DECEMBER 12, 2021
There is preliminary consensus in the country’s top technical advisory body on Covid-19 vaccination that the third — booster — dose, when administered, should be of a vaccine based on a platform different from that of the first two doses, The Indian Express has learnt.
Senior government sources told The Indian Express that the National Technical Advisory Group...
DECEMBER 11, 2021
New Delhi: A whole host of countries from West Asia to Europe will be on the list of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's foreign travel in 2022, all of which depends on the COVID-19 situation globally. Amid the coronavirus crisis, few VVIP visits have happened.
PM Modi visited Bangladesh in March this year, his first visit abroad since November...
DECEMBER 11, 2021
Australian airline Qantas has recently started flights between Sydney and New Delhi. (Image: Pixabay / Nivedita R | Travel Staff )
New Delhi: In a great news for international travellers, the Indian government has finalized an air bubble agreement with Australia, which will allow all eligible passengers to travel between the two countries, reported the livemint....
DECEMBER 11, 2021
New Delhi: A four-member delegation of the US Senate Armed Services Committee arrived on an official visit to Pakistan Friday.
The delegation led by Senator Angus King included senators Richard Burr, John Cornyn and Benjamin Sasse. According to a PTI report, the delegation “reaffirmed their commitment to a stable and broad-based Pakistan-US bilateral relationship.”
Brookings fellow Madiha Afzal, who...
DECEMBER 11, 2021
Mark Meadows, the last White House chief of staff under President Donald Trump, does a live interview with Fox News outside the White House in Washington on Oct. 21, 2020. - Amanda Voisard/WP
A retired U.S. Army colonel who circulated a proposal to challenge the 2020 election, including by declaring a national security emergency and seizing paper ballots,...
DECEMBER 11, 2021
Worker filings for unemployment benefits hit the lowest level in more than half a century last week as a tight labor market keeps layoffs low.
Initial jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 184,000 in the week ended Dec. 4, the lowest level since September 1969, the Labor Department said. That was close to a recent record...
DECEMBER 9, 2021
Research has found that the coronavirus infects fat cells and immune cells within body fat, causing an immune response that scientists say may contribute to severe disease. - Nanographics, via Reuters
From the start of the pandemic, the coronavirus seemed to target people carrying extra pounds. Patients who were overweight or obese were more likely to develop severe...
DECEMBER 9, 2021
A passenger aboard a flight to Dulles International Airport had an outburst as the crew was preparing to land, prosecutors said.
The latest scare in the air happened aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Dublin to Dulles earlier this week.
Elias Fethamlk is accused of verbally and physically confronting a flight attendant aboard the plane just as it was...
DECEMBER 5, 2021
RASHESH SHAH, chairman of Edelweiss group, says the stock markets are in the midst of a structural growth story and IPO market is witnessing a new era of value creation through evolved technologies. Shah spoke to GEORGE MATHEW on various issues relating to the markets and financial sector. Edited excerpts:
Do you think Indian stock markets were overvalued?...
DECEMBER 5, 2021
The Centre has taken a serious view of government officials taking political help while seeking inter-cadre transfers, and has issued a memorandum underlining that it is a violation of the existing rules and can invite disciplinary action.
In an office memorandum issued on December 3, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) stated that government officials have been...
