Day: February 15, 2021

Arms and ammunition seized, 3 arrested in Bengal’s Malda

12:31 pm February 15, 2021

Malda: Three persons have been arrested and a huge cache of arms and ammunition seized from their possession in West Bengal’s Malda district, police said. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Special Task Force and local police raided Shankartola village in Manikchak police station area on Sunday and nabbed three persons and seized five […]

Kohli, Ashwin extend India’s lead to 351

12:24 pm February 15, 2021

Chennai: Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin applied themselves on a treacherous pitch to share an unbeaten 50-run stand and extend India’s lead to a comfortable 351 on day three of the second Test here on Monday. India were at 156 for six at lunch with Kohli (38 batting off 86) and Ashwin (34 batting off […]

COVID conspiracy shows vast reach of Chinese disinformation

12:18 pm February 15, 2021

Brussels: It took just three months for the rumor that COVID-19 was engineered as a bioweapon to spread from the fringes of the Chinese internet and take root in millions of people’s minds. By March 2020, belief that the virus had been human-made and possibly weaponized was widespread, multiple surveys indicated. The Pew Research Center found, for […]

Dubai airport sees passenger traffic drop 70 per cent amid pandemic

12:09 pm February 15, 2021

Dubai: Dubai International Airport saw the coronavirus pandemic push passenger traffic down by an unprecedented 70 per cent in 2020 compared to the previous year, its CEO announced Monday, even as the airport held onto its prized title as the world’s busiest for international travel. While the key east-west transit point started to see an […]

Vanessa Hudgens confirms relationship with Cole Tucker

12:08 pm February 15, 2021

Los Angeles: Actor Vanessa Hudgens has confirmed she is in a relationship with Major League Baseball player Cole Tucker on Valentine’s Day, nearly three months after the couple sparked dating rumours. On Instagram, the ”High School Musical star” shared a photo of herself kissing the sportsperson on Sunday. ”It’s you, it’s me, it’s us. @cotuck,” Hudgens, 32, wrote. Tucker, 24, also shared a […]