- Sunday, May 19, 2024
MIRABAI CHANU ended India's 21-year wait for a weightlifting medal at the Olympics by clinching a silver medal in the 49kg category to open the country's account at Tokyo on Saturday (24). The 26-year-old lifted a total of 202kg (87kg+115kg) to better Karnam Malleswari's bronze in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.…
THE death toll in India from landslides and accidents caused by torrential monsoon rain rose to 125 on Saturday (24). Rescue teams struggled through thick sludge and debris to reach dozens of submerged homes in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Maharashtra is being hit by the heaviest rain in July in four decades,…
MANY dabbawalas (lunchbox deliverymen) in Mumbai are now delivering restaurant staples from nachos to spaghetti carbonara to time-starved professionals as they continue working from home for a second year. After the pandemic shut offices, the 130-year-old "dabbawala" network has tied up with a trendy restaurant chain to take on India's…
US state department on Friday (23) said that Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to India next week. It will be Blinken's first visit to the world's largest democracy and an important US ally in Asia. Blinken will also visit Kuwait and meet senior officials there at the end of…
TO help reduce operational costs for sellers in tier-II cities, Amazon India has launched 'multi-seller flex' (MSF) ahead of the Prime Day sale event on July 26, 27. The MSF sites are fulfilment centres (warehouses) operated by authorised third-party service providers. "Amazon India partners with these local entrepreneurs to help…
THE Indian government has said that several Indian states are now "reconciling" their Covid death data after dealing with a spike in cases in April and May. It rejected recent studies suggesting that millions of people have died in the country from Covid-19, several times the official toll of almost…
INDIA recorded more than 45,000 cases of the deadly "black fungus" over the last two months, the health ministry said, as a nationwide outbreak sweeps through Covid-19 patients. The country's junior health minister Bharati Pravin Pawar told parliament that over 4,200 people had died of the fungus (scientific name mucormycosis).…
A PROPOSED Indian law on the collection and use of genetic data to tackle crime can violate privacy, and target minorities and marginalised communities disproportionately, according to technology experts and human rights groups. The DNA Technology Regulation Bill allows the profiling of victims, those accused of crimes, and those reported…
INDIA reported its highest death toll in a month on Wednesday (21) - at nearly 4,000 - after its richest state reconciled its death count with 3,509 previously unreported fatalities, the health ministry said. Maharashtra, home to the financial capital of Mumbai, has reported 130,753 of the country's 418,480 coronavirus…
THE Covid-19 vaccination centre at the Swaminarayan School on Brentfield Road, London, opened by BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, commonly known as the Neasden Temple, has delivered more than 80,000 doses so far. Started on 2 February 2021, the centre is supported by K&W Healthcare, a GP-led organisation supporting GPs and…
