Day: July 12, 2020

Search of California lake resumes for missing “Glee” star

11:15 pm July 12, 2020

Los Angeles: The search to find “Glee” TV show star Naya Rivera in a Southern California lake resumed on Sunday, authorities said. The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said last Thursday that they believe Rivera, 33, drowned in Lake Piru, northwest of Los Angeles. Her 4-year-old son was discovered alone in a rented boat. The boy, who was found asleep and […]

Iran blames bad communication, alignment for jet shootdown

11:11 pm July 12, 2020

Tehran: A misaligned missile battery, miscommunication between troops and their commanders, and a decision to fire without authorization all led to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner in January, killing all 176 people on board, a new report says. The report released late Saturday by Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization comes months after the […]

Florida reports largest, single-day increase in COVID cases

11:05 pm July 12, 2020

St Petersburg: Florida on Sunday reported the largest single-day increase in positive coronavirus cases in any one state since the beginning of the pandemic. According to state Department of Health statistics, 15,299 people tested positive, for a total of 269,811 cases. California had the previous record of daily positive cases — 11,694, four days ago. New […]

10-year-old girl found dead in Kolkata’s New Alipore, probe on

10:59 pm July 12, 2020

Kolkata: A 10-year-old girl was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her home in Kolkata’s New Alipore area, police said on Sunday. The girl was found lying unconscious on the floor of the bathroom by her mother on Saturday night, they said. Her mother took her to the Baghajatin Hospital with the help of a […]

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

COVID-19 to hurt life insurance industry’s new biz premium in FY21: IDBI Federal

10:55 pm July 12, 2020

New Delhi: IDBI Federal Life Insurance expects significant impact of coronavirus pandemic on life insurance industry in the current fiscal, as erosion in disposable income and possible delay in people’s financial decisions will hurt the new business premium. The life insurance industry had a growth in most part of 2019-20 till the COVID-19 pandemic struck […]