China’s state-run Global Times on Wednesday declared the Biden administration has “failed in the first year in office” in the battle against the Wuhan coronavirus, especially the recent omicron variant outbreak. The Chinese Communist newspaper dismissed Biden’s plans to distribute 500 million at-home test kits and encourage vaccine booster shots as a “placebo-like” approach and…Continue Reading
American parents are overwhelmingly concerned with what is being taught in schools and believe schools have gotten political over the last two years, according to a survey conducted by Free to Learn (FTL). Overall, 81 percent of Americans are concerned with the quality of education today, with 59 percent concerned specifically with what their children…Continue Reading
NEW DELHI: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned countries against blanket use of booster shots of Covid vaccines, saying it will not bring a definite end to the global pandemic, rather prolong it, as persisting vaccine inequity can help the virus with more opportunities to spread and mutate through countries with poorer vaccination coverage.…Continue Reading
DEHRADUN: A day after Harish Rawat’s tweet indicating his unhappiness with the organisational team of Uttarakhand Congress, the brass of the party’s state unit has been summoned to New Delhi, where a meeting with the national leadership is scheduled for Friday morning. Sources told TOI that Rawat will either be announced as the party’s CM…Continue Reading
PM ModiNEW DELHI: Amid rising concerns over an increase in Omicron-infected cases, PM Narendra Modi has stressed the need to be ‘satark and saavdhan (alert and careful)’ and directed officials to maintain a high level of vigil and alertness at all levels as the battle against the pandemic is not yet over. In a review…Continue Reading
HYDERABAD: Researchers at IIT Kanpur have predicted that a third wave, which may be triggered by the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus, may peak in India by February 3. “Following the trends around the world, this project report forecasts India’s third wave to start around mid-December and peak in the beginning of February,” the…Continue Reading
NEW DELHI: The Union education ministry has advised parents, students and all stakeholders in school education to be careful while opting for online content and coaching being offered by ed-tech companies. The MoE, in its advisory issued on Thursday, said it has come to the notice of the department of school education that some ed-tech…Continue Reading
The matter has come to light after the victim, who was identified as Nagen Barik, lodged a complaint with the cyber police station of the Crime Branch in Cuttack on Wednesday. BHUBANESWAR: Impersonating top officials of a reputed London-based pharmaceutical company, a group of unidentified cyber criminals cheated a Cuttack-based businessman and his partner of…Continue Reading
A police yellow tape is seen at the scene where two people were struck by gunfire in a shooting at the Burlington Coat Factory store in North Hollywood, California, Thursday. (AP)LOS ANGELES: Two people have died in a shooting at a Los Angeles clothing store Thursday, authorities said. The shooting occurred around 11.45 am at…Continue Reading
The 2022 numerals will be used at a new year countdown event in Times Square in New York. (File photo: AFP)NEW YORK: Revellers will still ring in the new year in New York’s Times Square next week, there just won’t be as many of them as usual under new restrictions announced Thursday as the city…Continue Reading