Over 2.33 cr balance vaccine doses available with states, pvt hospitals: Centre
More than 2.33 crore balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states, union territories, and private hospitals, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. More than 52.40 crore vaccine doses have been provided to states and UTs so far through all sources, and a further 8,39,780 doses are in the pipeline, […]
Gas cylinder explosion kills nine in Pakistan
At least nine people were killed and three others wounded when the gas cylinder in a van exploded in Gujranwala district of Pakistan’s east Punjab province on Sunday night. The van caught fire following the explosion, killing five people at the spot while four others succumbed to injuries in hospital, the report said. The injured […]
Saudi to start receiving Umrah requests from foreigners
Starting from Monday, Saudi Arabia will begin receiving requests to perform Umrah — an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca — from foreign worshippers, the government announced. For concerns over the Covid-19 pandemic, only the vaccinated and the recovered will be provided with permissions, Xinhua news agency quoted the Ministry of Haj and Umrah as saying in […]
UN To Release Key Climate Change Report Today
A UN-appointed panel of experts is releasing a key report Monday summarizing the latest authoritative scientific information on climate change. The report will provide governments with up-to-date facts on the current impacts and future risks of global warming ahead of a UN climate summit in November in Glasgow. It will also examine how various options […]
Covid Delta Variant Found In 80% Genome Sequencing Samples In Delhi In Last 3 Months
Amid concerns of an imminent third Covid-19 wave and persistently high R-value of the virus in weight states, Delhi seems to have become a hotbed for the deadly Delta variant. As per data provided by the health department, the Delta variant was detected in at least 80 per cent of the samples sent for genome […]
Youth Goes Missing In Bijbhera, Family Lodge Report with Police
A family from Bijbhera area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday lodged a missing report with police, stating that their 23-year-old son has missing since August 6, officials said. “Today one Abdul Hamid Bhat son of Ghulam Mohammad Bhat of Veeri Biibehara reported in police station Bijbhera along with written application, mentioning therein that […]
Search ops launched following info on suspicious movement in Samba
Jammu: Amid heightened security measures ahead of Independence Day celebrations, government forces on Monday launched a cordon-and-search operation covering several villages in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district following information about suspicious movement of two people, officials said. A search operation is also going on in the forest belts of Thanamandi and Sunderbani in the border district […]
Gold prices slump to 4-month low; silver rates down too
Gold prices fell to its lowest level in four months due to global sell-off in precious metals. On MCX, gold futures fell 1.3 per cent or ₹600 to ₹46,029 per 10 gram. Silver too shed 1.6 per cent or ₹1,000 to ₹63,983 per kg. In the previous session, gold and silver had plunged about ₹1,000 and ₹2,000 respectively. In the global […]
Curtain falls on Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO: It began with a virus and a yearlong pause. It ended with a typhoon blowing through and, still, a virus. In between: just about everything. The Tokyo Olympics, christened with 2020 but held in mid-2021 after being interrupted for a year by the coronavirus, glided to their conclusion in a Covid-emptied stadium on Sunday […]
Taliban seize two more Afghan provincial capitals in northern blitz
The Taliban captured two more provincial capitals on Sunday as they gained ground in their fight to take over Afghanistan’s cities after seizing much of the countryside in recent months. The insurgents have snatched up four provincial capitals since Friday in a rapid offensive that appears to have overwhelmed government forces. Kunduz and Sar-e-Pul in […]
