BEIJING:As multiple regions in China are hit with surging COVID-19 infections, local hospitals are going all out to offer timely treatment, particularly for severe cases. Many hospitals are actively allocating resources and adding beds while medical workers are working around the clock to treat severe cases and save lives. In Harbin, capital of Northeast China’s […]
KIEV:The Ukrainian capital came under air attacks carried out by the Russian forces overnight Sunday, with explosions being reported in several districts of the city, local authorities said. The Kiev City Military Administration said in a statement that the air defense shot down all 32 air targets launched against the capital. Wreckage from aerial intercepts […]
BEW DELHI:Injured India wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant has been shifted to a private suite from the ICU due to a high risk of catching infection, said Shyam Sharma, DDCA Director. On Friday morning, Pant, 25, suffered multiple injuries when his car collided with a road divider and caught fire on the Delhi-Dehradun highway. The horrific […]
ZAGREB:Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, visited Croatia on New Year’s day to mark the country’s entry into the eurozone and the border-free Schengen area. Various activities were held at border crossings with Slovenia and Hungary on early Sunday morning to celebrate the historic moment. “This is a day to celebrate. It […]
GENEVA:Alain Berset from the Social Democrat party of Switzerland has took office as President of the Swiss Confederation for the second time. Berset is also head of the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs. Born in Fribourg on April 9, 1972, he previously held the presidential post in 2018. “After the pandemic and in this […]
SAN FRANCISCO:A few employees at Twitter have started clocking in at work with essential supplies in hand including toilet paper, as CEO Elon Musk tosses away janitors to save costs for the social networking company. According to the New York Times, Musk fired janitors working at the San Francisco headquarters earlier this month after the […]
MUMBAI:In a sensational claim, Vanita Sharma – the mother of the late actress Tunisha – said for the first time that there was ‘pressure’ on her daughter to convert to Islam, here on Friday. Speaking to the media, she said that Tunisha Sharma was constantly harassed in different ways by her ex-boyfriend Sheezan Khan – […]
PHNOM PENH:The death toll due to a massive fire that engulfed a hotel-casino in Cambodia’s Banteay Meanchey province has risen to 25, officials said on Friday, adding that a search operation is still underway. “This (Friday) morning, rescue teams recovered six more bodies from the charred rooms of the hotel-casino, bringing the number of the […]
LONDON:An Indian-origin pharmacist in the UK has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for supplying ‘under the counter drugs’ leading to the death of a woman in 2020. Dushyant Patel, 67, a London pharmacist with more than 40 years of experience, had supplied class C drugs to Alisha Siddiqi, whose body was found at […]
NEW DELHI:Prime Minister Narendra Modi has often highlighted his mother Hiraben’s influence in shaping his life as he rose from a humble family background to become India’s prime minister. As Hiraben, who passed away on Friday, entered the 100th year of her life on June 18 this year, Modi had penned an emotional and deeply-felt […]