Spain has witnessed a decline in its Covid-19 infection and fatality growth rate amid the second wave of the pandemic, according to health authorities. On Thursday, the country reported 12,289 new cases and 337 deaths, reports Xinhua news agency. The new figures increased the overall caseload and death toll to 1,605,066 and 44,037, respectively. The […]
The US government on Wednesday announced that it will donate 15 new, state-of-the-art ventilators to the Royal Government of Bhutan to assist the country in its fight against COVID-19. The US Ambassador to India, Kenneth I. Juster said the US was pleased to provide the assistance which would be delivered through the US Agency for […]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has outlined his 10 climate pledges for a green industrial revolution for 2,50,000 jobs and ending the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030. Covering clean energy, transport, nature and innovative technologies, the Prime Minister’s blueprint launched on Tuesday will allow the UK to forge ahead with […]
Joe Biden, who will take over as United States President in January, has told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that alongside Kamala Harris he wants to strengthen and expand relations between their countries. Working closely on the Covid-19 pandemic figured in their phone call on Tuesday, Biden’s transition organisation’s readout of the conversation said. “The […]
Typhoon Vamco, the third powerful cyclone to batter Philippines in 11 days, made landfall, unleashing fierce winds and intense rains that triggered landslide, rockslide and flash floods in regions ravaged by Super Typhoon Goni early this month. Vamco also felled trees and caused a massive power outage in large parts of Manila and many provinces […]
Set yourself apart and check out these quirky places to visit in New Zealand. Put them on your bucket list now for when you travel next! By Puja Gupta Recognised for its clean and green environment, New Zealand is made up of many beautiful landscapes – from vast mountain chains to grand volcanoes, from flowing […]
BY QUAID NAJMI Mumbai When the news of the appointment of Srikant M. Datar as the new dean of Harvard Business School (HBS) flashed, his thrilled friends, classmates, faculty and colleagues in Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, New Delhi and other parts of India erupted in collective joy. There was a flurry of congratulatory messages, emoticons and […]
Edward Snowden, the former US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor who leaked classified documents on American surveillance programmes, has appliedfor a dual American-Russian citizenship. “After years of separation from our parents, my wife and I have no desire to be separated from our son. That’s why, in this era of pandemics and closed borders, we’re […]
British National Christian James Michel, who is one of the alleged middlemen in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland case, had hired a typist for Euro 22,000 to type the AW contracts. According to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) supplementary charge sheet running in over 12,000 pages filed in the Delhi court last month, which […]
Amid the ongoing stand-off with China along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Tuesday met US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is in New Delhi for the third India-US 2+2 ministerial dialogue. Pompeo landed in India on Monday along with his wife Susan, and US Secretary of […]