Day: December 15, 2020

12-year-old boy suffering from bird flu dies at AIIMS in Delhi

AIIMS nurses call off strike

11:13 pm December 15, 2020

New Delhi: The Nurses Union of Delhi AIIMS called off their strike on Tuesday night after an around two-hour meeting with the hospital administration, even as the Delhi High Court restrained it from continuing its agitation. On Monday, around 5,000 nurses of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here went on a strike […]

UP: Woman kills self after man sexually assaults her

8:45 pm December 15, 2020

Shahjahanpur (UP): An 18-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling of her home after a man sexually assaulted her, police said Tuesday. The victim’s family alleged that she was out for some work on Monday evening when Bagesh Kumar assaulted her, Assistant Superintendent of Police Sanjay Kumar said. The woman managed to […]

US vaccinations ramp up as 2nd COVID-19 shot nears

8:41 pm December 15, 2020

Washington: Hundreds more US hospitals geared up to vaccinate their workers Tuesday as federal regulators issued a positive review of a second COVID-19 vaccine needed to boost the nation’s largest vaccination campaign. The Food and Drug Administration said its preliminary analysis confirmed the effectiveness and safety of the vaccine developed by Moderna and the National Institutes of […]

Tunisian PM cancels Italy trip after minister gets virus

8:38 pm December 15, 2020

Tunis: Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi has canceled a planned visit Tuesday to Italy at the last minute, after one of his ministers accompanying him on a visit to France tested positive for the coronavirus. Mechichi had been on a three-day trip to France, where he met French Prime Minister Jean Castex, as well as the presidents of the Senate […]

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

Assam govt cancels Maruti Suzuki dealer’s trade licence for selling old cars by repainting them

8:31 pm December 15, 2020

Guwahati: The Assam Transport Department has cancelled the trade licence issued to a dealer of the country’s largest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki India, for allegedly selling old vehicles by repainting them, officials said on Tuesday. The District Transport Officer (DTO) of Kamrup Metropolitan, Gautam Das, said a person had filed complaints against the dealer at his office and at the Commissionerate […]