Month: August 2021

BULLETIN ON COVID-19

Posted On: 24 AUG 2021 7, Delhi Over 59 Cr. vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive25,467 new cases in the last 24 hoursActive cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.98%; lowest since March 2020India’s Active caseload stands at […]

NCL becomes first PSU

To vaccinate Entire workforce for Covid-19 DELHI, AUGUST 24: Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL), a Coal India Ltd subsidiary has become the first PSU in the country, which has got all its employees and their family members vaccinatedagainst  Covid-19. The company has a strength of around fifty thousand people […]

Umar Khalid calls Delhi riots conspiracy case ‘cooked up’, points to contradictions

New Delhi, Aug 23:  Former JNU student leader Umar Khalid, arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the north-east Delhi riots conspiracy case, told a Delhi Court on Monday that there were various contradictions in the police’s claims and called it a “cooked up” case. Khalid, along […]

Third wave may peak by Nov if more virulent variant emerges, says scientist part of Sutra

New Delhi, Aug 23:  A possible third wave of coronavirus may peak in November if a new variant, more virulent than the Delta, emerges and becomes fully active by September end, a scientist involved in the mathematical modelling of pandemic said on Monday. At the same time, the […]

FM announces Rs 6 lakh cr asset monetisation pipeline

New Delhi, Aug 23:  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced a Rs 6 lakh crore National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) that will look to unlock value in infrastructure assets across sectors ranging from power to road and railways. She also said the asset monetisation does not involve selling […]

US VP Harris: Focus must stay on Afghan evacuation

SINGAPORE — Vice President Kamala Harris asserted Monday that the U.S. must maintain its focus on evacuating Americans and vulnerable Afghans and shouldn’t get distracted by questions over what went wrong in the chaotic U.S. exit from Afghanistan. Speaking at a news conference in Singapore, Harris repeatedly declined […]

Kabul airlift is accelerating but still hampered by chaos

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden says the “hard and painful” airlift of Americans and tens of thousands of others from Afghanistan’s capital is accelerating, but he would not rule out extending it beyond the Aug. 31 deadline he set before the Taliban’s swift takeover. In remarks at the […]

India court gives police three weeks to conclude Paytm ownership probe

NEW DELHI, Aug 23 – An Indian court on Monday has given police three weeks to conclude an investigation into claims from a former Paytm director who said he co-founded the digital payment platform but did not receive shares owed. Ashok Kumar Saxena, 71, in legal documents said […]

India reports 25,072 new coronavirus cases

MUMBAI, Aug 23 – India reported 25,072 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the lowest in 160 days, the government said in a statement on Monday. Reporting by Shilpa Jamkhandikar; Editing by Kim Coghill Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-reports-25072-new-coronavirus-cases-2021-08-23/

In Spain, Afghan basketball star fears for the country she has left

BILBAO, Spain, Aug 22 – As she started a new life in Spain after escaping the chaos of Kabul, Nilofar Bayat said on Sunday she could not live under the Taliban, who she fears will reverse all the achievements Afghanistan has made over the past 20 years. The […]

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