- Friday, April 26, 2024
INDIA'S sprint great Milkha Singh also called the 'Flying Sikh' passed away at the age of 91 on Friday (18) night. Singh ran at three successive Olympic Games and finished fourth in the 400 metres in 1960 Rome Games. His death due to Covid-19 complications comes days after his wife,…
By Kulveer Ranger LAST month Professor Swaran Singh published his independent investigation of discrimination within the Conservative Party. This was a thorough and comprehensive independent report, with Singh having full access to party records and conducting interviews with prime minister Boris Johnson and cabinet ministers. Clearly, the party took the…
INTERNATIONALLY renowned spiritual leader H.H Shree Raj Rajeshwar Guruji during his visit to Leicester had a meeting with chief inspector Kam Mistry of the Leicestershire Police. Shree Raj Rajeshwar Guruji as part of his mission to build better engagement between the Hindu/Indian faith community and Police, will continue to meet…
ASIAN GAMES gold medal-winning former boxer Dingko Singh, who inspired a generation of Indian pugilists to take up the sport, died on Thursday (10) after a long battle with liver cancer. He was 42 and had been fighting the disease since 2017. He is survived by his wife Babai Ngangom,…
IN India's fight against Covid-19 pandemic, Rotary has collaborated with ACT Grants, Swasth Alliance and Feeding India to enable deployment and monitoring support for about 50,000 oxygen concentrators/cylinders/BIPAPS across India. Rotary along with its partners will soon facilitate and enable tracking of utilisation of the devices at the healthcare facilities.…
INDIA'S apex drug regulator has waived the requirement of testing every batch of foreign-made Covid-19 vaccines by the Central Drugs Laboratory, Kasauli and post-launch bridging trials for such firms, a move that will bolster availability of vaccines. The decision by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) comes in the…
THE single day rise in coronavirus infections in India fell below the two-lakh mark for the second time this month. The total tally of Covid-19 cases in the country has climbed to 2,75,55,457 out of which 2,48,93,410 patients have recuperated, according to the union health ministry data on Friday (28).…
A 36-year-old Indian-origin Sikh man was among the eight people killed in the rail yard shooting in San Jose in the US state of California, according to media reports on Thursday (27). Taptejdeep Singh, born in India and raised in Union City, California, has left behind his wife, three-year-old son,…
INDIA'S recovery rate went up to 90 per cent while daily Covid-19 infections of 2,11,298 took the tally to 2,73,69,093, according to the union health ministry data on Thursday (27). The death toll due to Covid rose to 3,15,235 with 3,847 new fatalities being reported in a span of 24…
AN IAF MiG-21 Bison aircraft crashed in a field in Punjab's Moga district, killing its pilot squadron leader Abhinav Choudhary, officials said. The aircraft was on a training sortie from Suratgarh in Rajasthan when it crashed in Langeana village on Thursday night (20), said Moga's superintendent of police Gurdeep Singh.…
