India crosses 1M-mark with record almost 35K cases

India crosses 1M-mark with record almost 35K cases

Within three days India recorded more than one lakh cases of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) taking the tally over one million mark with over 25,000 fatalities, the Union Health Ministry data revealed on Friday. India recorded its highest spike of 34,956 Covid-19 cases and 687 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 10,03,832 […]

US stocks rally after promising Covid vaccine results from Moderna

US stocks rally after promising Covid vaccine results from Moderna

The Wall Street on Wednesday cheered the promising early results from US-based pharmaceutical major Moderna’s experimental vaccine, mRNA-1273, and solid earnings from Goldman Sachs Group. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 338 points in early-morning trading. The S&P 500 rose 1.1 per cent while the Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.9 per cent, reports CNBC. The three […]

Pompeo confident democracies will unite to face China’s challenge

Pompeo confident democracies will unite to face China’s challenge

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that he is confident that the world’s free nations will join together to face the challenges from China to India and other countries in Asia. “I think that the whole world is coalescing around the challenge that we face (from China)… I am confident that democracies, […]

Etihad to resume limited special flights to 6 Indian destinations

Etihad to resume limited special flights to 6 Indian destinations

Etihad Airways will resume a limited number of special flights from six Indian gateways to Abu Dhabi from July 12 to 26. The announcement comes a day after partial lifting of international flight restrictions by Indian authorities to allow outbound travel. “During this period, the airline will operate services to Abu Dhabi from Bengaluru, Chennai, […]

Trump versus science nightmare scenario enters Season 2

Trump versus science nightmare scenario enters Season 2

Nearly 170 days after the first coronavirus case was reported in the United States, the world’s richest nation is plunging deeper into crisis with upwards of 63,000 daily cases, ordinary Americans are bracing for a nightmarish second half of the year, political leadership is colliding with common sense public health guidance and the coronavirus is […]

Reformist Sonam Wangchuk supports Tibet’s freedom from China

Reformist Sonam Wangchuk supports Tibet’s freedom from China

One of India’s most iconic educationists, Sonam Wangchuk, has come out in support of Tibet’s freedom from China, which he believes is yet another reason to use �wallet power’ against Chinese products. In an interview to IANS in Leh, 53-year-old Wangchuk, whose campaign �boycott Chinese products’ received overwhelming support from Indian citizens following the violent […]

Covid-sceptic Brazilian President tests positive for disease

Covid-sceptic Brazilian President tests positive for disease

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro, who made light of the coronavirus pandemic and routinely ignored all precautions, has tested positive for the disease, reports said on Tuesday. Bolsonaro, who repeatedly played down the risks posed by the virus which he termed “a little flu” and asserting that he would not be seriously affected by it, came […]

Mitigate airborne spread of COVID-19, 239 scientists urge WHO

Mitigate airborne spread of COVID-19, 239 scientists urge WHO

It is time to recognise and mitigate airborne transmission of COVID-19, says a plea to the World Health Organization (WHO) issued by 239 scientists from around the world. The scientists suggest that while measures like washing hands and maintaining social distance are important, they may not be enough to arrest the rapid spread of the […]

1 42 43 44 45 46 414