Day: January 16, 2021

Damaged roads, lack of gear hinder Indonesia quake rescue

2:09 pm January 16, 2021

Mamuju: Damaged roads and bridges, power blackouts and lack of heavy equipment on Saturday hampered Indonesia’s rescuers after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake left at least 42 dead and hundreds injured on Sulawesi island. Operations were focused on about 10 locations in the hardest-hit city of Mamuju, where people are still believed trapped following Friday’s nighttime quake, […]

New series to capture World War II British Indian spy Noor Inayat Khan’s story

2:04 pm January 16, 2021

London: Hollywood star Frieda Pinto will take on the role of British World War II spy Noor Inayat Khan in an upcoming television thriller. The six-part series, which will get into production later this year, hails from writer Olivia Hetreed and Red Room Films. It is based on the biography ”Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan” (2006) by author Shrabani Basu and will be directed by […]

COVID-19 vaccines ‘Sanjivani’ in fight against pandemic: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan

2:00 pm January 16, 2021

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday described the COVID-19 vaccines as ‘Sanjivani’ in the fight against the infectious disease as he urged people not to pay heed to hearsay and instead believe in experts and scientists. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the world’s largest vaccination programme covering the entire length and breadth of the country and […]

Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

Trump administration carries out 13th and final execution

1:57 pm January 16, 2021

Washington: The Trump administration has carried out its 13th federal execution since July, an unprecedented run that concluded just five days before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden — an opponent of the federal death penalty. Dustin Higgs, convicted in the killings of three women in a Maryland wildlife refuge in 1996, was the third to receive a lethal injection this week […]

Biden announces plan to vaccinate 100 million Americans in his first 100 days in office

1:54 pm January 16, 2021

Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden has announced an ambitious goal of inoculating 100 million Americans with COVID-19 vaccines in the first 100 days of his administration, noting that the vaccine rollout in the country, the worst hit by the pandemic, has been a ”dismal failure.” Ahead of his inauguration on January 20, Biden on Friday held a briefing with his team […]