[ad_1] FFifty years ago today, the first Earth Day was marked in the United States as a peaceful call for environmental reform, following a massive oil spill off the California coast. Half a century later, this annual day unites millions worldwide, drawing attention to the enormous challenges facing our planet. …
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[ad_1] Delhi police have invoked the strict Illegal Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) against two Jamia Millia Islamia students who are in custody for allegedly plotting a conspiracy to incite communal unrest in Delhi in February. Suspects Meeran Haider and Safoora Zargar are in judicial custody in connection with the case …
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[ad_1] LONDON : The UK government announced on Tuesday that the human trial of a possible COVID-19 candidate vaccine developed by researchers at the University of Oxford will start on Thursday. Scientists at Oxford University last week promised a super-fast vaccine during a virtual press conference, saying the vaccine will …
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[ad_1] The Editors Guild of India on Tuesday expressed “shock and concern” at the actions of law enforcement agencies in Jammu and Kashmir in dealing with two Srinagar-based journalists: freelance photographer Masrat Zahra and The Hindu reporter Peerzada Ashiq. The union demanded that the police stop harassing journalists more. “While …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India became the 17th country in the world to register 20,000 cases of Covid-19, crossing the grim milestone on a day when Maharashtra, Rajasthan and West Bengal recorded their largest increase in infections in a single day. There was an increase in deaths as well, with 49 …
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[ad_1] File photo of Manjeet Singh Riyat. (UHDB) Manjeet Singh Riyat, 52, of Derby and Burton University Hospitals, was the first consultant for Accidents and Emergencies (A&E) in the Sikh community in the UK and was well liked by his colleagues. PTI London Last update: April 21, 2020 2:56 PM …
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[ad_1] Written by Ritika Chopra The | New Delhi |Posted: Apr 22, 2020 4:45:15 AM “We will personally communicate our decision to each student affected by this decision,” stated the letter from Gautam Reddy, Managing Director, India and Bangladesh, Schlumberger. Driven by the global drop in oil demand as a …
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[ad_1] Islamabad, Pakistan– Pakistan has seen its biggest increase in deaths in a single day from the coronavirus, with 17 new cases bringing the country’s death toll from the highly contagious virus to at least 192, according to government data. The largest single-day increase in cases in Pakistan was also …
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[ad_1] Thiruvananthapuram: These are interesting times when the United States of America is concerned about food, medicine, and the economy amid the Covid-19 pandemic, while at the other extreme, the state of Kerala is grappling with concerns about the data security and privacy. The state government led by the IPC …
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[ad_1] The government announced Tuesday that it will conduct a survey to collect citizen comments on the coronavirus. The survey will be conducted through phone calls. Citizens will receive a “1921” phone call on their mobile phones. The government urged citizens to participate in the poll and warned against pranksters …
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