Day: March 21, 2021

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Goa sees 98 COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths, 79 recoveries

10:19 pm March 21, 2021

Panaji: Goa’s coronavirus caseload went up by 98 and reached 56,623 on Sunday, while three deaths took the toll to 818 and 79 people were discharged, an official said. The number of people who have recovered stands at 54,792, leaving the state with 1,013 active cases, he added. With 1,435 samples being examined on Sunday, […]

Yajat Sharma: The teenage trilogy author

10:11 pm March 21, 2021

New Delhi: In the times of ‘Insta fame’ and social media stardom, penning a fiction trilogy at the age of 14 may be a distant aspiration for many teenager, but Yajat Sharma plunged into the magical world of four friends to come up with a series which has become a hit on the online marketplace. […]

Married 66 years, husband, wife die minutes apart of virus

7:38 pm March 21, 2021

Fort Lauderdale: Bill and Esther Ilnisky spent nearly seven decades together as Christian ministers and missionaries, including stints in the Caribbean and Middle East before preaching for 40 years in Florida. They complemented each other — he the bookworm, she outgoing and charismatic. One without the other seemed unthinkable. So when they died minutes apart of COVID-19 this month at a Palm Beach County […]

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait to address Kisan Mahapanchayat in Jaipur

7:29 pm March 21, 2021

Jaipur: Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait will address a Kisan Mahapanchayat in Jaipur on Tuesday. The mahapanchayat will be held at Vidhyadhar Nagar stadium, Raja Ram Meel, president of the Jat Mahasabha, said. ”It will be the first meeting of Tikait in Jaipur. Earlier, he has held a few meetings in other districts like Hanumangarh and Ganganagar,” Meel […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Infections continue to climb in Turkey amid relaxed measures

7:27 pm March 21, 2021

Istanbul: Turkey’s weekly regional COVID-19 figures keep increasing as the country keeps relaxed restrictions in place for now. Health ministry statistics released late Saturday showed the rate of infection as more than 251 cases per 100,000 in Istanbul, the country’s largest city — up 41% since last week. That means about 40,000 new infections in Istanbul alone, which […]