Day: May 27, 2021

Stronger India-US health partnership can be a ‘powerful force’ to fight global COVID pandemic: Jaishankar

11:59 pm May 27, 2021

Washington: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday emphasised that a stronger India-US health partnership can be a ”powerful force” to fight the global COVID pandemic as he met top members of America’s corporate sector and discussed India’s priorities and the importance of strengthening critical supply chains and collaboration for production of vaccines and therapeutics. Jaishankar arrived […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

US tells Russia it won’t rejoin Open Skies arms control pact

11:58 pm May 27, 2021

Washington: The Biden administration informed Russia on Thursday that it will not rejoin a key arms control pact, even as the two sides prepare for a summit next month between their leaders. US officials said Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman told the Russians that the administration had decided not to reenter the Open Skies Treaty, which had allowed surveillance flights over military facilities in both countries […]

100 booked for violating Covid guidelines in J-K's Samba

Woman killed, mother injured in explosion in J&K

11:55 pm May 27, 2021

Srinagar: A 19-year-old woman was killed and her mother injured in an explosion in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Kupwara district on Thursday, police said. A police official said Sara Begum (49) and her daughter Gulnaz Bano, residents of Sharkoot Vilgam area of Handwara, went to a forest for collecting vegetables on Wednesday and apparently brought a […]

Punjab records 178 more COVID-19 deaths

11:52 pm May 27, 2021

Chandigarh: Punjab on Thursday reported 178 more fatalities due to COVID-19, taking the toll to 14,004, while 3,914 fresh infections took the total number of cases to 5,56,089, according to a medical bulletin. The number of active cases dropped from 50,549 on Wednesday to 48,231, as per the bulletin. The state’s daily recoveries of 5,995 […]

Central team in Gujarat for cyclone damage assessment

11:49 pm May 27, 2021

Ahmedabad: An inter-ministerial team of the Centre arrived in Amreli district of Gujarat on Thursday to assess the damage caused by cyclone Tauktae, which hit the state over a week back and caused large-scale destruction, the state government said. The seven-member team is led by Shri Prakash, joint secretary in the Union Home Ministry, said […]

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