India on Wednesday reported 4,575 fresh cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), pushing the overall tally to 42,975,883. The active caseload currently stood at 46,962 that comprised 0.11 per cent of the total infections, according to the latest bulletin of the Union ministry of health and family welfare. As many 145 patients succumbed to the […]
Reacting to Joe Biden’s announcement of ban on US import of oil, gas and energy from Russia due to Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the eastern European nation’s President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, echoed his US counterpart’s remarks that the move was against Vladimir Putin’s ‘war machine.’ “Thankful for US and @POTUS personal leadership in striking in […]
United States President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the war in Ukraine would never be a victory for his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. He said Putin may be able to take a city, but never will be able to hold the country. In a tweet, the US President wrote, “This much is already clear: Ukraine […]
McDonald’s and Starbucks are shutting their restaurants and cafes in Russia, and Coca-Cola is suspending its operations there in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. PepsiCo is also pulling some products from the country.”McDonald’s has decided to temporarily close all our restaurants in Russia and pause all operations in the market,” CEO Chris Kempczinski said […]
A 21-year-old from Tamil Nadu, who was rejected twice by the Indian Army, is now fighting in the Ukrainian Army against the invading Russian troops. Intelligence reports received by the Union government have revealed that the Tamil youth, Sainikhesh Ravichandran of Thudaliyur in Coimbatore is a student of Aerospace engineering at Kharkiv National University in […]
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he is no longer pressing for NATO membership for Ukraine, a delicate issue that was one of Russia’s stated reasons for invading its pro-Western neighbor.In another apparent nod aimed at placating Moscow, Zelenskyy said he is open to “compromise” on the status of two breakaway pro-Russian territories that President Vladimir Putin […]
A court in Mohali on Tuesday extended the judicial remand of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia till March 22 in a drugs case. The 46-year-old Majithia appeared before the court which extended the custody, his counsel Arshdeep Singh Kaler said.Majithia was sent to judicial custody for two weeks on February 24 after […]
Noting that the third wave of COVID-19 has ended in India, eminent virologist Dr. T Jacob John said he is “fairly confident” that no fourth wave will occur in the country unless an unexpected variant that behaves differently comes up. India logged 3,993 new corona virus infections, the lowest in 662 days, on Tuesday. The […]
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Tuesday launched a new service, which will enable over 40 crore feature phone users to undertake digital payments in a secure way. The service christened UPI (unified payments interface) ‘123PAY’ is a three-step method to initiate and execute services for users which will work on simple phones which do not […]
Comedian Kapil Sharma has once again hit the headlines and top trends on Twitter, but this time, it’s not funny. Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri has accused Kapil Sharma and the show makers of not calling the ‘The Kashmir Files’ makers on “their show because they don’t have big commercial star in the movie.”This led to a […]