Day: February 20, 2020

Rare migratory bird sighted in Uttarakhand’s Mukteshwar

Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand), Feb 20: A pair of rufous-backed redstart, a rare migratory bird also known as the eversmann’s redstart, was sighted for the first time in Uttarakhand during a bird walk, according to a senior ecologist here. The bird walk was organised as part of an year long nature […]

Australia favourites but India no pushovers: Mithali

New Delhi, Feb 20: The seasoned Mithali Raj has declared Australia as favourites to win Friday’s Women’s T20 World Cup opener against India in what she expects to be a high-scoring and “very close” game. “Australia go in as favourites, but India will be no pushover. They have some […]

President Ramnath Kovind to visit Bengaluru on Feb 21

Bengaluru, Feb 20: President Ramnath Kovind would arrive in the city on Friday on a two-day official visit. According to an official release, the President would reach here on Friday evening, proceed to Raj Bhavan and stay there in the night. On Saturday, he would attend a programme ‘The […]

SC order on commissioning of women enabling, will give clarity moving forward: Army chief

New Delhi, Feb 20: Army Chief General M M Naravane on Thursday said the force has been championing gender equality and the Supreme Court order granting permanent commission to women officers will give it a lot of clarity moving forward. The Supreme Court on Monday had directed that women […]

Can AI flag disease outbreaks faster than humans? Not quite

BOSTON — Did an artificial-intelligence system beat human doctors in warning the world of a severe coronavirus outbreak in China? In a narrow sense, yes. But what the humans lacked in sheer speed, they more than made up in finesse. Early warnings of disease outbreaks can help people […]

9 killed in suspected far-right attack in Germany

HANAU, Germany — A 43-year-old German man shot and killed nine people at several locations in a Frankfurt suburb in attacks that appeared to have been motivated by far-right beliefs, officials said Thursday. The gunman first attacked a hookah bar and a neighboring cafe in central Hanau at […]

S. Korea reports 1st virus death; 2.5M urged to stay home

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea reported its first death from the new virus on Thursday while the mayor of a southeastern city urged its 2.5 million people to stay inside as infections linked to a church congregation spiked. The death was the ninth confirmed from the virus […]

New Chinese virus cases decline, but method revised again

BEIJING — New virus cases in China have again declined, up just 394, after authorities on Thursday again changed how they count new daily infections. They are now discounting cases that came back negative after laboratory tests. Another 114 people reportedly died from the new illness, COVID-19, as […]

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