Day: November 25, 2020

Cochin shipyard to build electric vessels for Norway

10:03 pm November 25, 2020

Kochi: The Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), the largest shipbuilding and maintenance facility in the country, is building two autonomous electric vessels with zero carbon emission for a Norwegian company. The production of the vessels began with a plate-cutting ceremony organised virtually at the CSL here on Wednesday, a CSL statement said. The two vessels are […]

No new COVID positive case since Tuesday at civil services officers training academy in Mussoorie

8:20 pm November 25, 2020

New Delhi : No new COVID case has been reported among officer trainees since November 24, the head of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) at Mussoorie said on Wednesday. The update comes in the wake of 57 civil services officer trainees testing positive for coronavirus at the premier training academy. “The academy would […]

Biden becomes first US presidential candidate to win over 80 million votes

8:17 pm November 25, 2020

Washington: Joe Biden has become the US first presidential candidate to win over 80 million votes, with his record-breaking number of popular votes still likely to increase as ballots continue to be counted across the nation, according to a media report on Wednesday. President-elect Biden won more than 80,011,000 votes as of Tuesday, while President […]

SC extends by week order staying HC direction for undertrial prisoners to be back in jails

8:13 pm November 25, 2020

New Delhi : Undertrial prisoners, whose bail period was extended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the national capital, need not return to jail forthwith as the Supreme Court Wednesday extended by a week its stay of the Delhi High Court order which had asked them to surrender to prison authorities. The apex court had […]

US jobless claims rise to 778,000 as pandemic worsens

8:10 pm November 25, 2020

Washington: The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week to 778,000, evidence that the U.S. economy and job market remain under strain as coronavirus cases surge and colder weather heighten the risks. The Labor Department’s report Wednesday said jobless claims climbed from 748,000 the week before. Before the virus struck hard in mid-March, weekly […]