Day: January 9, 2021

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Virus collides with politics as German election year starts

3:48 pm January 9, 2021

Berlin: The coronavirus pandemic is colliding with politics as Germany embarks on its vaccination drive and one of the most unpredictable election years in the country’s post-World War II history. After months of relatively harmonious pandemic management, fingers are being pointed as the center-left junior partner in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition government takes aim at what it says has been a […]

Maha: Teen stabbed to death in Nagpur city; three held

3:44 pm January 9, 2021

Nagpur: A 16-year-old boy was allegedly beaten up and stabbed to death by three persons, including two minors, in Maharashtra’s Nagpur city, police said on Saturday. The attack took place in Dipti Signal area under Kalamna police station late on Friday night, an official said. Vinay Dahare was beaten up and stabbed in the chest byYogesh […]

British Indian minister Alok Sharma given sole charge of UN climate summit

3:43 pm January 9, 2021

London: Alok Sharma, one of the Indian-origin ministers in UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Cabinet, has relinquished his role as Business Secretary in a mini-reshuffle to take sole charge as President of COP26 – the United Nations climate summit scheduled for Glasgow, Scotland, in November. The Agra-born minister, who was until now in charge of […]

Most hospitalised COVID-19 patients have at least one symptom 6 months after falling ill: Study

3:31 pm January 9, 2021

New Delhi: More than three quarters of COVID-19 patients hospitalised for treatment have at least one ongoing symptom six months after initially becoming unwell, according to a study published in The Lancet journal. The research looked at the long-term effects of the novel coronavirus infection in 1,733 patients first diagnosed in Wuhan, China between January and May followed […]

Indian-American Sabrina Singh named Dy Press Secretary in White House

3:24 pm January 9, 2021

Washington: Indian-American Sabrina Singh would serve as Deputy Press Secretary to the Vice President in the White House, according to an announcement made by the Biden-Harris Transition. Singh was Press Secretary to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on the Biden-Harris campaign. Prior to her role on the campaign, she served as senior spokesperson for Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign and National Press Secretary for Cory Booker’s presidential campaign. She previously […]