India

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 […]

Delhi will have to wait more for monsoon

11:38 pm June 14, 2021

New Delhi: The progress of the monsoon in northwest India has slowed down and it is not likely to hit the capital in the next two days, officials at India Meteorological Department said on Monday. The weather department had earlier predicted that the wind system may reach Delhi by June 15, 12 days early. Normally, the monsoon reaches Delhi by June 27 and covers […]

India working towards restoring 2.6 crore hectares of degraded land by 2030: PM

11:35 pm June 14, 2021

New Delhi: India is working towards restoring 2.6 crore hectares of degraded land by 2030 and is assisting fellow developing countries to develop land-restoration strategies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a high-level UN dialogue on Monday. Asserting that land degradation affects over two-thirds of the world today, Modi said if left unchecked, it will erode the very foundations […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

43% Indian consumers didn’t buy made-in-China items but COVID-19 led to trade rise: Survey

11:22 pm June 14, 2021

New Delhi: About half of Indian consumers surveyed said they did not buy made-in-China products in the past 12 months as an aftermath of the border tensions with China, a report by online firm Local Circles on Monday said. The report is based on a survey, which was conducted during June 1-10 and covered 17,800 […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Cyprus bans entry to recent India travelers

11:17 pm June 14, 2021

Nicosia: Cyprus has banned entry of anyone who has been to or passed through India in the previous two weeks of travelling to thwart the spread of the B.1.617 variant of COVID-19. In a directive issued on Monday, the Cypriot government said the ban excludes Cypriot citizens and their families, European Union citizens and foreign nationals who live permanently in Cyprus. However, they either must […]