Day: July 1, 2020

Chabahar Port a game changer;achieves record single loading of cargo: Mandaviya

9:07 pm July 1, 2020

New Delhi: The strategic Chabahar Port in Iran achieved a new milestone on Tuesday by handling a record 76 TEUs of cargo, Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Wednesday. Chabahar port, located in the Sistan-Balochistan province in the energy-rich Iran’s southern coast, lies outside the Persian Gulf and is easily accessed from India’s western coast, bypassing Pakistan. “Chabahar Port is scaling up its operations drastically. India Ports […]

Protest versus Africa’s 1st COVID-19 vaccine test shows fear

9:01 pm July 1, 2020

Johannesburg: Protesters against Africa’s first COVID-19 vaccine trial burned their face masks Wednesday as experts note a worrying level of resistance and misinformation around testing on the continent. Anti-vaccine sentiment in Africa is “the worst I’ve ever seen,” the CEO of the GAVI vaccine alliance, Seth Berkley, told an African Union vaccine conference last week. “In general, people in Africa […]

Coronil drug: U’khand court issues notices to Patanjali, Union govt

8:55 pm July 1, 2020

Nainital: The Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday issued notices to yoga guru Ramdev’s Patanjali, Union and state governments, seeking a reply within a week on the firm’s Coronil drug. Hearing a PIL challenging Ramdev’s claims regarding the medicine, a division bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice R C Khulbe issued the notices. It asked the Union and […]

June records ‘excess’ rainfall, good precipitation expected in July: IMD

8:46 pm July 1, 2020

New Delhi: The month of June ended with “excess” rainfall, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday, forecasting a good precipitation in July. According to the IMD data, the overall rainfall in June was 118 per cent of the Long Period Average (LPA), which is considered “excess” rainfall. It was also the wettest June in the […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Video of neighbourhood dispute spurs anti-racism protest

8:36 pm July 1, 2020

Montclair: A dispute between neighbors over work being done at a northern New Jersey home this week sparked a brief anti-racism protest march after video of the confrontation was posted on social media. The dispute began around noon Monday, when a white woman confronted a Black couple about whether they had obtained a permit to […]