JULY 4, 2022
An Israeli health expert on Sunday said that India has a new sub-variant of the highly contagious Omicron lineage of coronavirus, BA.2.75, reported IANS. As per the expert, the new Omicron sub-variant is already present and has been detected in about 10 Indian states. This included 69 such cases from India were Delhi (1), Haryana (6), Himachal...
JULY 4, 2022
Sri Lanka Economic Crises: Sri Lanka has less than a day's worth of fuel left, the energy minister said yesterday, with public transport grinding to a halt as the country's economic crisis deepened. Petrol and diesel queues snaked through the capital for kilometers, though most pumping stations have been without fuel for days.
Energy minister Kanchana Wijesekera said...
JULY 4, 2022
Maryam Nawaz, daughter of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, gives a press conference. (AP file image)
Maryam Nawaz, daughter of former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, on Monday lashed out at Imran Khan for maligning a US diplomat in his speeches claiming ‘the hand of foreign powers’. She called the PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) chief’s allegations of foreign conspiracy, which...
JULY 4, 2022
Industrialist Harsh Goenka recently shared pictures of a ruby-coloured Japanese breed of mangoes--touted to be the costliest in the world--which were being grown by a farmer from Madhya Pradesh.
According to Goenka, this Miyazaki variety of mangos are sold for Rs 2.7 lakh per kg and are growing on a farm in Jabalpur. The mango crop from two of the trees...
JULY 4, 2022
While most kids dream of playing fields, video games, and having a carefree life before their teenage years, a 12-year-old girl from Mumbai had different plans and goals set for her.
Kaamya Karthikeyan, a 12-year-old girl from Mumbai, has become the youngest Indian to scale the summit of Mount Denali, the highest mountain peak in North America at...
JULY 4, 2022
A group of climate protesters on the roadway blocked off all lanes of traffic on the inner loop of I-495 on Friday afternoon in Montgomery County, the Maryland State Highway Administration said.
All lanes of the I-495 inner loop were disrupted for nearly 90 minutes near exit 30, at U.S. 29/Colesville Road around 12:30 p.m. as the protesters...
JULY 4, 2022
The U.S.-China Tariffs. - Bloomberg
US President Joe Biden may announce as soon as this week a rollback of some US tariffs on Chinese consumer goods -- as well as a new probe into industrial subsidies that could lead to more duties in strategic areas like technology.
Biden has not yet made a final decision, and the timing...
JULY 4, 2022
House January 6 Committee Holds Public Hearing. - Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images
It's possible the House select committee investigating the January 6 assault on the Capitol could make a criminal referral to the Justice Department for former President Donald Trump, committee vice chair Rep. Liz Cheney said Sunday.
Cheney made the comments on ABC's "This Week," as...
JULY 4, 2022
The Goldman Sachs & Co. logo is displayed at the company's booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York.
The base-case expectation isn’t for a recession in the US, a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. strategist said Monday.
Monetary tightening is likely to continue and there may be a “technical” recession, Gurpreet...
JULY 3, 2022
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra speaks about actions the Biden administration plans to take in response to the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in Washington. Patrick Semansky/AP Photo
A top White House official said on Sunday he doesn't think the overturning of Roe v. Wade will last long.
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