- Sunday, May 19, 2024
Families in Delhi with pre-existing health conditions such as asthma are stocking up on oxygen cylinders and pulse oximeters, fearing that the city's worsening air quality will make them more vulnerable to the coronavirus. After months of relatively clean air because of a lockdown imposed to fight the virus, pollution…
Republican US Senator David Perdue appeared to mock Kamala Harris at a rally for President Donald Trump in battleground state Georgia on Friday, where he repeatedly mispronounced the vice presidential nominee's name. Harris, a US senator from California, is the daughter of immigrants from India and Jamaica. Former Vice President…
South African captain Quinton de Kock scored a brilliant unbeaten 78 Friday as Indian Premier League champions Mumbai Indians inflicted a crushing defeat on England counterpart Eoin Morgan in his first game leading Kolkata Knight Riders. Morgan, who took over after Dinesh Karthik quit just hours before the game, won…
Costume designer Bhanu Athaiya, the first Indian to win an Oscar, passed away in Mumbai on Thursday aged 91, the Press Trust of India reported, citing her daughter. Athaiya, who won an Academy Award for her work in Richard Attenborough's 1982 epic "Gandhi", had a prolific career in India, working…
Chris Gayle announced he was ready to shine in the 2020 Indian Premier League with a crucial half-century for the Kings XI Punjab in his maiden innings on Thursday, having missed the first half of the campaign due to selection issues and sickness. The former West Indies captain, 41, is…
British premier carrier Virgin Atlantic on Thursday announced launch of flight services from India to Manchester, which has a sizable population of Indian origin people, starting December 20. Virgin Atlantic will be launching services from Delhi and Mumbai to Manchester as the airline ramps up flying from its home in…
US presidential candidate Joe Biden's running mate Kamala Harris suspended travel Thursday after her communications director tested positive for Covid-19, the campaign said, adding that Harris had not come into "close contact" with the staffer. A non-staff flight crew member also tested positive, campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon said in…
Twitter was restored Thursday evening after a technical problem caused a global outage of nearly two hours on the social media platform used by hundreds of millions worldwide. The outage marked a new setback for the company, which for the past two days has been fending off accusations of bias…
French luxury goods giant LVMH said Thursday that a sales rebound in fashion and leather goods had lifted third quarter sales to limit fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. LVMH noted a "significant improvement" as fashion and leather limited a fall in revenue to seven percent on an organic basis after…
A NEW SURVEY has found out that people in some of the countries hardest hit by Covid-19 including Pakistan and South Africa have struggled to wash their hands during the pandemic due to water scarcity. The survey, conducted on Global Handwashing Day (15 October), by WaterAid and YouGov revealed that…
