South Africa

Coronavirus: Latest updates on COVID-19 crisis around the world

6:37 pm December 24, 2020

New Delhi: Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus crisis in India and other parts of the world on Thursday. 5:07 p.m. Passengers arriving from Europe, South Africa and the Middle-East will not be subjected to RT-PCR test for coronavirus immediately upon arrival, the Maharashtra government said. 4:09 p.m. 15 new cases take Mizoram’s […]

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

Heroin concealed in buttons seized in Mumbai; three held

9:56 pm November 28, 2020

Thane/Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized 396 gm of heroin and arrested three persons, including two Nigerians, in an operation that was carried out in the last seven days, an official said on Saturday. The contraband was ingeniously concealed in buttons sewn into women’s dresses sent in a consignment, which arrived in the […]

Air India flyer seeks damages over data breach

Hong Kong bans Air India flights for fifth time as some passengers test COVID-19 positive

11:23 pm November 20, 2020

New Delhi: Hong Kong has banned Air India flights from Delhi till December 3 after a few passengers on its flight earlier this week tested positive for COVID-19 post-arrival, a senior government official said on Friday. This is the fifth time Air India’s flights from India have been banned by the Hong Kong government for […]

Cambridge University academic makes history as first Indian-origin department head

11:36 pm September 30, 2020

London: An academic from Newnham College at the University of Cambridge, Dr Manali Desai, has made history as the first woman of Indian heritage to take over as the Head of the Sociology Department of the prestigious UK varsity in its over 800-year history. Desai, a Reader in Comparative and Historical Sociology and Fellow of Newnham College whose work focuses on social movements, […]

South Africa’s rhino poaching drops during virus lockdown

11:52 pm September 22, 2020

Johannesburg : South Africa’s anti-COVID-19 lockdown is credited with helping to achieve a dramatic drop in rhino killings, but as the country opens up experts warn of a possible resurgence of poaching of one of Earth’s most endangered mammals. Redoubled efforts are critical to protect the country’s rhinoceros population, South African officials and wildlife activists […]