NEW DELHI: Genuine apprehensions preceded the kick-off, but many months, matches and competitions later, the All India Football Federation’s COVID-19 bio-bubble remains as impregnable as ever. Its proud general secretary, Kushal Das, feels their model could be used as a case study for institutions and international sports federations which have seen their bio-bubble being breached […]
Varanasi/Lucknow:Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged bringing medical services closer to COVID-19 patients, coming up with a new mantra – Jahan bimaar, wahin upchaar – at a video conference with doctors where he choked up while speaking of lives lost to the virus. Though the attack of the pandemic has been checked to an […]
Quetta:Six people were killed and several others were wounded Friday when a powerful roadside bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying a local leader of an Islamist political party in Pakistan, police and a government spokesman said. It was unclear who was behind the attack in Chaman, a town in the southwestern Baluchistan province. Local police […]
Jammu:The first case of black fungus or mucormycosis in Jammu and Kashmir was on Friday detected in a 40-year-old man here, officials said. The COVID-19 patient, who is admitted to Government Medical College (GMC) hospital, is critical, Financial Commissioner Health and Medical Education, Atal Dulloo, said. Giving details, Principal GMC hospital, Dr Shashi Sudan Sharma […]
New Delhi,: The Union home ministry has asked states and union territories to strengthen facilities for vulnerable groups, especially children, who have been orphaned in the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in order to check human trafficking, a government statement said on Friday. The Centre said it is giving high priority to prevent and combat […]
Leh: Ladakh reported 107 new COVID-19 cases and one fatality on Friday, pushing the union territory’s infection tally to 17,025 and its death toll to 172. Leh has so far registered 124 deaths due to the disease and Kargil 48. Officials said 82 of the new infections were reported from […]
United Nations:UN chief Antonio Guterres welcomed the ceasefire between Gaza and Israel after 11 days of “deadly hostilities” and stressed that Israeli and Palestinian leaders have a responsibility beyond the restoration of calm to start a “serious dialogue” to address the root causes of the conflict. Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire on […]
New Delhi: The daily rise in coronavirus cases in India remained below 3 lakh for the fifth consecutive day with 2.59 lakh new cases recorded in a single day, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. With the fresh cases, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases climbed to 2,60,31,991. The death […]
Moga (Pb): An Indian Air Force pilot was killed after a MiG-21 Bison aircraft crashed in Punjab’s Moga district, officials said on Friday. The aircraft was on a routine sortie from Suratgarh when it crashed near a village in Moga, they said. A Court of Inquiry has been ordered […]
Washington:Palestinians and Israelis equally deserve to live safely, security and to enjoy equal measures of freedom, prosperity and democracy, US President Joe Biden has said as Israel and Hamas have agreed to an unconditional ceasefire following a 11 day war that caused widespread destruction in the Gaza Strip. “I believe the Palestinians and Israelis […]