Tokyo, Feb 6 (IANS) Japan’s Health Ministry on Thursday confirmed that the number of people who tested positive for the novel coronavirus on board a quarantined cruise ship off the coast of Yokohama has increased to 20. On Thursday morning, the Ministry released a second set of results for tests[Read More…]
Lucknow/Ayodhya, Feb 6 (IANS) Zafaryab Jilani, the convener of the All India Babri Masjid Action Committee (AIBMAC) has said that the five-acre land being offered to UP Sunni Central Waqf Board is ‘not in Ayodhya’. Muslim litigant Mohammad Umar also questioned the location of the land and said, “Why should[Read More…]
Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 6 (IANS) Apprehensions over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) are now so strong that a team of economic enumerators were allegedly manhandled in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district and faced stiff resistance from the people. A team of the economic[Read More…]
By Baidurjo Bhose New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly has headed to England and it is believed that discussion on the much-talked about 4-nation series is on the cards. While an informal meeting with the English and Wales Cricket Board[Read More…]
Agra, Feb 6 (IANS) Four members of a gang that is involved in stealing heavy duty batteries from mobile towers, street lights and goods ferrying vehicles from expressways and national highways have been arrested by the Agra police. The persons arrested on Wednesday have been identified as Prahlad Singh, Rahul[Read More…]
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 6 (IANS) The Purvanchal Sena has launched a postcard campaign, terming the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) as a ‘black law’ and urged the Narendra Modi-led Central government to repeal the same. The Purvanchal Sena is a lesser-known Dalit outfit in eastern Uttar Pradesh that had extended[Read More…]
Taipei, Feb 6 (IANS) Chinese multinational conglomerate holding company Tencent has allegedly published “real” data on the novel coronavirus deaths, with briefly listing death toll as 24,589 — way too higher than over 500 deaths China has officially announced to date. According to Taiwan News, “Tencent… seems to have inadvertently[Read More…]
Washington, Feb 6 (IANS) For the first time in six years, the US trade deficit in goods and services has declined in 2019, falling by 1.7 per cent due to the uneven reduction in both imports and exports amid the trade and tariff war and slower global growth. The accumulated[Read More…]
London, Feb 6 (IANS) Tottenham edged Southampton 3-2 in an FA Cup fourth-round replay that was decided on a penalty conversion by Son Heung-min shortly before the start of second-half stoppage time. The teams had to square off in a rematch on Wednesday after their initial fourth-round encounter on January[Read More…]
Melbourne, Feb 6 (IANS) Ahead of the Women’s T20 World Cup, Australia’s Ellyse Perry has unveiled a mural celebrating two of the world’s most famous ‘Perrys’ — Ellyse Perry and global pop superstar Katy Perry. Ellyse on Thursday put the finishing touches to the mural, which was painted in the[Read More…]
Geneva, Feb 6 (IANS) The World Health Organization (WHO) lauded China for the quick construction of two new hospitals in Wuhan for patients diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, saying it was a remarkable effort. The Huoshenshan, a makeshift hospital with 1,000 beds dedicated to treating patients infected with the coronavirus,[Read More…]
London, Feb 6 (IANS) Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah has withdrawn from this year’s London half marathon due to injury. The 36-year-old decided to withdraw from the meet after sustaining a minor Achilles injury in training, reports BBC Sport. “My priority is to be fit, healthy and competitive for the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party candidate and sitting MLA from Delhi’s Badarpur Assembly constituency, N. D. Sharma on Thursday claimed that he was attacked by some unidentified men on Thursday. Sharma, who in 2015 had successfully contested from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ticket from the Badarpur[Read More…]
Jerusalem, Feb 6 (IANS) At least 14 people were injured, including one in critical condition, on Thursday after a car rammed onto pedestrians in the Israeli city of Jerusalem, police said. The incident occurred at about 2 a.m. near Jerusalem’s First Station, a popular entertainment hub, The Times of Israel[Read More…]
Indore, Feb 6 (IANS) Unsuspecting villagers were tricked into lynching a 35-year-old man and grievously injuring his six friends in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district, about 60 kms from here. The incident happened on Wednesday in Baroli village. According to the police, Vinod Mukati had hired some labourers from Baroli for[Read More…]
Ramallah, Feb 6 (IANS) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will address the UN Security Council (UNSC) next week over the US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan, better known as the Deal of the Century, an official announced here. On Wednesday, Riyad Mansour, Permanent Representative of Palestine in the UN,[Read More…]
Jakarta, Feb 6 (IANS) A 6.3-magnitude earthquake jolted the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Thursday, but authorities did not issue a tsunami alert. The quake struck at 1.12 a.m. on Thursday, with the epicentre at 69 km northeast Bangkalan of East Java province and the depth at 636 km[Read More…]
Damascus, Feb 6 (IANS) Syria’s air defence on Thursday responded to fresh Israeli missile strikes over the capital Damascus. The missiles, launched from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, targeted areas west of Damascus, Xinhua news agency reported citing state TV as saying. The Israeli strikes targeted military sites in the Kisweh[Read More…]
Islamabad, Feb 6 (IANS) A Chinese national who was admitted to an Islamabad hospital earlier this week over fears that he may be infected by the coronavirus, has tested negative for the fatal disease, according to medical reports. On Tuesday, the patient was shifted to an isolation ward in the[Read More…]
Islamabad, Feb 6 (IANS) PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif has said that because former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter, Maryam Nawaz, was not permitted to be with him in London, cardiologists had to change the pre-decided date for his treatment twice. In a statement on Wednesday, the Leader of the Opposition[Read More…]
Beijing, Feb 6 (IANS) Chinese health authorities on Thursday said it received reports of 3,694 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 73 deaths on Wednesday from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. Among the deaths, 70 were in Hubei Province, one in Tianjin, one[Read More…]
Wuhan, Feb 6 (IANS) Central China’s Hubei Province reported 2,987 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 70 new deaths on Wednesday, local health authorities said on Thursday. The provincial capital Wuhan reported 1,766 new infections and 52 new deaths, and the cities of Xiaogan, Huanggang and Suizhou reported[Read More…]
Tunis, Feb 6 (IANS) Hundreds of Tunisians marched in the centre of the capital Tunis in protest of the newly unveiled US Middle East peace plan, also known as the Deal of the Century. The protesters on Wednesday include members of civil society, professional organisations and political parties as well[Read More…]
Sofia, Feb 6 (IANS) Bulgaria and Belarus here expressed their willingness to expand bilateral ties during the first visit of a Belarusian foreign minister since the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations in 1992. “This visit is a strong sign of the mutual desire of our countries to develop relations in[Read More…]
Tripoli, Feb 6 (IANS) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that 116 illegal immigrants were voluntarily deported from Libya to Niger. A total of “116 Nigerien migrants arrived yesterday in Niamey by charter flight with support from IOM Libya,” IOM tweeted on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported. “The IOM[Read More…]
