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CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

As COVID engulfs India, diaspora watches with despair

2:31 pm April 30, 2021

Los Angeles: Bad news, knowing no time zones, arrives in a jarring burst of messages, calls and posts informing millions of members of India’s worldwide diaspora that yet another loved one has been sickened or lost to the coronavirus. Sometimes it comes in a barrage of WhatsApp messages first thing in the morning, and sometimes […]

Religious festival stampede in Israel kills 44, hurts dozens

2:25 pm April 30, 2021

JERUSALEM: A stampede at a religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel killed at least 44 people and injured about 150 early Friday, medical officials said. It was one of the country’s deadliest civilian disasters. The stampede began when large numbers of people thronged a narrow tunnel-like passage during […]

NYSE: Stocks turn choppy as investors weigh earnings, recovery

10:50 pm April 29, 2021

New York: Stocks wobbled between small gains and losses in afternoon trading as investors continued to digest corporate earnings reports and the latest economic data. A report showing that the U.S. economy grew sharply in the first quarter is among the latest data pointing to an diminishing impact from the pandemic. Other upbeat reports included […]

‘India must think about US diplomacy’

7:37 pm April 29, 2021

New Delhi: India is currently facing a massive surge in COVID-19 infections. The country on Wednesday added a record over 3.75 lakh new coronavirus cases in a single day. As India’s health care system has collapsed due to shortages of intensive care beds, medical supplies and oxygen, these debilitating numbers are attached with a reasonable […]

Daimler Truck, Volvo to make fuel cells in Europe from 2025

7:10 pm April 29, 2021

Frankfurt: Germany’s Daimler Truck AG and Sweden’s Volvo Group say they plan to jointly manufacture hydrogen fuel cells for trucks in Europe starting in 2025 and called on European Union policymakers to boost incentives for climate-neutral technologies. The companies said Thursday their fuel cell joint venture, cellcentric, is carrying out preparatory work at a facility […]