Arun Singh to visit State on November 8 to take stock of developments Arun Singh to visit State on November 8 to take stock of developments The BJP’s shocking defeat in the byelection to Hangal Assembly constituency is learnt to have caused concern among the party’s central leadership, which will take stock of developments and…Continue Reading
With 12,885 people testing positive for coronavirus in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,43,21,025, while the active cases were recorded at 1,48,579, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.You can track coronavirus cases, deaths and testing rates at the national and State levels here. A list of State Helpline numbers is available…Continue Reading
Experts urge Govt. to utilise institutions to develop eco-friendly alternatives The boom of firecrackers has begun as Deepavali celebrations kick in. Many traders have also acknowledged a rise in sales. But amidst the push for green crackers, questions are being raised about whether they really are the best alternatives to existing versions when it comes…Continue Reading
The U.S. Geological Survey said the 5.7-magnitude quake struck about 65 kilometers (40 miles) off Amahai, a coastal village on Seram island The U.S. Geological Survey said the 5.7-magnitude quake struck about 65 kilometers (40 miles) off Amahai, a coastal village on Seram island A shallow undersea earthquake shook part of eastern Indonesia on November…Continue Reading
(GREEN BAY, Wis.) — Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is in the NFL’s COVID-19 protocol, leaving the NFL’s hottest team without the reigning MVP. Packers coach Matt LaFleur confirmed Wednesday that Rodgers was in the protocol, but would not say if Rodgers had tested positive nor if Rodgers has been vaccinated. LaFleur acknowledged that…Continue Reading
Louisiana’s oldest college is celebrating its first lifetime appointment to a Black faculty member, and discussing why this racial milestone took nearly two centuries to accomplish. “I think that’s the million-dollar question. It’s something I know will be highlighted and discussed” at Centenary College of Louisiana’s event Thursday honoring the now-tenured associate professor Andia Augustin-Billy,…Continue Reading
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. Here in Washington, the conversation about politics is often framed as a spectrum, a straight line with poles at the end that are hard-wired opposites. Team Blue to the…Continue Reading
(LONDON) — South African writer Damon Galgut won the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction on Wednesday with The Promise, a novel about one white family’s reckoning with South Africa’s racist history. Galgut had been British bookmakers’ runaway favorite to win the 50,000-pound ($69,000) prize with his story of a troubled Afrikaner family and its broken…Continue Reading
“Having cancer is terrifying. It’s scary. And going to the hospital—I really felt like a number,” says Marc Hulett, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2004. Hulett had surgery to remove his prostate and has been on hormone therapy for 17 years. Every three months, he gets a blood test to monitor his progress,…Continue Reading
Some Bay Area kids could get the COVID-19 vaccine as early as this week.The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in children ages 5-11, and on Tuesday, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel officially recommended the vaccine for use in children. The next step in California…Continue Reading