Day: August 17, 2020

Teen girl’s body found in UP village pond, suspected to have been raped

3:25 pm August 17, 2020

Azamgarh: The body of a 16-year-old girl who is suspected to have been raped was recovered from a pond on the outskirts of a village here on Monday, police officials said. The teen, whose family had returned from Mumbai during the lockdown, had been missing since Saturday. A youth has been detained for questioning and the case […]

Andaman & Nicobar Islands COVID-19 tally rises to 2,399

3:14 pm August 17, 2020

Port Blair: The number of COVID-19 cases in Andaman and Nicobar Island rose to 2,399, with 93 more people testing positive for coronavirus, an official said on Monday. All the new cases were detected during contact tracing, he said. Of the total 2,399 COVID-19 cases, active are 1,145 as 1,226 people have recovered from the disease and […]

Biden ally Clyburn brings civil rights legacy to DNC

3:02 pm August 17, 2020

Washington: In October 1960, a young James Clyburn gathered with other students and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr as frustrations mounted over civil rights protests in what was becoming a tumultuous, dangerous year. John Lewis was there. Marion Barry, too. The one-hour meeting at Atlanta’s Morehouse College stretched to 4 am Clyburn, who said he had not “bought into nonviolence,” emerged to view […]

Safety, efficacy main concerns with Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine: Nobel laureate Peter Doherty

2:55 pm August 17, 2020

Kolkata: Echoing the scientific community’s scepticism over Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine rolled out for emergency use, Nobel laureate Peter Charles Doherty says his “big worry” is there could be refusals for other vaccines if doubts over its safety turn out to be true. Russian President Vladimir Putin last week announced that his country has developed the world’s first vaccine against COVID-19, […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Official: Inmates attacked 6 officers at California prison

2:42 pm August 17, 2020

San Diego: Six correctional officers were taken to hospitals to be treated for injuries sustained in an inmate attack at a prison in California, the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said. Stab wounds, lacerations and possible broken bones were among the injuries to the officers Sunday afternoon at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility near San Diego, spokesperson […]