Day: June 15, 2021

Winfrey, Hearst have Black journalists tell elders” stories

9:52 pm June 15, 2021

New York: Oprah Winfrey and Hearst Magazines are teaming up for interviews that pair young Black journalists with elders who include civil rights activists, celebrities and others sharing some lessons learned in life. The project, “Lift Every Voice,” will be featured on Winfrey’s OprahDaily.com website and in magazines like ELLE, Good Housekeeping, Esquire, Runner’s World and Winfrey’s own O Quarterly. Dionne Warwick, […]

Leopard that mauled 4-year-old girl in Budgam captured; family raises concern

9:02 pm June 15, 2021

Srinagar: The Forest Department on Tuesday claimed to have captured a leopard that mauled four-year-old Adda Mir earlier this month in the outskirts of the city, officials said here. A senior official of the Wildlife Department, Rashid Naqash, said that the captured leopard was the same that had killed Adda after picking her from the lawn of her house at Ompora housing colony […]

British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

UK PM delays COVID lockdown end by 4 weeks to July 19

12:01 am June 15, 2021

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday confirmed a four-week delay to an end to all legal lockdown restrictions, which was previously set for June 21, as he said the link between coronavirus infections and hospitalisations remains at concerning levels due to the Delta variant. The last and fourth stage of the lockdown roadmap, dubbed “Freedom Day”, will now […]