Day: January 16, 2021

From Blackboards to Zoom Whiteboards: Experts explore changing paradigms of school education

Free IAS coaching scheme for poor students launched in Kerala

8:02 pm January 16, 2021

Kochi: A scheme to provide free coaching to civil services and other competitive examinations to 10,000 meritorious but financially weak students across Kerala was launched by state Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Saturday. Declaring open the ‘One School, One IAS’ programme being implemented by Vedhik Erudite Foundation with the support of sponsors, he said, ”This […]

TN rolls out COVID-19 vaccination, govt doctor gets first vaccine shot

7:56 pm January 16, 2021

Madurai: Tamil Nadu on Saturday rolled out the COVID-19 vaccination drive at 166 sites across the state with a government doctor here becoming the first to be administered the shot. Chief Minister K Palaniswami said everyone, including him should get vaccinated, but priority, however, was only for frontline workers such as the doctors and health […]

Vaccination drive: Jab and job go hand in hand for doctors

7:50 pm January 16, 2021

New Delhi: Spending barely half-an-hour under mandatory observation after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine shot, Dr Sunny Kalra lost no time in going back to attending patients at BLK Super Speciality Hospital, this time with renewed confidence. Although happy to be vaccinated on the very first day of the world’s largest vaccination programme on Saturday, what really broadened Dr Kalra’s […]

5 dead of suspected gas leak in Italian nursing home

7:47 pm January 16, 2021

Milan : Five elderly residents of a nursing home near Rome have died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning and another five residents and two workers have been hospitalised in serious condition, Italian media reported Saturday. Firefighters confirmed the deadly incident in the town of Lanuvio, with the hypothesis of a gas leak. A worker in the home found the residents […]

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Trump’s presidency not just a blip in US foreign policy

3:54 pm January 16, 2021

Washington : President-elect Joe Biden’s plan to scrap President Donald Trump‘s vision of “America First” in favour of “diplomacy first” will depend on whether he’s able to regain the trust of allies and convince them that Trumpism is just a blip in the annals of US foreign policy. It could be a hard sell. From Europe to the Middle East and Asia, […]