Day: January 24, 2020

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Human skull, bones found in Howrah

11:00 pm January 24, 2020

Howrah: A human skull and bones were found on Friday when firefighters were dousing a blaze at a field in West Bengal’s Howrah district, officials said. Dry shrubs on a field, off the National Highway 6 in Bagnan’s Chandrapur area, suddenly caught fire in the afternoon, they said. Three fire tenders were sent and it […]

Federal agents recover stolen 500-year-old copy of Christopher Columbus letter

Federal agents recover stolen 500-year-old copy of Columbus letter

9:56 pm January 24, 2020

Wilmington: Federal agents in Delaware have recovered a more than 500-year-old copy of a letter penned by Christopher Columbus that vanished from an Italian library decades ago. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Delaware and Homeland Security investigators, who specialize in the recovery of stolen rare books and historic artifacts, announced the find on Wednesday. The […]

6 killed in Germany shooting, suspect arrested

9:44 pm January 24, 2020

Berlin: Six people have been killed and several were injured in a shooting in the southwestern German town of Rot am See, police said Friday. A suspect was arrested shortly after the shooting, which took place at 12:45 p.m. (1145 GMT) Friday near the town’s train station, police said. They said no other suspects are […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Democrats argue ‘right matters’ in Trump impeachment trial

9:30 pm January 24, 2020

Washington: Democratic House prosecutors made an expansive case at Donald Trump’s impeachment trial that he abused power like no other president in history, swept up by a “completely bogus” Ukraine theory pushed by attorney Rudy Giuliani. On Friday, the Democrats will press their final day of arguments before skeptical Republican senators, focusing on the second […]

HC stays penalty proceedings against Patanjali Ayurved by anti-profiteering authority

Stay away from politics, focus on studies: Ramdev to students of JNU and other varsities

9:01 pm January 24, 2020

New Delhi: Yoga Guru Ramdev on Friday advised the students of JNU and other universities to stay away from politics and focus on their studies rather than protesting and participating in demonstrations. He said it is not appropriate for students to “spread violence and anarchy” and indulge in demonstrations. While addressing a press briefing here, he claimed […]