Month: December 2020

2 held for raping minor girl in UP’s Balrampur

Balrampur (UP), Dec 20: Two people were arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl in Utraula Police Station area, an official said on Sunday. According to the victim’s mother, the accused took away her daughter on Thursday evening after luring her. They then raped her, police said. However, the […]

Punjab farmer commits suicide

Chandigarh, Dec 20: A 22-year-old Punjab farmer, who returned from a protest site near Delhi border, has allegedly committed suicide after consuming some poisonous substance, the police said on Sunday. Gurlabh Singh, a resident of Dayalpura Mirza village of Bathinda district, had been part of the protest near the […]

COVID-19: India reports 26,624 new cases

New Delhi, Dec 20: India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,00,31,223 with 26,624 new infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 95.80 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 95.51 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry […]

Emails: WHO was warned of fallout over yanked Italy report

ROME — An author of a withdrawn World Health Organization report into Italy’s coronavirus response warned his bosses in May that people could die and the U.N. agency could suffer “catastrophic” reputational damage if it allowed political concerns to suppress the document, according to emails seen by The […]

India’s virus cases cross 10 million as new infections dip

NEW DELHI — India’s confirmed coronavirus cases have crossed 10 million with new infections dipping to their lowest levels in three months, as the country prepares for a massive COVID-19 vaccination in the new year. Additional cases in the past 24 hours dropped to 25,152 from a peak […]

Trump signs into law stopgap funding bill to avoid government shutdown

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law a two-day stopgap extension of existing federal funds passed by Congress to avoid a midnight government shutdown, as lawmakers negotiate a $900 billion pandemic aid bill and as part of $1.4 trillion government spending package. The House […]

Relieved of dubious distinction, Gavaskar comforts Kohli & Co

Sunil Gavaskar knows what it feels like to be saddled with a dubious distinction and the batting great offered comforting words to India’s team after they registered a record low total in the day-night test against Australia on Saturday. Virat Kohli and his men folded for 36 in […]

Apple puts supplier Wistron on notice after Indian factory violence

NEW DELHI/BENGALURU – Apple Inc has placed supplier Wistron Corp on probation, saying on Saturday it would not award the Taiwanese contract manufacturer new business until it addressed the way workers were treated at its southern India plant. Early findings of an Apple audit in the wake of […]

On a steady decline, India’s Active Caseload further contracts to 3.08 Lakh

Exponential rise in India’s testing; Cumulative tests cross 16 Cr National Positivity Rate drops to 6.25% 15 States/UTs have Positivity Rate less than national average DELHI, DECEMBER 19: Steadily following the trend set over the past few weeks, India’s active caseload has fallen to 3.09% of the total active cases. […]

PM delivers keynote address at ASSOCHAM Foundation Week 2020

Country is With the Enterprise and Wealth Creators: PM Sentiment has shifted from ‘Why India’ to ‘Why not India’ Calls for more investment in R&D DELHI, DECEMBER 19: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi  delivered the keynote address at ASSOCHAM Foundation Week 2020, today via video conferencing. The […]

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