MUMBAI: Maharashtra reported a drop in cases and deaths on Saturday. A total of 10,259 new cases and 250 deaths were reported on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases to 15,86,321 and deaths to 41,965. For the fourth day in a row, the number of Covid-19 cases in Mumbai …
Read More »‘We are not afraid’: France mobilizes after the beheading of a teacher
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Paris and cities in France on Sunday in solidarity with a teacher who was beheaded for showing students cartoons of the prophet Muhammad. Protesters in the Place de la Republique held signs reading: “No to the totalitarianism of thought” and “I am a …
Read More »Second DU list: many fields closed, B.Com sees sharp drop in cuts
Written by Aranya Shankar, Sukrita Baruah | New Delhi | Updated: October 18, 2020 10:01:36 am Delhi University Admissions 2020: Today’s Second Cut List (Express Photo by Amit Mehra / Representational) In the second cut-list released by the University of Delhi (DU) on Saturday, several courses and colleges were closed …
Read More »Amit Shah plays Ali more than Tyson against China: dodging, guarded, with the odd stinger
Shah, while speaking about the LAC standoff in an interview with Network18, firmly held back, leaving only pale but significant hints about India’s movements. Interior Minister Amit Shah in an interview with Network18 group editor Rahul Joshi. News18 In major conflicts, the party who speaks less and quietly usually has …
Read More »UN Official Says Al-Qaeda Still Close To Taliban In Afghanistan
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has maintained close ties with the Taliban despite the Taliban’s assurances to the United States to sever ties with the group, a senior UN official said. “High-level figures remain in Afghanistan, as well as hundreds of armed operatives,” Edmund Fitton-Brown, coordinator of the United Nations monitoring …
Read More »India prepares to lose Farzad-B gas field discovered by ONGC in Iran
India has almost lost the Farzad-B gas field discovered by ONGC Videsh Ltd in the Persian Gulf after Iran decided to prefer domestic over foreign companies for the development of the field, the sources said. ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), the overseas investment arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp …
Read More »Indian Premier League 2020: Chennai Super Kings unlikely to request replacement if Dwayne Bravo is ruled out, CEO says
With 17 needed by the end of the final, Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni handed the ball to Ravindra Jadeja against Delhi Capitals at Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Saturday. While it seemed like another trick of the talisman, it later came to the fore that it was a forced …
Read More »Bigg Boss 14: Rubina Dilaik lashes out at Eijaz Khan for alleging that her husband Abhinav tried to pull the top of Pavitra Punia during a task
The rivalry of Rubina Dilaik and Bigg Boss 14’s Eijaz Khan is far from over. Their fight took an ugly turn on the recent episode of Weekend Ka Vaar where Rubina was asked to stand in a Katghara for a segment. Eijaz was asked to justify why he called Rubina …
Read More »Shashi Tharoor’s comments at the Lahore event spark a dispute between BJP-Cong: The Tribune India
New Delhi, October 18 The BJP and Congress engaged in a war of words Sunday over MP Shashi Tharoor’s remarks at a Lahore event as the ruling party accused him of “degrading and discrediting” India and wondered if Rahul Gandhi wanted to participate. in the elections in Pakistan. Fighting back, …
Read More »Coronavirus survives on skin five times longer than flu: study
The coronavirus remains active on human skin for nine hours, Japanese researchers found, in a discovery they said showed the need for frequent hand washing to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. By comparison, the pathogen that causes the flu survives on human skin for about 1.8 hours, according to the study …
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