Day: September 11, 2020

UNICEF appoints Ayushmann Khurrana as celebrity advocate for children’s rights campaign

4:41 pm September 11, 2020

Mumbai: UNICEF India on Friday announced Ayushmann Khurrana as its celebrity advocate for children’s rights campaign – ‘For Every Child’. Khurrana will support UNICEF towards ending violence against children. He will work towards this initiative in India and joins the likes of former football star David Beckham, who works on this campaign globally, a press […]

Police chief hit with federal charges of rigging his hiring

4:34 pm September 11, 2020

Bridgeport: The police chief of Connecticut’s largest city was arrested Thursday on federal charges that he teamed with Bridgeport’s personnel director to rig the hiring process to make sure he would get his job. Federal prosecutors in New York and FBI officials in Connecticut announced the arrest of Bridgeport Police Chief Armando “A.J.” Perez along with David Dunn, the city’s acting personnel director. […]

Centre urges states, UTs to ensure no restriction is imposed on movement of medical oxygen

4:26 pm September 11, 2020

New Delhi : No restriction should be imposed on inter-state movement of medical oxygen, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday, while strongly reinforcing that it is the responsibility of every state and Union Territory to ensure hospitalised COVID-19 patients receive oxygen. The ministry said it has come to its knowledge that a few states are trying […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Portland mayor bans cops from using tear gas during protests

4:23 pm September 11, 2020

Portland: The mayor of Portland on Thursday ordered police in Oregon’s largest city to stop using tear gas for crowd control during the frequently violent protests that have racked the city for more than three months since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Mayor Ted Wheeler, a Democrat, was tear gassed when he went to a demonstration […]

Scientists develop new tool to monitor coronavirus mutations

4:21 pm September 11, 2020

Melbourne: Scientists assessed the genome data of more than 1,20,000 samples of the novel coronavirus, and have developed a new tool to monitor mutations in the virus that may make it difficult to develop vaccines and drugs for COVID-19. According to the researchers, including those from the University of Melbourne in Australia, ensuring treatments remain effective as the […]