INDIA batting legend Sachin Tendulkar said on Friday (2) that he has been admitted to hospital as a precautionary measure after testing positive for Covid-19 last week. He had previously isolated himself at home after testing positive following mild symptoms. "As a matter of abundant precaution under medical advice, I…
A MOVE that will benefit thousands of Indian IT professionals, US president Joe Biden on Thursday (1) let the ban on foreign workers visa particularly H1-B lapse, as the notification issued by his predecessor Donald Trump expired yesterday (31). Trump in June last year had issued a proclamation that suspended…
SPECIAL presidential envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Abu Dhabi, New Delhi and Dhaka from April 1-9 to discuss the climate crisis. Kerry would travel for consultations on increasing climate ambition ahead of US president Joe Biden's Leaders' Summit on Climate from April 22-23 and the 26th Conference…
INDIA began vaccinating tens of thousands of people above the age of 45 on Thursday (1) in its biggest push yet against a surging coronavirus that has hit the highest daily count since early October, officials said. Data released by the health ministry on Thursday showed 72,330 new Covid-19 infections,…
RISHABH PANT will captain Delhi Capitals in IPL 2021 in the absence of Shreyas Iyer, who was ruled out of the season after injuring his left shoulder during India's one-day international series against England. Iyer sustained the injury while fielding and India's cricket board BCCI said he had partially dislocated…
INDIA became the third-worst performer in South Asia as it slipped 28 places to be ranked 140th among 156 countries in the World Economoc Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2021. According to the report, India has closed 62.5 per cent of its gender gap till date. The country had ranked…
THE Suez Canal became a global talking point when a massive container ship named Ever Given blocked the shipping passage last week and holding up £6.5bn of trade every day. The bow of the ship was finally dislodged from the channel's bank on Monday (29) and towed up the waterway…
INDIA is now holding multi-phase elections in four states and considering that Facebook Inc has taken steps to combat hate speech and misinformation. "We recognize that there are certain types of content, such as hate speech, that could lead to imminent, offline harm," the social networking giant said in a…
AMID a surge in Covid-19 cases, India has asked its 28 federal states on Tuesday (30) to get a grip on the prevalent situation "right now" to prevent healthcare systems being overwhelmed. The daily caseload has increased for India being now placed third behind the United States and Brazil, with…
THE Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) card holders are now not required to carry their old, expired passports for travel to India, a government notification has said. The global Indian diaspora has welcomed the move, reported the PTI. The OCI card is issued to people of Indian origin globally which…