London: Britain has repeatedly trumpeted its mass vaccination programme against Covid-19, hailing its early approval of jabs as a key part of the long struggle to return to normal life. But infection rates remain stubbornly high, contrasting sharply with its European neighbours and prompting fresh questions of…
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that thunderstorms with moderate and heavy intensity rain to continue over isolated places in Delhi on Monday. As per the weather bulletin, thunderstorms, along with moderate and heavy intensity showers are likely to continue in several parts of the national…
BJP Yuva Morcha president Tejasvi Surya has objected to an ad campaign by apparel brand Fabindia calling Diwali “Jashn-e-Riwaaz”. Tejasvi Surya also said that Fabindia “must face economic costs for such deliberate misadventures”. “Deepavali is not Jashn-e-Riwaaz. This deliberate attempt of…
The foreign ministers of India, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and the US will hold a virtual meeting on Monday (10:15pm IST) to boost cooperation and coordination. External Affairs Minister of India Dr S Jaishankar is on a visit to Israel where he held bilateral meeting with his counterpart Yair Lipid and also…
Amid the spate of targeted killings of migrant labourers in the Kashmir valley, top officers of the CRPF, NIA and Indian Army are camping in the region to monitor all intel inputs. Home ministry sources have said the CRPF DG and NIA DG Kuldeep Singh is currently stationed in the Kashmir valley. Also, senior officers of…
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Monday took a jibe at the BJP government over the hike in petrol and diesel prices. The prices hiked by 35 paise a litre and the auto fuels now cost a third more than the rate at which aviation turbine fuel (ATF)/ jet fuel is sold to airlines. The fourth straight day of 35 paise per…
Athree-member committee constituted by the Goa government to probe the alleged oxygen supply issues at Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC) in May amid the second Covid-19 wave has blamed the hospital for coronavirus-related deaths. The panel’s report found nothing ‘unusual’ in the number of Covid-19 deaths…
An elephant calf that fell into a ditch of a tea garden in Assam’s Jorhat district was rescued by locals and forest officials. The incident took place at Dahingeapar tea garden on Sunday where an elephant calf which was separated from a herd, fell into a ditch. According to the locals, an elephant herd came out from…
As Kerala continues to battle the heavy rains and rising water levels, the state government has issued alerts in several districts over the growing crisis. The Dam Safety Authority has issued an orange alert for the Idukki dam reservoir, a blue alert for Idamalayar reservoir in Ernakulam district and a red alert for…
Achilling video of water mixed with mud gushing through a hill-top road and a man and child clinging to a bus to save their lives shows the intensity of havoc caused by heavy rains in Kerala. The video was shot by Jaison Joseph, conductor of a Kerala Road Transport Corporation bus. Traffic had come to a halt due to the…