- Saturday, May 04, 2024
INDIA reported another record jump in its surging coronavirus cases on Thursday (13) with nearly 67,000 new infections, among them a religious leader who shared a stage with prime minister Narendra Modi during a ceremony to launch construction of a grand temple in Ayodhya. Nritya Gopal Das, an 82-year-old Hindu priest,…
Delhi witnessed the heaviest spell of rains this monsoon season on Thursday, which inundated low-lying areas and threw traffic out of gear. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Ayanagar weather station recorded 99.2 mm rainfall, the maximum in the city, till 8.30 am. The Palam and Ridge weather…
China’s ByteDance is in early talks with India’s Reliance Industries Ltd for an investment in its video-based app TikTok’s business in India, TechCrunch reported, citing sources. The two companies began conversations late last month and have not reached a deal yet, according to the report. Reliance, ByteDance and TikTok did not immediately…
The head of the Ram temple trust, Mahant Nritya Gopal Das (80), has tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Thursday Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has taken detailed information on the health condition of Das, a senior government official said here The chief minister has spoken to the…
A FEW people have quibbled about the decision by the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to put Gandhi on a British coin as the first ethnic minority figure. In Leicester, there was even been a petition – now apparently abandoned – to remove the Mahatma’s statue in the wake of the Black…
KAMALA HARRIS’S late mother left India in 1960, but half a world away from Washington the uncle and aunt of the US vice-president hopeful follow her every move — and are very proud. Harris was born in California in 1964 to a Jamaican father, economics professor John Harris, and breast cancer…
Four men were arrested for allegedly beating a rag picker to death after he refused to return a cart that he had borrowed from one of them, police said on Wednesday. They said Kaushal (28), Ramji (60), Gautam (47) and Bhagirath (45) were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the…
Technology has had a major impact on many aspects of daily life and that is certainly the case when it comes to how people spend their free time. It is not that long ago where listening to the radio and reading books were the ‘go-to’ activities for millions of people,…
Akshay Kumar starrer Laxmmi Bomb was slated to hit the big screens on Eid this year. But, due to the pandemic, the film will now get a direct-to-digital release on Disney+ Hotstar. Fans of Akshay have been waiting to know when the movie will release and when the trailer will be out.…
THERE were no human pyramids in Mumbai’s Janmashtami festival celebrating Lord Krishna on Wednesday, which normally attracts thousands onto the streets, due to a surge in coronavirus in India, with more than 60,000 cases reported in 24 hours. “This year, the celebration will be symbolic,” said Ram Kadam, a state…
