Day: February 16, 2021

Transgender's plea for passport: HC seeks Centre stand

UK to return medals to vets discharged because of sexuality

7:40 pm February 16, 2021

London: The British military will allow former service personnel who were stripped of medals because of their sexuality to apply to have them restored after a Royal Navy veteran’s 27-year battle to have his decorations returned. The Ministry of Defence announced the new policy on Tuesday, more than two decades after Britain lifted its ban on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender service personnel in 2000. […]

Biden extends pandemic help for homeowners, renters wait

7:35 pm February 16, 2021

Washington: President Joe Biden is extending a ban on housing foreclosures to June 30 to help homeowners struggling during the coronavirus pandemic. The moratorium on foreclosures of federally guaranteed mortgages had been set to expire on March 31. On his first day in office, Biden had extended the moratorium from January 31. Census Bureau figures show that almost 12 per cent […]

South Korea spy agency: North Korea hackers targeted vaccine tech

7:30 pm February 16, 2021

Seoul: North Korean hackers attempted to steal information about coronavirus vaccines and treatments, South Korea’s intelligence service said on Tuesday, but it denied a lawmaker’s claim that vaccine maker Pfizer Inc was targeted. Earlier Tuesday, Ha Tae-keung, a member of parliament’s intelligence committee, told reporters that the National Intelligence Service told him and other lawmakers during a closed-door briefing that North Korea hacked Pfizer to obtain COVID-19 […]

Woman, 50, found dead with no clothes in forest

Delhi Forest Dept invites proposals for empanelment of agencies for tree transplantations

7:21 pm February 16, 2021

New Delhi: The Delhi Forest Department has invited proposals for empanelment of agencies for tree transplantations in the national capital. The proposals were invited for empanelment of agencies earlier this month, following the city government’s new tree transplantation policy. In October last year, the Delhi government approved a tree transplantation policy to prevent felling of trees due to development […]

PM Modi expresses grief over bus accident in Sidhi

6:57 pm February 16, 2021

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed grief at the ”horrific” bus accident in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district and approved an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the next of kin of those who lost their lives. At least 18 people, including seven women, died while 20 others went missing after a bus fell off a bridge […]