A woman medico, who was India’s first COVID-19 patient, has tested positive again for the virus, health authorities said in Karala’s Thrissur on Tuesday. The 20-year-old had undergone an RT-PCR test as she was going to Delhi. She is presently under home quarantine. However, she is asymptomatic, the official added. Her family said she is […]
Former Indian cricketer Yashpal Sharma, a member of the 1983 World Cup-winning squad, passed away due to cardiac arrest on Tuesday morning. According to sources, Yashpal collapsed at home after returning from his morning walk. He was 66 and is survived by his wife Renu Sharma, two daughters Puja, Preeti and son Chirag Sharma. The […]
The World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) chief scientist advised against people mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines from different manufacturers, calling it a “dangerous trend” since there was little data available about the health impact. “It’s a little bit of a dangerous trend here. We are in a data-free, evidence-free zone as far as mix and match. […]
The National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS) and its database has been migrated from NIC Cloud Meghraj, New Delhi, to State Data Centre, Mohali, informed Ravneet Kaur, Additional Chief Secretary Revenue, Punjab. After sharing the necessary credentials the test run of the system was successfully conducted on July 11 by the Sub Registrars and the […]
A cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh’s Dharamshala has triggered a flash flood, washing away vehicles and causing damage to properties in the Bhagsu Nag area. The incident was triggered after a night of relentless rain. Dharamsala, which is over 250 km from the state capital, recorded the precipitation of 119 mm, the highest ever in this […]
A massive ice-covered lake in Antarctica vanished within days, raising alarm bells in the scientific community over the dangerous trends of climate change and global warming. In this disappearing act, an estimated 21 billion to 26 billion cubic feet (600 million to 750 million cubic metres) of water — roughly twice the volume of San […]
Italy won the European Championship for the first time since 1968 as Gianluigi Donnarumma saved two England penalties en route to a 3-2 shootout win after the teams had fought out a 1-1 extra-time draw at Wembley on Sunday. The giant keeper saved from Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka after Marcus Rashford hit a post, […]
US President Joe Biden announced the nomination of Eric Garcetti as the Ambassador to India. If confirmed by the Senate, Garcetti, 50, would replace Kenneth Juster, who served as India’s Ambassador to the US during the Trump administration. Garcetti was named Ambassador barely eight days after a new US Chargé d’Affaires Atul Keshap had taken […]
With Covid cases declining, the Haryana government has given a go-ahead to resume offline classes in both government and private schools in the state. According to an order issued by the Directorate School Education, offline classes will resume for students of Classes 9-12 from July 16. For Classes 6-8, the offline classes will resume from […]
After a year of struggle dealing with the economic recession, people associated with the industry have now found a silver living. The upcoming regional OTT platform has proved to be a new ray of hope for many. Soon-to-be-launched by Pitaara TV in August, this regional OTT platform has provided a myriad of opportunities to people from […]