Washington, June 8 (IANS) As protesters in the US began turning their initial outrage over the death of African-American man George Floyd into demands for police reform and social justice, Democrats have proposed to overhaul legal protections for police and to fight systemic racism in the law enforcement. With President[Read More…]
London, June 8 (IANS) Are you a negative thinker? Read this carefully. Researchers have found that repetitive negative thinking in later life may raise the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. The findings, published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia, revealed that persistently engaging in negative thinking patterns was linked to cognitive[Read More…]
Kochi (Kerala), June 8 (IANS) The Kerala Police launched a massive hunt to nab Basil Eldose, who slashed the neck of his sister’s close friend Akhil, on Sunday night in Muvattupuzha near here. While Eldose is a Christian, Akhil belonged to the Scheduled Caste community, said a police official attached[Read More…]
Minneapolis, June 8 (IANS) The Minneapolis City Council has voted to dismantle the US city’s police department, of which four former officers were charged over their involvement in the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man that triggered widespread global protests. Nine members — a veto-proof super-majority — of[Read More…]
Bhopal, June 8 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will visit Indore on Monday to hold review meetings and attend various official events. It will be Chouhan’s maiden visit to the city, hit by coronavirus, after taking over as Chief Minister again. He will board a flight around[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Restaurants, shopping malls, hotels and religious places on Monday threw their doors open to the public over nearly two and a half months after the COVID-19 induced nationwide lockdown was imposed across the country. The businesses will, however, have to follow the stringent guidelines issued[Read More…]
Washington, June 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said that he has ordered the National Guard recently deployed in Washington, D.C. to deal with the ongoing protests, to begin withdrawing from the nation’s capital. “I have just given an order for our National Guard to start the process of withdrawing[Read More…]
Seoul, June 8 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has presided over a politburo meeting of the Workers’ Party and discussed measures to develop the chemical industry, but inter-Korean issues and other external matters were not on the agenda, state media reported on Monday. The meeting, held on Sunday, came[Read More…]
Tirupati, June 8 (IANS) After nearly 80 days, India’s famous Sri Venkateswara temple atop the Tirumala hills here reopened on Monday with new health norms in place to check the spread of coronavirus. The famous shrine was reopened for ‘darshan’ at 6 am, though with the entry was restricted to[Read More…]
Singapore, June 8 (IANS) Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has urged the city-state’s residents to prepare for a very different future, as COVID-19 would remain a problem for a long time. He made the remarks during a national broadcast on Sunday evening, saying COVID-19, not only a public health[Read More…]
Kabul, June 8 (IANS) Afghan security authorities have launched a joint security plan to contain terror threats and crimes in the national capital of Kabul, the country’s Ministry of Interior said. The new plan would be conducted by the Joint Forces Command, involving forces from the ministries of interior and[Read More…]
Madrid, June 8 (IANS) Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced a 16 billion euros ($18 billion) fund to help the country’s 17 Autonomous Communities recover from the impacts of the coronavirus. In a televised speech on Sunday, Sanchez described the fund as “the biggest transfer ever of resources to the[Read More…]
Shimla, June 8 (IANS) Famous Hindu shrines in Himachal Pradesh remained shut on Monday as the state government was yet to put in place all the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) like sanitizer and avoiding crowding of the devotees. However, religious rituals of the prominent temples continued and webcasting of the[Read More…]
Chandigarh, June 8 (IANS) A day after announcing to declare the Class 10 examination result on Monday, the Haryana Board of School Education decided to defer its declaration indefinitely. The board said the results will now be declared only after holding the science examination, which was cancelled owing the coronavirus[Read More…]
Kuwait City, June 8 (IANS) Kuwait has planned to resume commercial flights in three stages, a Minister said. In a press statement on Sunday, Minister of State for Services Affairs Mubarak Al-Harees said he has discussed this issue with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, reports Xinhua news agency. At[Read More…]
Tokyo, June 8 (IANS) Australia international goalkeeper Mitchell Langerak has become the second player from J-League first division side Nagoya Grampus to test positive for COVID-19. Kyodo news agency reported that Langerak, who played eight times for his country, has reported no symptoms. The positive test comes following striker Mu[Read More…]
Jakarta, June 8 (IANS) AirAsia Indonesia will resume flights on June 19 as the country has gradually relaxed rules on the large-scale social restrictions imposed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the airline said. President Director of AirAsia Indonesia Veranita Yosephine Sinaga said that preparations for the resumption of[Read More…]
Bengaluru, June 8 (IANS) In an effort to help customers accelerate their Cloud journey, Wipro on Monday announced a collaboration with IBM to assist its customers embrace a seamless and secure Hybrid Cloud by launching a Wipro IBM Novus Lounge here. Through this alliance, Wipro will develop hybrid cloud offerings[Read More…]
Taipei, June 8 (IANS) Taiwan authorities have removed several major COVID-19 control measures, such as crowd control policies at mass events, as the pandemic has notably eased across the island. The island has reported no locally transmitted COVID-19 cases for eight weeks, with the total number of COVID-19 patients remaining[Read More…]
San Francisco, June 8 (IANS) In the social distancing times, this may come as a boon for selfie lovers as Apple has won a new patent that would allow users to take long-distance group selfies by staying away from each other. According to the patent application, an Apple device user[Read More…]
Gorakhpur (UP), June 8 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday offered prayers at the Gorakhnath temple to coincide with the ‘Unlock phase 1’. Yogi Adityanath reached the Gorakhnath Math — of which he is the head priest — early morning to offer prayers as the temple reopened[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 8 (IANS) It is National Best Friend Day on June 8, and TV actors took ut time to reveal who their BFF is. “Happu Ki Ultan Paltan” actress Kamna Pathak said: “My BFF is Komal Sirwani. She has been a part of my life ever since I came[Read More…]
Panaji, June 8 (IANS) The Goa government has started special Covid-19 test centres to look after patients who are asymptomatic or who have mild symptoms of Covid-19 state Health Secretary Nila Mohanan said, even as Health Department statistics show that 95 per cent of the patients in Goa, who have[Read More…]
San Francisco, June 8 (IANS) Facebook has released new visualisations and datasets publicly along with a new survey to help researchers and healthcare providers combat the Covid-19 pandemic. These include a Covid-19 map and dashboard which include international results from Facebook’s symptom survey as well as its movement range datasets[Read More…]
Kathmandu, June 8 (IANS) The Nepal government has clarified that the Himalayan country was yet to allow commercial chartered flights during the ongoing suspension of international flights enforced since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. By issuing a notice on Saturday evening, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) said[Read More…]
