Day: December 22, 2020

IMD warns cold wave in 9 Odisha districts, Phulbani coldest at 7.5 degree Celsius

Slight rise in day temperatures, nights remain cold in Punjab, Haryana

10:15 pm December 22, 2020

Chandigarh: There was a marginal increase in day temperatures in Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday, but nights continued to be cold with the mercury hovering slightly below normal range. The day temperatures hovered one to two notches above normal at most places settling between 21-22 degrees Celsius. As the minimum temperatures hovered below normal, Hisar in Haryana recorded a […]

BioNTech CEO confident vaccine will work on UK variant

4:54 pm December 22, 2020

Berlin : German pharmaceutical company BioNTech is confident that its coronavirus vaccine works against the new UK variant, but further studies are needed to be completely sure, its chief executive said Tuesday. The variant, detected mainly in London and the southeast of England in recent weeks, has sparked concern worldwide because of signs that it […]

Spain holds huge Christmas lottery with virus restrictions

4:52 pm December 22, 2020

Madrid: Children from Madrid’s San Ildefonso school have begun calling out prize-winning numbers in Spain’s bumper Christmas lottery known as “EL Gordo” (the fat one), which is being held under tight conditions because of the coronavirus pandemic. The lottery will shell out 400,000 euros (USD 489,000) or some 325,000 euros after tax, to holders of […]

UP officials told to trace people back from abroad in past 15 days

4:48 pm December 22, 2020

Lucknow : In a bid to prevent the spread of a new COVID strain, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday directed officials to trace people who came from abroad in the past 15 days The people, who came in the past 15 days from the countries where a new COVID-19 strain has been found, should […]

China’s new space carrier rocket successfully launches five satellites on its maiden flight

4:46 pm December 22, 2020

Beijing : China‘s new medium-lift carrier rocket Long March-8 made its maiden flight on Tuesday, sending five satellites successfully into planned orbit, the country’s space agency said. The rocket was launched from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Hainan. The five experimental satellites will carry out the in-orbit verification of microwave imaging and other technologies. They will conduct experiments […]