Day: January 8, 2021

Cold wave conditions prevail in north India; minimum temperature in Delhi drops to 9.6 deg C

10:40 pm January 8, 2021

New Delhi: Cold wave conditions continued unabated in several parts of north India on Friday with the minimum temperature in Delhi dropping to 9.6 degrees Celsius and a MeT official predicting severe winter for Rajasthan in the coming days. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that due to the prevailing of dry north or northwesterly winds over most parts of northwest India, minimum […]

Rajasthan records three more Covid deaths, 55 new cases

Three more UK returnees test positive for COVID-19; 5142 cases in Kerala

10:35 pm January 8, 2021

Thiruvananthapuram: Three U.K returnees were among 5,142 people who tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday in Kerala, which also recorded 23 deaths, taking the total infection count to 8,01,075 and the toll to 3,257. The state registered 5,325 recoveries, while active cases stood at 64,236, the government said. Health Minister K K Shailaja said three […]

Youth held for blackmailing girl over video

UP: SDM ‘caught’ on tape misbehaving with woman during public meet

10:31 pm January 8, 2021

Gorakhpur: In a video that surfaced on social media, an SDM was allegedly seen misbehaving with a woman during a public meet in Uttar Pradesh’s Maharajganj district. Nichloul SDM Ram Sajeevan Maurya allegedly misbehaved with the woman of Lahrouli village on Thursday, pushing her away in the presence of a crowd of villagers. The woman alleged that the SDM was trying to give […]

Govt-farmers meet: Next date only outcome; unions say ready to fight till death; All eyes on SC hearing

10:23 pm January 8, 2021

New Delhi: The government’s negotiations with farm unions to end over-a-month-long agitation appeared heading nowhere at the eighth round of talks on Friday as the Centre ruled out repealing the three contentious laws claiming nationwide support for reforms while the farmer leaders said they are ready to fight till death and their ‘ghar waapsi’ will […]

Pfizer vaccine may protect against UK variant of coronavirus, study claims

10:20 pm January 8, 2021

New Delhi: Scientists have found evidence that the COVID-19 vaccine co-developed by the US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German biotechnology company BioNTech may protect against the novel coronavirus variant which originated in the UK and has been reported in several parts of the world, including India. In a yet-to-be peer reviewed research, scientists from the University of Texas Medical Branch in the US, […]