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CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

India, UK based biotech firm wins ‘Star Trek’ creator’s better humanity award

11:02 am August 21, 2020

London: An India and UK headquartered genomics biotech company is among four worldwide projects awarded the USD 1-million 2020 Roddenberry Prize designed to advance the vision of ‘Star Trek’ creator Gene Roddenberry to better humanity. Launched this year in the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic, the prize pivoted to engage organisations who demonstrated their agility and innovation on the frontlines […]

Around 400 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi: Kejriwal

COVID-19: Will not open schools in Delhi unless fully convinced, says Kejriwal

9:32 pm August 15, 2020

New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that the Delhi government will not open schools unless it is “fully convinced” about the improved COVID-19 situation in the city. Delivering his Independence Day speech at the Delhi Secretariat, Kejriwal said the COVID-19 situation in the city is “quite under control” as compared to what it was two months back and […]

Genoa has new bridge 2 years after span’s deadly collapse

11:35 pm August 3, 2020

Genoa: With a rainbow as a backdrop, Italy’s president and other dignitaries inaugurated a replacement bridge Monday in Genoa, but the families of those killed when the Morandi Bridge collapsed boycotted the event along with the firefighters who pulled many of the 43 dead from smashed cars and trucks. Two years ago this month, a stretch of the Morandi […]

France, Italy, Spain see startling virus hits to economies

3:23 pm July 31, 2020

Paris: France, Italy and Spain reported precipitous contractions Friday for their coronavirus-battered economies, with the pandemic wiping out years of growth in a matter of weeks as the lockdowns closed shops, factories, and restaurants. The Spanish economy shrank by 18.5% in the April-June period from the previous quarter, the French economy nearly 14% and Italy 12.4%. The Spanish contraction was by […]

5 Rafale jets arrive in India in a boost to IAF’s combat capability

6:09 pm July 29, 2020

Ambala: India on Wednesday received its first batch of new multirole combat fighter aircraft in nearly two decades with the arrival of five Rafale jets, giving the country’s air power a strategic edge in the midst of a bitter border row with China in eastern Ladakh. The aircraft, having an undisputed track record and considered […]