Mob in Pakistan’s Punjab Province Lynches Sri Lankan Citizen Over Blasphemy’

(File photo of Pakistan police/News18)Priyantha Kumara, who was in his 40s, was working as the general manager of a factory in Sialkot district, some 100 kms from here, a Punjab police official told PTI.PTI LahoreLast Updated:December 03, 2021, 18:09 ISTFOLLOW US ON:A mob in Pakistan on Friday lynched a Sri Lankan national before burning his…Continue Reading

NASA Astronauts Complete 13th Spacewalk at International Space Station

NASA footage showed Marshburn catching a ride on the robotic arm to move around the ISS before getting to work on the antenna. (NASA via The New York Times/File photo)Astronauts Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron headed outside the space laboratory on Thursday, replacing a faulty antenna and restoring its capability.AFP Last Updated:December 03, 2021, 17:32…Continue Reading

At least 17 Suspected Omicron Cases After Christmas Party of 100-plus Guests in Norway

The Omicron suspicions arose after screening was conducted on some of the tests. (Shutterstock)The number is likely to grow as sequencing is carried out on other positive tests from party-goers.AFP Last Updated:December 03, 2021, 17:23 ISTFOLLOW US ON:At least 17 people who came down with Covid-19 after a Christmas party gathering over 100 guests in…Continue Reading

Pak Embassy in Serbia Criticise PM Khan on Twitter, FO Says Account Hacked

File photo of Pakistan PM Imran Khan. (Image: Reuters/File)The official Twitter handle of the mission criticised the Imran Khan government over record-breaking inflation and alleged non-payment of salaries for the past three months.PTI IslamabadLast Updated:December 03, 2021, 16:54 ISTFOLLOW US ON:Pakistan on Friday said the social media accounts of its embassy in Serbia have been…Continue Reading

Jawad Cyclone Live Tracking: Storm to cause very heavy rainfall in three states

For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now   For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS   LIVE | Updated: Friday, December 3, 2021, 18:45 [IST] New Delhi, Dec 03: Cyclone Jawad will hit Puri in Odisha around noon on Sunday, the Weather Department has said. The cyclone is expected to trigger heavy to very heavy rainfall in almost all…Continue Reading

Decision on booster dose, jabs for kids to be taken based on expert advice: Mandaviya

For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now   For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS   | Updated: Friday, December 3, 2021, 18:43 [IST] New Delhi, Dec 3: A decision on booster dose and Covid jabs for children will be taken on the basis of scientific guidance from experts, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Friday even as India…Continue Reading

Kangana Ranaut’s car stopped in Punjab, protesters seek apology for comments on farmers’ stir

For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now   For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS   | Updated: Friday, December 3, 2021, 18:13 [IST] Chandigarh, Dec 3: Actor Kangana Ranaut’s car was on Friday briefly stopped at Kiratpur Sahib in Punjab’s Rupnagar district by a group of people, demanding an apology from her over her remarks on the farmers’…Continue Reading

WHO says measures used against delta should work for omicron

For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now   For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS   | Updated: Friday, December 3, 2021, 17:51 [IST] Manila, Dec 3: Measures used to counter the delta variant should remain the foundation for fighting the coronavirus pandemic, even in the face of the new omicron version of the virus, World Health Organisation officials…Continue Reading

Americans Are Worried About Omicron — And Are Ready to Take Most Precautions

Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. After nearly two years of living in a pandemic, many Americans have started to return to “normal” life.  In fact, 74 percent of Americans said their lives had returned to normal, according to a November Yahoo News/YouGov poll. But the new COVID-19 variant, omicron, could once again change…Continue Reading

What Went Down At The Oral Arguments On The Mississippi Abortion Law

Politics Podcast | 37:03 FiveThirtyEight Subscribe on YouTube All videos The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in one of the highest-profile cases of the term. The question is whether Mississippi’s law banning most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy is constitutional. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, senior writer and legal…Continue Reading