MAY 16, 2021
On the demise of Tashi Namgyal in 1963, his second son, Palden Thondup Namgyal, took over as the twelfth ruler of the Namgyal dynasty of Sikkim. Thondup was originally slated to be ordained as a Buddhist monk, and was trained as such till he was eleven, having been recognized as a reincarnated Rinpoche. In 1941, he was...
MAY 15, 2021
Australia's Cameron Bancroft is questioned by the umpires. - GIANLUIGI GUERCIA
Cricket Australia Sunday said it was open to examining any new information about the 2018 ball-tampering scandal after Cameron Bancroft suggested the team's bowlers were aware it was going on.
Bancroft served a nine-month ban after being caught on television hiding yellow sandpaper, which had been used to...
MAY 15, 2021
The University of California at Berkeley. - lucentius/iStockphoto/Getty Images
The University of California system will no longer require SAT and ACT scores for admission after reaching a settlement agreement, a statement from the UC system said.
UC first announced the new policy on April 1, 2020, for incoming freshman in fall of 2021, and in May of 2020 the...
MAY 14, 2021
Violence that began in East Jerusalem in April has expanded to military attacks from both Israel and Palestine. Large scale injuries and fatalities have been reported. Clashes have broken out between Palestinian Arabs and Jewish groups in Israel. The international community looks divided and readying for taking sides in the current Israel-Palestine conflict if it aggravates to...
MAY 14, 2021
Behind the decision by federal health officials to effectively end face-mask and distancing recommendations for the fully vaccinated, they said, was a mix of recent research, increasing vaccinations and declining case counts.
The guidelines now largely follow the growing body of scientific evidence on the effectiveness of the vaccines against Covid-19, especially given the current state of the...
MAY 14, 2021
Senior Citizens above 60 years get inoculated against Covid-19 at newly-started TMC's Drive-in Vaccination Centre at Viviana Mall Parking, at Thane, on May 12, 2021 in Mumbai, India. - Praful Gangurde/Hindustan Times via Getty Images
India had administered nearly 180 million coronavirus vaccine doses by Thursday, May 13. The government also said those who have taken the...
MAY 14, 2021
Rep. Liz Cheney on Friday said she regretted voting for former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election given his efforts to overturn his defeat and sow doubt in the integrity of the process.
"I was never going to support Joe Biden and I do regret the vote," Cheney told ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl. "It...
MAY 14, 2021
A man in Los Angeles being vaccinated in March. The C.D.C. released a study on Friday providing more evidence that the vaccines are working well in real world settings. - Allison Zaucha / NY Times
The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus vaccines are 94 percent effective at preventing symptomatic Covid-19 illness, according to a new study of more than...
MAY 13, 2021
Covishield Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine vials are pictured at a vaccination centre. - ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images
The government on Thursday accepted the recommendation by the Covid working group and has decided to increase the gap between two doses of Covishield vaccine from 6-8 weeks to 12-16 weeks.
What Covid Working Group Recommended
Increase the gap between two...
MAY 12, 2021
A small but increasing number of gas stations along the East Coast reported fuel shortages Tuesday, as supply lines recover from a ransomware attack on a gas pipeline last week.
Six states along the hacked pipeline operated by Colonial Pipeline Co. are estimated to have gas station outages, with amounts ranging from 0.5 percent in Alabama to 7.6...
