HEALTH

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Europe ramps up vaccinations as virus haunts Easter holidays

10:38 pm April 4, 2021

Paris: The French city of Lyon’s main stadium opened as a mass vaccination center during Easter weekend, and thousands spent the holiday lining up for injections at hippodromes, velodromes or other sites as France tried to speed up shots amid a new rush of coronavirus cases. But as Europe celebrated its second Easter in a […]

In Easter speech, Pope Francis calls wars in pandemic ‘scandalous’

In Easter speech, pope calls wars in pandemic ‘scandalous’

10:33 pm April 4, 2021

Vatican City: Pope Francis in his traditional Easter Sunday address denounced as “scandalous” how armed conflicts continue to rage even as the coronavirus pandemic has triggered severe social and economic suffering and swollen the ranks of the poor. Francis tempered his “Urbi et Orbi″ address (Latin for ”To the city and to the world”) wishes […]

Singing hymns through masks, Christians mark pandemic Easter

10:28 pm April 4, 2021

Vatican City: Christianity’s most joyous feast day was celebrated worldwide with the faithful far apart in pews and singing choruses of “Hallelujah” through face coverings on a second Easter Sunday marked by pandemic precautions. From vast Roman Catholic cathedrals to Protestant churches, worshippers followed national or local regulations on the coronavirus. In some European countries, […]

13 St Stephen’s students on trip to Himachal test positive for COVID

10:12 pm April 3, 2021

New Delhi: The St Stephen’s College campus’ “inner perimeter” has been rendered out of bounds after 13 resident students and two staffers tested COVID-19 positive, according to a notice issued by the institute’s principal. The notice, issued on Friday, said necessary and stringent measures have been put in place by the dean’s office to ensure […]

Sisodia, his family receive first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

10:08 pm April 3, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, along with his family, got the COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday here at the Azad Medical College. They received a dose of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin. Thanking Corona Warriors after receiving his first shot of the vaccine, Sisodia said, “The whole nation today is thankful to our scientists and […]