All districts in Kashmir division except one were on Saturday categorised as red zones to control the spread of COVID-19 infection. ...
India on Saturday recorded the highest single-day spike of 22,771 cases, pushing the total tally to 6,48,315, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. The death count rose to 18,655, with 442 people succumbing to the deadly virus in 24 hours....
Days after the ground breaking ceremony at the land allocated for construction of a Hindu temple in Pakistan's capital, religious organisations have hyped up the pressure on the government and the capital's construction authority, prompting the authorities to stop construction work....
China under President Xi Jinping has stepped up its “aggressive†foreign policy toward India and “resisted†efforts to clarify the Line of Actual Control that prevented a lasting peace from being realised, according to a report released by a US Congress appointed ...
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has partnered with Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) to fast track clinical trials of the indigenous COVID-19 vaccine. ICMR’s National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune has provided the virus strain to BBIL to develop the vaccine....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing the Indian Armed forces in Ladakh, lauded their dedication with which they are protecting the country. Mr. Modi said their willpower is as firm as the mountains where they are posted. The Prime Minister also paid tributes to the soldiers martyred in the Galwan Valley clash....
Hindustan Unilever has decided to change the name of its popular skincare brand “Fair & Lovely†to “Glow & Lovelyâ€. The company added that the skin cream for men will be called “Glow & Handsomeâ€. The product has been widely criticised for using racist imagery and promoting negative stereotypes related to darker ski...
Frank F. Islam In 2010, we wrote a blog titled Interdependence Day: Celebrating the “Us†in USA calling for establishing Interdependence Day as a new national holiday. That blog was precipitated by a reaction to a “the acrimonious climate and the negative tone and tenor of the national debate in the United States†at that ti...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while at Leh, said in a clear warning to China without naming it, that the "age of expansionism is over." ...
After what is billed as a major triumph in the 90-day war against the novel coronavirus in Dharavi, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has slowly started a cautious retreat from Asia's biggest slum which reported its first Covid-19 case-cum-death on April 1....
