Day: December 19, 2020

German court upholds tree-felling ban at Tesla plant site

11:32 pm December 19, 2020

Berlin: A German court ruled Saturday that automaker Tesla has to stop clearing trees on some parts of the site outside Berlin where it is building the company’s first electric car factory in Europe. The top administrative court in the Berlin-Brandenburg region upheld an earlier temporary ban on the clearing of the forested site after […]

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Allahabad HC stays arrest of 'Mirzapur' web series directors, writers

Allahabad needs to be turned into fort during Magh fair: HC

11:29 pm December 19, 2020

Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has favoured turning the entire city into a fort with an absolute ban on the entry of Covid positive people into during the upcoming Magh fair on the bank of the confluence of rivers Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati. A bench of justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar made the observation while hearing a public interest lawsuit […]

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General sorry for ‘miscommunication’ over vaccine shipments

11:27 pm December 19, 2020

Washington: The Army general in charge of getting COVID-19 vaccines across the United States apologised on Saturday for “miscommunication” with states over the number of doses to be delivered in the early stages of distribution. ”I failed. I’m adjusting. I am fixing and we will move forward from there,” Gen. Gustave Perna told reporters in […]

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British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

UK cancels ‘Christmas bubble’ as new coronavirus variant accelerates

11:25 pm December 19, 2020

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday backtracked on a proposed five-day “Christmas bubble” of relaxed rules and instead imposed a new, higher level of coronavirus restrictions amid a new accelerating variant of coronavirus that is spreading fast in parts of the country. Johnson said Saturday that the capital and other areas in southern England currently under Tier 3, […]

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UP: Teen killed as jeep rams into bike

11:19 pm December 19, 2020

Amethi: A 16-year-old boy was killed while another teenager was seriously injured when their motorcycle was hit by a speeding jeep here on Saturday, police said. The deceased has been identified as Amresh Kumar, they said. Gauriganj SHO Arun Kumar Dubey said the accident took place on Saintha road when Amresh and Vikram were going towards the market area on their motorcycle. […]

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