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Cyclone Tauktae: Chief Engineer says 14 life rafts had holes, Captain ignored warnings
Thu May 20 2021
Everyone on board barge P305 could have been saved had many of the life rafts not had punctures and the...
Covid-19: Australia in talks with airlines on vaccine passports
Thu May 20 2021
The Australian government has opened talks with international airlines on digital vaccine passports for people who have been inoculated against...
Coronavirus Vaccines Have Spawned 9 New Billionaires: Campaign Group
Thu May 20 2021
Profits from Covid-19 jabs have helped at least nine people become billionaires, a campaign group said Thursday, calling for an...
Qantas accelerates cost cuts as $1.5bn loss looms
Thu May 20 2021
Qantas has announced new cost-cutting measures to help it deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Barabanki mosque demolition: Sunni Waqf Board to move HC, seek mosque restoration
Wed May 19 2021
A day after the district administration in Barabanki demolished a mosque, claiming it to be an “illegal structure”, the Uttar...
Arvind Kejriwal Doesn't Speak For India: Government As Singapore Objects
Wed May 19 2021
Singapore had summoned the Indian envoy and conveyed "strong objection" to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's tweet on a "Singapore...
Woman Journalist Arrested, Jailed In Dhaka Amid Widespread Protests
Wed May 19 2021
A journalist in Bangladesh known for her investigative reports and recent exposes on corruption in matters relating to the Covid...
Fake job offers in UAE leave over 300 Indian nurses stranded
Wed May 19 2021
A large group of nurses from Kerala, who arrived here on visit visas on the pretext of working in vaccination...
Israel-Gaza: Netanyahu says militants 'set back by years'
Wed May 19 2021
Israel's nine-day bombardment of Gaza has "set Hamas back by many years", Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said.
India reports 4529 deaths, highest so far
Wed May 19 2021
India reported 4529 deaths on Tuesday, the highest so far in a day. Maharashtra reported over 1,300 deaths, nearly half...
Myanmar activists say more than 800 killed by security forces since coup
Tue May 18 2021
More than 800 people have been killed by Myanmar’s security forces since a wave of protests broke out across the...
UP BJP MLA: Better not to speak or will face sedition charge
Tue May 18 2021
In another instance of the ruling party’s leaders raising questions on the state government’s handling of the Covid situation, Rakesh...
IDF shells Lebanon after claiming rockets were launched toward Israeli territory
Tue May 18 2021
The Israeli military said it fired artillery shells into Lebanon in response to several rockets allegedly fired from across the...
India Records Highest One-Day Covid Deaths
Tue May 18 2021
India saw another grim record with 4,329 Covid patients dying in the last 24 hours even as daily cases dropped...
Cyclone Tauktae weakens to ‘Very Severe’ storm
Tue May 18 2021
The Extremely Severe Cyclone Tauktae, which hit the Gujarat coast last evening, has weakened into a ‘Very Severe’ category even...
Tension In Haryana District After 27-Year-Old Kidnapped, Beaten To Death
Tue May 18 2021
Tension has reigned in Haryana's Nuh district since Sunday after a 27-year-old gym instructor's body was found hours after his...
Delhi's 'Khan Chacha' Restaurant Owner Arrested In Oxygen Scam Case
Mon May 17 2021
Delhi-based businessman Navneet Kalra, accused of selling oxygen concentrators at massively inflated prices, has been arrested from a farmhouse in...
India's Covid crisis hits Covax vaccine-sharing scheme
Mon May 17 2021
The international scheme to ensure equal access to Covid-19 vaccines is 140 million doses short because of India's continuing Covid...
Top Virologist Shahid Jameel Quits Covid Panel After Criticising Government
Mon May 17 2021
Senior virologist Shahid Jameel has resigned from a forum of scientific advisers set up by the government to detect variants...
IDF jets launch ‘extensive attacks’ on Gaza as violence enters 2nd week
Mon May 17 2021
Dozens of loud explosions could be heard throughout the Gaza Strip as the IDF carried out another round of “extensive...