New Delhi: India recorded less than 30,000 fresh COVID-19 cases after 132 days while its active caseload fell below 4,00,000 after 124 days on Tuesday, according to Union health ministry data. As many as 29,689 new coronavirus infections took the country’s tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,14,40,951 while 415 fresh fatalities pushed the […]
Washington; President Joe Biden said Monday the U.S. combat mission in Iraq will conclude by the end of the year, an announcement that reflects the reality on the ground more than a major shift in U.S. policy. Even before Biden took office, the main U.S. focus has been assisting Iraqi forces, not fighting on […]
SRINAGAR: The government on Monday informed that 102 new cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), 20 from Jammu division and 82 from Kashmir division, were reported on Monday, along with 1 COVID-19 related death reported from Jammu division. The official daily bulletin said that 189 COVID-19 patients recovered and were discharged from various hospitals in the […]
Washington: President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi are expected to announce on Monday that they’ve come to an agreement to end the US military’s combat mission in Iraq by the end of the year, according to a senior Biden administration official. The plan to shift the American military mission, whose stated purpose […]
Mumbai: Equity indices nursed mild losses on Monday after choppy trade as investors pared positions in blue-chips amid a largely subdued trend in global markets. World markets were rattled after China intensified its regulatory crackdown on tech companies, while participants also awaited cues from the US Federal Reserve meeting later this week. Snapping a two-session […]
Bengaluru:B S Yediyurappa on Monday announced his resignation as the Chief Minister of Karnataka, as his government completes two years in office. The 78-year old, BJP veteran said he will submit his resignation to the Governor post lunch. “Don’t take me otherwise, with your permission… I have decided that after lunch I […]
New Delhi:India saw a single day rise of 39,361 coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,14,11,262, while the daily positivity rate was recorded above 3 per cent after 35 days, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Monday. The COVID-19 death toll rose to 4,20,967 with […]
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday questioned the pace of COVID-19 vaccination, and said had the country’s “Mann ki Baat” been understood, such would not have been the state. His remarks came just ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Mann ki Baat” address to the people of the country. “Had you understood the […]
New Delhi: India added 39,742 new cases of coronavirus infection taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 3,13,71,901, while the death toll rose to 4,20,551 with 535 fresh fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The active cases have declined to 4,08,212 and comprise 1.30 per cent of the total […]
A longer gap between first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine generates strong antibody and T cell immune responses, UK researchers have found. The study, led by the University of Oxford, in collaboration with the Universities of Birmingham, Newcastle, Liverpool, Sheffield, and supported by the UK Coronavirus Immunology Consortium, is one of the […]