Day: May 25, 2021

Blinken in Israel on Mideast tour to shore up Gaza truce

11:48 am May 25, 2021

Jerusalem: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel at the start of a Middle East tour aimed at shoring up the Gaza cease-fire. He will face the same obstacles that have stifled a wider peace process for more than a decade, including a hawkish Israeli leadership, Palestinian divisions and deeply rooted tensions surrounding Jerusalem and its holy sites. The 11-day Gaza war […]

Rahul emphasises power of local languages

Toolkit issue: Rahul Gandhi says ‘truth remains unafraid’

11:44 am May 25, 2021

New Delhi: ”Truth remains unafraid,” Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday after the Delhi Police sent a notice to Twitter India in connection with the probe into a complaint about the alleged ‘COVID toolkit’. After two police teams descended on Twitter’s offices in Delhi and Gurgaon, the Congress on Monday had alleged that the ”cowardly raid” on the microblogging site’s offices by the Delhi Police ”exposes lame duck attempts” […]

Lindsay Lohan to star in Netflix’ Christmas romantic comedy

11:41 am May 25, 2021

Los Angeles: Actor Lindsay Lohan is going to play the lead role in streamer Netflix’s yet-to-be-titled Christmas rom-com movie. According to Variety, Lohan will play a “newly engaged, spoiled hotel heiress” in the film. ”She gets amnesia after a skiing accident and finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner and his precocious daughter in the days […]

Fly infertility shows we’re underestimating how badly climate change harms animals

11:29 am May 25, 2021

Canberra: Evidence of declining fertility in humans and wildlife is growing. While chemicals in our environment have been identified as a major cause, our new research shows there’s another looming threat to animal fertility: climate change. We know animals can die when temperatures rise to extremes they cannot endure. However, our research suggests males of […]

Vaccinate kids aged under 5 against influenza: Tribal panel head to Maha govt

11:21 am May 25, 2021

Thane: Former MLA Vivek Pandit, who heads a state committee on tribal welfare, has appealed to the Maharashtra government to administer anti-influenza vaccine to all children below the age of five years in the state’s tribal region before the upcoming monsoon season. Talking to reporters here on Monday, he said health experts have indicated that the during the rainy […]