Day: January 24, 2021

Heavy rainfall likely in Pune in next 48 hours: IMD

Man killed in lightning strike in Himachal’s Kangra

12:35 pm January 24, 2021

Shimla : A 42-year-old man was killed in a lightning strike in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district, the police said on Sunday. The incident occurred on Saturday evening and the deceased was identified as Parvinder Rana, a resident of Saunkni Da Kot in the Dharamshala sub-division, they added. The body has been sent for post-mortem and further reports are awaited.

Another trapped miner found in gold mine in China

12:33 pm January 24, 2021

Beijing : Chinese rescuers on Sunday found a miner trapped underground for nearly two weeks following an explosion at a gold mine in the country’s eastern Shandong Province. The worker is in extremely weak condition and rescuers are helping lift him from underneath the mine, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Twenty-two miners have been trapped about 600 meters […]

Immune system of recovered COVID-19 patients may evolve to fight coronavirus variants: Study

12:31 pm January 24, 2021

New York: People who recover from COVID-19 are protected against the novel coronavirus for at least six months, and likely much longer, according to a study which says the immune system evolves long after the infection and may block even mutant forms of the virus such as the South African variant. The research, published in the journal Nature, […]

2 quakes hit Chile, South Shetland Islands; no major damage

12:30 pm January 24, 2021

Santiago : Two almost simultaneous earthquakes were felt Saturday in the South Shetland Islands in the Antarctica and in central Chile, where buildings shook in the country’s capital. No casualties or damage were immediately reported. The quake in the South Shetland Islands had a magnitude of 6.9 with a depth of 9.6 kilometers, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, while the earthquake in Chile had […]

Defense chief orders review of military sex assault programmes

12:29 pm January 24, 2021

Washington: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in his first directive since taking office, has given his senior leaders two weeks to send him reports on sexual assault prevention programmes in the military, and an assessment of what has worked and what hasn’t. Austin’s memo, which went out Saturday, fulfills a commitment he made to senators last week […]

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