Washington, United States: The United States on Thursday authorized an extra dose of Covid vaccine for people with weakened immune systems, as the country struggles to thwart the Delta variant. Emergency use authorization for a third injection of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines was granted by the US Food and…
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi today ripped into Twitter for locking his account and accused the social media platform of “interfering in our political process” and attacking the democratic structure of the country. “By shutting down my twitter they are interfering in our political process. A company…
Beijing: China on Friday rejected the World Health Organization’s calls for a renewed probe into the origins of Covid-19, saying it supported “scientific” over “political” efforts to find out how the virus started. Pressure is once more mounting on Beijing to consider a fresh probe…
David Burke’s staff are busy putting up blue and green balloons. The places are set, glasses polished, and candles lit. Music from The Godfather plays in the background. If this were Dubai, London or Singapore, it might barely raise an eyebrow. But this is Riyadh, traditionally the most conservative of Saudi…
New Delhi: Days after a setback in the Supreme Court that ruled in favour of its discordant partner Amazon, the Future Group has approached the Supreme Court against the seizure of assets belonging to the company and its founder Kishore Biyani. Future Coupons has asked the top court to stop the attachment of…
The bond yields in India will rise by year-end as disagreement among central bank’s rate-setting panel members indicates they are moving toward a more hawkish stance, a Bloomberg survey has found. The benchmark 10-year yield will climb to 6.40 per cent by December, while the five-year yield will increase to 5.90…
Hyderabad: In a horrific incident, a man in Telangana allegedly kept the body of his 93-year-old grandfather inside the fridge as he did not have money to perform his last rites. Police searched the house at Parkala in Warangal after neighbours reportedly complained about a foul smell. During the search, the…
Mumbai: Mumbai has reported its first death from the Delta Plus Covid variant. A 63-year-old woman died on July 27 after testing positive on July 21. She had several comorbidities including diabetes, according to officials. This is Maharashtra’s second death from the Delta Plus after an 80-year-old woman…
Kolkata: A question in a highly competitive exam for jobs in the central police forces has become another point of conflict between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the centre. Ms Banerjee today alleged the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), which conducts national exams for civil and armed…
Over five lakh people in 1,243 villages of Uttar Pradesh have been affected with floods, and relief and rescue teams have been deployed to assist the people, officials said here on Wednesday. In the past 24 hours, an average of 13.1 mm rainfall was recorded in the state which is 154 per cent more than normal. “Eleven…