SEATTLE — Washington state Sen. Doug Ericksen, a staunch conservative, has died at age 52.Ericksen’s death Friday came weeks after he said he had tested positive for the coronavirus while in El Salvador, though his cause of death wasn’t immediately released. The state Senate Republican Caucus confirmed his passing Saturday.Ericksen, a Ferndale Republican, reached out…Continue Reading
KARACHI, Pakistan — A powerful gas explosion in a sewage system in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, killed at least 12 people and injured 11 others Saturday, police and a health official said.Police spokesman Sohail Jokhio said the blast was apparently caused when something ignited gas that had accumulated in the sewer beneath a local bank…Continue Reading
There will be no live audience or musical guest for this year’s final episode of “Saturday Night Live” due to Covid-19, the show and singer-songwriter Charli XCX announced. “SNL” cited the recent spike in the omicron variant, and said there will also be limited cast and crew on set, according to a series of tweets.…Continue Reading
Karnataka’s tourism tagline is, ‘One state, many worlds’. But what attracts little discussion is the many languages within the many worlds of the State. The Bangalore Literature Festival (BLF), in its landmark tenth edition this year, opened here on Saturday with ‘Multilingualism and endangered languages’ as a dominating theme. The highlight of this year’s festival…Continue Reading
Will the COVID-19 pandemic ever end? What will our lives look like from here on? Should we be sending children to school? And do we know where the virus came from? These were only some of the volley of questions that Gagandeep Kang, Professor of Microbiology at Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, answered at…Continue Reading
The Mail on Sunday reported he tendered his resignation a week ago Britain’s chief Brexit negotiator David Frost. File | Photo Credit: AP The Mail on Sunday reported he tendered his resignation a week ago Britain’s Brexit minister David Frost has resigned over the “political direction” of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government, the Mail…Continue Reading
The Congress leader mocked the NDA government at the Centre over its decision to observe Good Governance Week Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and TMC MP and actress Mimi Chakraborty release Tharoor’s book titled ‘Pride, Prejudice and Punditry’, in Kolkata, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress leader mocked the NDA government…Continue Reading
The Shankaranarayana police in Udupi arrested a guest lecturer of a Government First Grade College for allegedly sexually harassing a 20-year-old student of the college. The police gave the name of the arrested person as Vignesh, 40. The police said the victim, a final year degree student, started getting unwanted messages from Vignesh from last…Continue Reading
Ministry of Minority Affairs Union Minister for Minority Affairs Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said, “Talibani mentality” on women’s liberty, dignity, empowerment and constitutional equality will not be tolerated in India. The Constitutional and social commitment of the Indians, especially the majority community, has ensured that socio-economic-educational, religious and other rights of Minorities are absolutely…Continue Reading
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare COVID-19 Vaccination Update – Day 337 India’s cumulative vaccination coverage crosses 137 Crore landmark milestoneMore than 69 lakh Vaccine doses administered today till 7 pm Posted On: 18 DEC 2021 8:48PM by PIB Delhi India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 137 Crore landmark milestone (137,37,66,189) today. More than 69…Continue Reading