Europe

Eiffel Tower needs blowtorch for ice as snow blankets Europe

4:41 pm February 10, 2021

Paris: Workers at the Eiffel Tower used a blowtorch to melt the ice collecting on its surfaces and snow was blocking roads and halting trains and school buses Wednesday across northern France. Amid a European cold snap, areas in Normandy and Brittany unused to such icy conditions were closing highways for lack of snow-clearing equipment. In parts of the Paris region, local authorities […]

Unwilling to wait, poorer countries seek their own vaccines

11:38 pm February 6, 2021

New Delhi : With coronavirus cases still climbing, Honduras got tired of waiting to get vaccines through a United Nations programme, so the small Central American country struck out on its own, securing the shots through a private deal. Honduras “cannot wait on bureaucratic processes or misguided decisions” to give citizens “the peace of mind” offered by the COVID-19 vaccine, said Juan Carlos […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

UK to deploy aircraft carrier as part of Indo-Pacific ‘renewed focus’

8:59 pm February 4, 2021

London : The UK government has announced plans for the deployment of a new Carrier Strike Group led by aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth later this year as part of its “renewed focus” on the Indo-Pacific region, following talks with Japan. UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab discussed the deployment of the aircraft carrier during the “2+2” virtual meeting with their respective Japanese counterparts, Ministers Toshimitsu […]

India can now create Aatmanirbhar secured internet

9:00 pm February 3, 2021

New Delhi: With over 50 per cent share in next generation IP addresses, India now has the potential to create its own secured internet by setting up a root server locally for less than Rs 10 crore, according to state-run ITI and industry platform IPv6 Forum. The DoT had released the first and second roadmap to roll out IPv6 […]

WHO report on Wuhan virus mission expected soon

WHO Europe: Vaccine production delays are a real issue

10:13 pm January 28, 2021

Geneva : National tensions are erupting over slow coronavirus vaccine rollouts but production delay issues are real and world leaders must realize that “no one is safe until everyone is safe,” the European chief for the World Health Organization said Thursday. Dr Hans Kluge said international solidarity in the fight against the virus that has already killed 2.1 million […]