Month: February 2021

e-Kuber payments system launched in J&K

Jammu, Feb 18: Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday formally rolled out e-Kuber payments system of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) here, an official spokesman said. Financial Commissioner (Finance) Arun Kumar Mehta launched the new system in presence of General Manager, RBI Jammu, Sandeep Mittal and Director General Accounts and […]

EXPLAINER: How will we know we’ve reached herd immunity?

Health officials around the world are racing to vaccinate enough people to stop the spread of COVID-19, but what qualifies as “enough” is still an open question. The goal is to get to “herd immunity,” which is when enough people have immunity, either from vaccination or a past […]

Indian journalist acquitted of defamation in #MeToo case

NEW DELHI — A New Delhi court on Wednesday acquitted a journalist of criminal defamation after she accused a former editor-turned-politician and junior external affairs minister of sexual harassment. M.J. Akbar, now 70, filed a case against journalist Priya Ramani in October 2018, denying the allegations as “false, […]

European human rights court demands Russia release Navalny

MOSCOW — Europe’s top human rights court has ordered Russia to release jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a ruling that will be unlikely to soften the Kremlin’s determination to isolate its most prominent foe. The ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that was posted on Navalny’s […]

Satellite images show China emptying military camps at border flashpoint with India

China has dismantled dozens of structures and moved vehicles to empty out entire camps along a disputed Himalayan border, where Indian and Chinese troops have been locked in a face-off since last summer, satellite images released on Wednesday show. The nuclear-armed neighbours last week announced a plan to […]

India’s COVID-19 ‘human barricade’ to keep cases under control, say experts

With falling rates of COVID-19 infection in India and surveys suggesting nearly 300 million people may already have antibodies, some experts believe the worst of the disease has passed, despite a recent uptick in two hard-hit states. “There is a human barricade for the virus,” said Bhramar Mukherjee, […]

Hedge fund boss Odey ‘lunged’ at woman in 1998 indecent assault, trial hears

Crispin Odey, one of Britain’s most high-profile hedge fund managers and political donors, “lunged” at a 26-year-old female bank employee in 1998 and indecently assaulted her, a prosecutor told a London trial on Wednesday. Odey, 62, a muti-millionaire backer of Brexit who donated to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s […]

U.S. to pay World Health Organization more than $200 mln by end of month

The United States will pay more than $200 million it owes to the World Health Organization by the end of the month, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19

#Unite2FightCorona #IndiaFightsCorona Active Cases decline in all States/UTs in the last month, No death reported in 18 States/UTs in last 24 hours, Recoveries continue to rise; Cumulative recoveries at 1.06 Cr, Nearly 90 lakh COVID19 vaccine doses administered DELHI, FEBRUARY 17: India’s total Active Caseload currently stands at 1,36,549 today. […]

Jal Jeevan Mission- Urban Designed to Cover all Cities in the Country

Competition Among Cities to Become more Water Secure Minimising Water Distribution Losses one of the Focus Areas DELHI, FEBRUARY 17: Shri Durga Shanker Mishra, Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has stated that the Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban) (JJM (U)) is designed to provide universal coverage of water […]

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