while the highest spike of 11,929 cases took the tally to over 3.20 lakh of which over half have recovered from the disease. According to the Union health ministry data, the country recorded 311 new deaths in […]
Nepal Parliament passes bill to redraw political map
Kathmandu: Nepal’s Parliament on Saturday unanimously voted to amend the Constitution to update the country’s new political map, laying claim over the strategically key areas of Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura along the border with India, despite strong protests by New Delhi against any “artificial enlargement” of its territory. In a show of unprecedented national unity, […]
Will relinquish office peacefully if I lose election: Trump
Washington: US President Donald Trump has sought to dismiss fears that he might not leave office willingly if he lost the election in November, but said if he failed to get reelected, it would be a “bad thing” for the country. Though the president has never given any serious indication that he might not leave […]
Punjab police claims arrest of LeT operative
Chandigarh: The Punjab police on Saturday said it has arrested another Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative while he was trying to flee to Kashmir. His arrest came two days after two LeT operatives Aamir Hussain Wani and Wasim Hassan Wani were caught trying to smuggle weapons to the Valley to carry out terror attacks. The third suspect […]
Covid-19 can lead to extreme poverty conditions globally
New York: Global poverty could rise to over one billion people due to the COVID-19 pandemic and more than half of the 395 million additional extreme poor would be located in South Asia, which would be the hardest-hit region in the world, according to a new report. Researchers from King’s College London and Australian National […]