The British government waited too long to impose a lockdown in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, missing a chance to contain the disease and leading to thousands of unnecessary deaths, a parliamentary report concluded Tuesday. The deadly delay resulted from ministers’ failure to question the recommendations…
Three militants of The Resistance Front (TRF), including the one involved in the recent killing of a non-local street hawker here, were killed in an overnight encounter with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Tuesday. The security forces had launched a cordon and search operation…
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi will host a special summit of the Group of 20 major economies on Tuesday to discuss Afghanistan, as worries grow about a looming humanitarian disaster following the Taliban’s return to power. Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan on Aug. 15, the country – already struggling…
A Bengaluru police constable who went to arrest a robbery suspect from Tamil Nadu became his unexpected saviour after the latter fell into a well trying to evade arrest. Shivakumar Rathod, a 2016-batch constable from Yelhanka police station, climbed down a 25-feet deep well in rain, at night, to save the accused from…
The Karnataka government will resume offline classes for students in primary schools (Class I to V) after the ongoing Dussehra vacation. The schools were shut nearly 20 months ago due to the coronavirus pandemic. Karnataka Education Minister B.C. Nagesh said the government will also resume providing cooked…
The 30th edition of New Delhi World Book Fair (NDWBF) will be held next year in physical form from January 8-16 at the newly constructed halls at the Pragati Maidan here, the National Book Trust announced Sunday. The theme for the upcoming fair will be “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav” to celebrate 75 years of the…
As MS Dhoni scored the winning runs for Chennai Super Kings, confirming their place in the final of IPL 2021, fans and supporters flooded social media with celebratory tweets and memes. The camera at the Dubai stadium also captured the reactions of several fans rejoicing at the team’s win. However, a video of two…
In a setback to the ruling BJP in Uttarakhand months ahead of the Assembly elections, state minister Yashpal Arya quit the party on Monday and rejoined the Congress. His MLA son Sanjeev Arya too joined the Congress. A six-time MLA and prominent Dalit leader, Yashpal Arya is the Transport Minister in the Pushkar Singh…
For roughly three months after Tunisians toppled their dictator in January 2011 in an eruption of protest that electrified the Arab world, Ali Bousselmi felt nothing but “pure happiness.” The decade that followed, during which Tunisians adopted a new constitution, gained freedom of speech and voted in free and fair…
The Indian Space Association (ISpA) was formally launched Monday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an industry body representing the various stakeholders in the Indian space domain with members comprising the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Bharti Airtel, OneWeb, Tata Group’s Nelco, L&T, MapMyIndia…