Daily Archives: May 23, 2020
Pay $717 million to Chinese banks: UK court to Anil Ambani
LONDON: A UK court on Friday directed Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani to pay nearly $717 million to three Chinese banks pursuing...
COVID-19 cases to peak in India between June 21-28: Study
KOLKATA: India may witness COVID-19 cases peaking between June 21 and 28 with maximum daily positive cases to be around 7,000-7,500 in...
New e-tools being developed to trace sources of fake news
NEW DELHI: With misinformation and disinformation emerging as an issue of increasing concern in the country, the Bureau of Police Research and...
Super cyclone: Death toll rises to 85 in W Bengal; protests over power, water...
KOLKATA: The death toll due to Cyclone 'Amphan' in West Bengal has risen to 85, as angry Kolkatans resorted to protest and...
Tell govt to take fiscal measures: P. Chidambaram to RBI Guv
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday asked RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das to “bluntly” tell the government to do its...
H-1B legislation in Congress to give priority to US-educated foreign youths
WASHINGTON: A bipartisan group of lawmakers has for the first time introduced legislation in both the chambers of the US Congress proposing...
First coronavirus vaccine human trial finds it is safe, induces immune response
BEIJING: The first COVID-19 vaccine to reach phase I clinical trial is safe, well-tolerated, and capable of generating an immune response against...
Reject anti-Muslim bigotry, hate: UN chief to OIC members
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has voiced his "total commitment" to rejecting anti-Muslim bigotry, hate and all forms of intolerance, urging all to...
97 confirmed dead, 2 survived in Pakistan plane crash near Karachi
KARACHI: Ninety-seven people were killed and two passengers miraculously survived a deadly crash after a Pakistan International Airlines plane with 99 travellers...
Will try to restart international flights before August: Hardeep Puri
India will try to restart a good percentage of international passenger flights before August, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on...