OCTOBER 21, 2020
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday launched the “Red Light On, Gaadi Off” campaign. He appealed to all the residents of Delhi to join the ‘Red Light On, Gaadi Off’ campaign as part of the war against pollution.
Rai said that till now Delhi government and various agencies were involved in the war against pollution, today we...
OCTOBER 21, 2020
A virus testing line in downtown Fargo, N.D., on Tuesday. North Dakota is leading the nation in coronavirus cases per capita. - Dan Koeck / NY Times
As the coronavirus races across the country, it has reached every corner of a nursing home in Kansas, infecting all 62 residents inside. There are so few hospital beds available in...
OCTOBER 21, 2020
How do you frame this election?
I have two observations. First is that the elections should not have happened given the coronavirus situation. I think for the political parties and their leaders, their work and power are more important questions while the safety of the people and the pandemic are secondary. There was speculation about how the elections...
OCTOBER 19, 2020
As the tensions at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) at the eastern Ladakh ages for months with no sign of dissolution, the Indian side has bought high altitude warfare kits from the US on an urgent basis, reports suggest citing officials with the knowledge of the matter.
The step could be significant as the area of tension...
OCTOBER 19, 2020
A 1,000-foot asteroid will swing by, but miss, Earth
A 6.5-foot asteroid will zoom past Earth just before Election Day but astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson says it's nothing to worry about.
"Asteroid 2018VP1, a refrigerator-sized space-rock, is hurtling towards us at more than 40,000 km/hr. It may buzz-cut Earth on Nov 2, the day before the Presidential Election,"...
OCTOBER 19, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Muskegon County Airport, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, in Norton Shores, Mich. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Behind the scenes, Democrats are preparing to confront President Donald Trump if he loses the election next month to Democrat Joe Biden -- if Trump claims that the result is rigged, refuses to...
OCTOBER 19, 2020
As the global case tally of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) crossed the 40 million mark, the outbreak appears to have entered the fourth and strongest (yet) wave. The latest spurt of infections is fuelled by the second wave in most European nations, the third in the United States, and the tail-end of the first wave in India...
OCTOBER 18, 2020
President Donald Trump talks with voters after an NBC News Town Hall, at Perez Art Museum Miami, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — “I believe we’re rounding the corner." “We’re a winner on the excess mortality.” “We have the vaccines coming and we have the therapies coming.” “We have done an...
OCTOBER 18, 2020
Health care workers perform COVID-19 testing at a drive-through site at Eastern Florida State College on October 9, 2020 in Palm Bay, Florida. The Florida Department of Health reports that COVID-19 cases, deaths, and hospitalizations are on the rise while U.S President Donald Trump plans to hold a rally in Sanford, Florida after contracting the disease. (Photo...
OCTOBER 17, 2020
Brief Scorecard: CSK 179/4 in 20 overs (Faf du Plessis 58, Ambati Rayudu 45 not out; Anrich Nortje 2/33) vs DC 185/5 in 19.5 overs (Shikhar Dhawan 101, Marcus Stoinis 24; Deepak Chahar 2/18)
Delhi Capitals opener Shikhar Dhawan notched up his maiden century of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to propel his side to a comfortable five-wicket...
