- Sunday, May 19, 2024
INDIA's average temperature rose around 0.7 Celsius between the beginning of the 20th century and 2018. It is set to rise another 4.4 degrees by 2100, according to a recent government report. The study also forecasts the frequency of heatwaves by then to be three to four times higher than…
US President Joe Biden on Friday nominated Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, an ambitious star in his Democratic Party, to be ambassador to India, with which the US has an increasingly close relationship. Garcetti, who has led the country's second-largest city since 2013 with a focus on improving transportation and sustainability,…
THE inaugural meeting of the UK-India Financial Markets Dialogue (FMD) between senior representatives of both countries was held virtually on Friday (9). As part of the dialogue, discussions were held to strengthen cooperation on four key themes- Gujarat International Finance Tec (GIFT) City, banking and payments, insurance and capital markets.…
A man was killed and another injured in an accident at a construction site in the University City section of Philadelphia, authorities said. The deceased was identified as Kirankumar Mistry, 55, who was working on-site for another contractor when the accident happened at Bucks County-based Cook Drilling on Tuesday (6)…
INDIAN ride-hailing firm Ola, backed by Japan's SoftBank Group Corp, said on Friday (9) private equity firms Temasek and Warburg Pincus are investing $500 million in the startup ahead of its planned initial public offering (IPO). Ola did not give details on its IPO plans but said that it continues…
INDIA expects to receive foreign-made Covid-19 vaccine doses through the COVAX global vaccine-sharing programme for the first time, with 3-4 million doses of Pfizer and Moderna shots potentially arriving by August, two sources have said. India, the world's biggest producer of vaccines, was initially the main source of Covid-19 shots…
TWO armed intruders and two Indian soldiers were killed in Indian-administered Kashmir, the Indian army said on Thursday (8), the first such skirmish near the de facto border with Pakistan since February after the arch-rivals declared a truce on the frontier. Indian army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Devender Anand said the…
THE Delta variant is already the dominant strain of Covid-19 in the US, according to data modelling done by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to the health agency's estimates, the Delta variant became dominant in the country over the two weeks ended July 3, with…
INDIAN authorities have given approval for a late-stage clinical trial of a protein-based Covid-19 vaccine candidate developed by Sanofi SA and GlaxoSmithKline Plc, the drugmakers said. France's Sanofi and Britain's GSK in May kicked off global trials to include more than 35,000 adults to test the shot. They hope to…
SUPPORTERS of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama have announced plans to establish a library in his honour in New York. The Namgyal Monastery in Ithaca, New York announced the launch of a $5 million public fundraising campaign to build a Dalai Lama Library and Learning Centre. Top US leaders…
