Day: October 7, 2020

Truck overturns in South Delhi; 2 dead

1:24 pm October 7, 2020

New Delhi: A truck overturned in South Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar early Wednesday, crushing to death two people going to the airport to catch a flight, police said. Ankit Malhotra and Ranjan Kalra, both aged 35, were into event management and going to Kolkata for work. Malhotra lived in Karkardooma and had come to pick Kalra […]

COVID-19: 72,049 new cases take India’s virus tally to 67,57,131

1:20 pm October 7, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally of cases climbed to 67.57 lakh with 72,049 new cases in a day, while 57,44,693 people have recuperated so far pushing the national recovery rate to 85.02 per cent on Wednesday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 67,57,131, while the death toll climbed […]

Trump slams media for 'blocking' alleged graft cases against Biden

2016 presidential polls: Trump orders declassification of documents

9:29 am October 7, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered “total declassification” of all the documents related to the alleged interference of Russia in the 2016 presidential elections, which he described as a hoax. “I have fully authorized the total Declassification of any & all documents pertaining to the single greatest political CRIME in American History, the Russia Hoax. Likewise, the […]

Dangerous Hurricane Delta bears down on Mexico’s Yucatan

9:25 am October 7, 2020

Cancun: Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified into a dangerous Category 4 storm with 145 mph (230 kph) winds Tuesday while following a course to hammer southeastern Mexico and then continue on to the U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week. The worst of the immediate impact was expected along the resort-studded northeastern tip of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, where […]

Biden admin rolls back Trump-era citizenship test, reverts to 2008 version

Biden against second debate if Trump still suffers from COVID-19

9:20 am October 7, 2020

Washington: Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday said he is against participating in his second debate with Donald Trump next week if the president still suffers from COVID-19. “I think if he still has COVID, we shouldn’t have a debate,” Biden, a former US vice-president, told reporters on his return from Gettysburg. The first of the three presidential […]