Day: November 20, 2020

Douglas Stuart’s ‘Shuggie Bain’ wins 2020 Booker Prize, India-origin Avni Doshi misses out

11:53 am November 20, 2020

London: New York-based Scottish writer Douglas Stuart has won the prestigious 50,000-pound Booker Prize for his autobiographical debut novel ‘Shuggie Bain’, a coming of age tale of love and alcoholism set in 1980s Glasgow and “destined to be a classic”, beating Indian-origin author Avni Doshi’s ‘Burnt Sugar’. Stuart, 44, dedicated the book to his mother, who died of alcoholism when he was 16-years-old. […]

WHO report on Wuhan virus mission expected soon

China will have to play by rules; US to rejoin WHO: Biden

11:43 am November 20, 2020

Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden has said that he wants to make sure that China plays by the rules and announced that his administration will rejoin the World Health Organisation. Biden was responding to a question on Thursday about his remarks during the presidential debates that he wanted to punish China over the way Beijing has been behaving. He […]

COVID-19 caseload in India breaches 90-lakh mark

11:38 am November 20, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload surpassed the 90-lakh mark on Friday with 45,882 new cases, while the recoveries surged to 84.28 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 93.6 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 90,04,365 and the death toll climbed to 1,32,162 with the novel […]

Vistara starts operating flights on Mumbai-Male route

Vistara inaugurates flight services on Delhi-Doha route

11:37 am November 20, 2020

New Delhi: Vistara has started operating flights between Delhi and Doha under an air bubble arrangement between India and Qatar, the full service airline said on Friday. The inaugural flight departed on Thursday from Delhi at 8 pm and landed in Doha at 9.45 pm (local time), it said in a statement. The airline will […]

Couple commits suicide in Maharashtra’s Vasai town

11:32 am November 20, 2020

Palghar: A married couple allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison mixed food here in Maharashtra, police said on Friday. The deceased, identified as Vishnu Patel, 26, and his wife Pratiba, 22, were residents of Bhoipada in Vasai town of Palghar district, they said. Vishnu Patel worked as a machine operator in a plastic company, they […]