Day: August 2, 2020

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Despite virus threat, Black voters wary of voting by mail

5:02 pm August 2, 2020

Detroit: Despite fears that the coronavirus pandemic will worsen, Victor Gibson said he’s not planning to take advantage of Michigan’s expanded vote-by-mail system when he casts his ballot in November. The retired teacher from Detroit just isn’t sure he can trust it. Many Black Americans share similar concerns and are planning to vote in person on Election Day, even […]

3 yr-old boy dies after swallowing coin; relatives allege govt hospitals refused to admit him

4:58 pm August 2, 2020

Kochi: A three-year-old boy died after he accidentally swallowed a coin at his home near Aluva, with relatives alleging that government hospitals where he was taken to had refused to admit him as he came from a COVID-19 containment zone. Health Minister K K Shailaja termed the incident as “very unfortunate” and directed the Principal […]

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

Portland police declare unlawful assembly during protest

4:46 pm August 2, 2020

Portland: The Portland Police Bureau declared an unlawful assembly Saturday night when people gathered outside a police precinct in Oregon’s largest city and threw bottles towards officers, police said. Until that point, federal, state and local law enforcement had been seemingly absent from the protests Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The demonstrations — that for weeks ended with […]

Military commanders of India, China to hold talks on Saturday

Military commanders of India and China hold fifth round of talks on border row

4:39 pm August 2, 2020

New Delhi: Senior military commanders of India and China are holding a fresh round of talks on Sunday with an aim to ensure expeditious disengagement of troops from all the friction points along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, military sources said. It is the fifth round of corps commander-level talks in nearly two months with an aim to defuse […]

Scientists study coronavirus outbreaks among minks in Europe

4:34 pm August 2, 2020

Madrid: Coronavirus outbreaks at mink farms in Spain and the Netherlands have scientists digging into how the animals got infected and if they can spread it to people. In the meantime, authorities have killed more than 1 million minks at breeding farms in both countries as a precaution. The virus that first infected people in China late last year came from […]