Day: August 26, 2020

COVID-19 can affect almost all organs, say experts at AIIMS

11:40 pm August 26, 2020

New Delhi: Not just the lungs, COVID-19 can affect almost all organs and the initial symptoms may be totally unrelated to chest complaints, experts at AIIMS here said on Wednesday. They stressed that classification of cases into mild, moderate and severe categories based just on respiratory symptoms should be relooked to include other organ involvement. Experts from […]

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

Multilevel approach needed for robust climate risk management framework: Vardhan

11:37 pm August 26, 2020

New Delhi: A robust climate risk management framework calls for a multilevel approach across the country to determine the impact climate change risks pose, Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Wednesday. Delivering a special address at a three-day conference on ‘S&T Research- Policy-Practice Interface for Climate Risk Management’, Vardhan said there has been […]

NIA makes 4 more arrests in Kerala gold smuggling case

11:33 pm August 26, 2020

New Delhi: The NIA has arrested four more people in the Kerala gold smuggling case for allegedly conspiring and financing the smuggled gold through import cargo addressed to the UAE consulate at Thriruvananthapuram, an official said on Wednesday. Jifsal C V, a resident of Kozhikode; Aboobacker P of Malappuram; Muhammed Abdu Shameem of Kozhikode; and […]

Delhi Metro bags Japan Society of Civil Engineers' award

BJP demands resumption of Metro services in Delhi

11:31 pm August 26, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi BJP on Wednesday advocated the resumption of Metro train services in the city, with its president Adesh Gupta meeting Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Puri over the demand. Gupta, who met Puri along with the Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, said the demand to […]

Radha Ashtami: People offer prayers at two Mathura temples

11:12 pm August 26, 2020

Mathura: Excitement was witnessed in Mathura on the occasion of Radha Ashtami even though people were allowed to offer prayers at only two temples due to the coronavirus pandemic. Wearing masks and maintaining social distancing, devotees offered prayers at the Keshav Dev and Dwarikadhish temples. Kapil Sharma, secretary of Sri Krishna Janmasthan Seva Sansthan, said […]