Day: June 12, 2020

Rights watchdog urges France to fight racial discrimination

Historical figures under attack after George Floyd’s death

12:16 pm June 12, 2020

Washington: The rapidly unfolding movement to pull down Confederate monuments around the U.S. in the wake of George Floyd’s death has extended to statues of slave traders, imperialists and explorers around the world, including Christopher Columbus, Cecil Rhodes and Belgium’s King Leopold II. Protests and, in some cases, acts of vandalism have taken place in […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Sensex plummets over 1,100 pts in early trade on global selloff

12:08 pm June 12, 2020

Mumbai: Witnessing a gap-down opening, equity benchmark Sensex plummeted 1,100 points in early trade on Friday tracking massive global sell off fuelled by concerns over economic recovery and a second coronavirus wave in the US. After starting at 32,436.69, the 30-share index pared some losses to trade 813.26 points, or 2.42 per cent, lower at […]

Pick me up off the floor, Norah Jones asks on her new album

3:59 am June 12, 2020

New York: The title of Norah Jones’ new album, “Pick Me Up Off the Floor,” has two chief meanings. After spending two years recording one-off monthly sessions, the piano-playing jazz-pop singer realized she had enough great songs piled up. “I didn’t know what was happening with them. I was sort of picking them up and […]

New low-cost novel coronavirus test developed

3:48 am June 12, 2020

New Delhi Researchers at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) have developed a new low-cost and low-tech required test for SARS-CoV-2 testing. This test is known as reverse transcription nested PCR (RT-nPCR) test. It is worth mentioning that the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recommended only reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction […]

Companies hopeful of economic recovery in 2021 but cautious about COVID-19 pandemic

Final tests of some COVID-19 vaccines to start next month

3:44 am June 12, 2020

Washington: The first experimental COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. is on track to begin a huge study next month to prove if it really can fend off the coronavirus, while hard-hit Brazil is testing a different shot from China. Where to do crucial, late-stage testing and how many volunteers are needed to roll up their […]