BENGALURU: Midfielder Nilakanta Sharma is confident about the Indian men’s hockey team rewriting history at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, saying the side needs to peak at the right time to be able to break its four decade-long medal drought. India have won eight gold medals in the past, but their last top finish came way […]
Jerusalem: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed Tuesday to rally international support to aid Gaza following a devastating war, as he began a regional tour to shore up last week’s cease-fire. Blinken, who spoke after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said the US would work to address the grave humanitarian situation in the […]
New Delhi: Gold dipped Rs 102 to Rs 48,025 per 10 gram in the national capital on Tuesday amid rupee appreciation, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 48,127 per 10 gram. Silver also declined Rs 269 to Rs 70,810 per kilogram from Rs 71,079 per kilogram […]
Tehran:Iranian state television announced Tuesday that only seven candidates have been approved by the country’s constitutional watchdog to run for president next month, drastically narrowing the field of hopefuls for who will replace outgoing President Hassan Rouhani. The report did not name those selected, though rumours have circulated that reformists and moderates vying for […]
New Delhi: The daily count of coronavirus cases in the country fell below the 2-lakh mark after over a month taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 2,69,48,874, while the death toll rose to 3,07,231, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. A total of 1,96,427 new coronavirus infections were […]
Washington/Islamabad: US President Joe Biden has continued his predecessor Donald Trump’s policy on suspending security assistance to Pakistan and there is no clarity if the administration will change its stance in the future, the Pentagon has said. Former US president Trump suspended all security assistance to Pakistan in January 2018, arguing that he was […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking compensation of Rs 4 lakh to the families of those who have died from coronavirus. A Vacation Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and M R Shah also asked the Centre to place before it the ICMR guidelines on issuance […]
Srinagar: The government on Monday declared black fungus or mucormycosis as an epidemic disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act- 1897. The Health and Medical Education issued a notification to declare black fungus as an epidemic disease. The move comes days after the government of India directed the states and union territories to make black fungus […]
GENEVA: At the opening of the World Health Organization’s main annual assembly on Monday, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hailed the sacrifices made by health workers around the world to battle the pandemic. At least 115,000 health and care workers have died from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, the WHO chief said Monday, calling […]
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday accused the administration of persecuting members of the Gujjar-Bakerwal communities by evicting them from forest areas. Her remarks came after reports claimed that an eviction drive by the forest department in the upper reaches of the Zampathri area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district turned violent after resistance by […]