Day: August 28, 2020

Israel strikes Gaza after Palestinian militants fire rockets

4:06 pm August 28, 2020

Gaza City: The Israeli military says it struck militant targets in Gaza, including a weapons manufacturing site, after six rockets were fired from the territory early Friday. There were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage on either side. Israel and Hamas have traded fire on a number of occasions in recent weeks, and Hamas has launched a wave of incendiary […]

Japan’s ‘flying car’ gets off ground, with a person aboard

3:59 pm August 28, 2020

Tokyo: The decades-old dream of zipping around in the sky as simply as driving on highways may be becoming less illusory. Japan’s SkyDrive Inc., among the myriads of “flying car” projects around the world, has carried out a successful though modest test flight with one person aboard. In a video shown to reporters on Friday, […]

Why women may face less severe COVID-19 symptoms than men decoded

3:48 pm August 28, 2020

Washington: Scientists have found a possible explanation for why men may have a greater risk than women for more severe symptoms and worse outcomes from COVID-19 regardless of age. The researchers from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in the US pointed to female sex hormone estrogen’s role in lowering the level of angiotensin-converting enzyme2 (ACE2) in […]

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

Noida: Child found dead under Mahamaya flyover, probe on

3:36 pm August 28, 2020

Noida (UP): The body of a child was found under the Mahamaya flyover in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida, police said on Friday. Aged between 8 to 10 years, the child’s body was spotted Thursday afternoon in a green belt under the usually busy flyover in the city and its identity ascertained later in the day, they […]

Noida: Man held for rape attempt on 7-year-old girl

3:29 pm August 28, 2020

Noida (UP): A 42-year-old man has been arrested for alleged rape attempt on a seven-year-old girl from his neighbourhood at a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida, police said on Friday. The incident had taken place on Wednesday evening and an FIR was lodged in connection with the case at Sector 39 police station Thursday night, […]