IPL pull-out was difficult but right decision, couldn’t risk missing birth of my child: Richardson
Australian pacer Kane Richardson said pulling out of the upcoming IPL was difficult but definitely a right decision as he didn’t want to miss the birth of his first child in the wake of travel restrictions due to the raging COVID-19 pandemic. The 29-year-old, who was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 4 crore […]
India Reports Record Jump Of Over 83,000 Covid Cases, Tally Crosses 38-lakh Mark
India’s COVID-19 tally raced past the 38-lakh mark on Thursday with the sharpest single-day spike of 83,883 fresh cases, while the number of recoveries surged to 29,70,492, pushing the recovery rate to over 77 per cent, Union health ministry data showed. The total number of coronavirus cases in the country mounted to 38,53,406, while the […]
Uzbekistan stages outdoor exams for 1.4m university applicants
TASHKENT: Tens of thousands of youngsters headed to sports arenas across Uzbekistan on Wednesday to sit university entrance exams in the open air due to the coronavirus pandemic. The massive exercise, which will span two weeks, will see more than 1.4 million applicants take a three-hour test while seated at desks on the running tracks […]
‘Difficult’ for Messi to stay at Barca, says father
BARCELONA: Jorge Messi, father and agent of Lionel Messi, said on Wednesday he thinks it will be “difficult” for his son to stay at Barcelona. Messi senior landed in Barcelona on Wednesday ahead of talks with the club’s president Josep Maria Bartomeu about the striker’s intention to leave this summer. Messi senior flew in from […]
NIA charges Kashmiri couple for ISIS links, conspiring anti-CAA protests
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday filed a charge sheet against five “operatives” of Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), including a Kashmiri couple — Jahanzaib Sami and Hina Bashir Beigh — for allegedly conspiring to utilize the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests to instigate Muslims against the government and planning to indulge in arson […]
Demonetisation an attack on India’s poor, farmers: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged that the government’s hidden agenda behind demonetisation was to deliberately harm India’s informal sector, which survives on liquid cash. In his latest video series on the Indian economy, Gandhi dubbed the 2016 demonetisation as an “attack on India’s poor, farmers, workers and small shop owners”. He claimed that […]
Army Chief begins two-day visit to Ladakh
New Delhi:Army Chief Gen MM Naravane began a two-day visit to Ladakh on Thursday to carry out a comprehensive review of the security situation in the region in view of China’s fresh attempts to change status quo along the southern bank of Pangong lake, official sources said. Gen Naravane will be briefed about the evolving […]
Govt foils PDP meeting, leaders disallowed to leave home
On Thursday, several leaders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) were stopped by the police from leaving their residences to attend a party meeting scheduled at 11 am. Talking to The Kashmir Walla, Mohit Bhan, spokesperson of the PDP, said that the meeting was supposed to be attended by all district-level leaders. However, he said, the leaders […]
52 new COVID cases, another death in Ladakh
An octogenarian died of the novel coronavirus in Ladakh, taking the toll to 35 on Wednesday, officials said. The number of cases of the pathogen rose to 2,733 with 52 more people testing positive for the infection, including 46 in Leh and six in Kargil, according to the officials. The active cases of the coronavirus […]
Steroids Reduce Death Rate Among Severely Ill Coronavirus Patients: Study
New studies confirm that multiple types of steroids improve survival for severely ill COVID-19 patients, cementing the cheap drugs as a standard of care. An analysis of pooled results from seven studies, led by the World Health Organisation and published Wednesday by the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that steroids reduced the risk […]
