Nurse practitioner Deborah Beauplan administers a COVID-19 swab test at a drive-thru testing site set up for Suffolk County, New York.Newsday | Getty ImagesThe U.S. has a long way to go before the pandemic is over and life returns to semblance of normalcy as deaths from Covid-19 remain far higher than seasonal respiratory viruses such…Continue Reading
This image from 2016 shows a wind turbine on property used by MidAmerican Energy’s Eclipse Wind Farm in Adair, Iowa.Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNew wind installations fell in 2021 as the industry faced a series of challenges, including supply chain headwinds, logistics logjams and international trade barriers, according to new analysis from S&P…Continue Reading
A total 7,152 candidates have filed their nomination papers for election to 109 urban local bodies (ULBs) including three municipal corporations which go to polls on March 24, the State Election Commission said on Monday. The filing of nomination papers for different posts in the Notified Area Councils (NACs), municipalities and municipal corporations had started…Continue Reading
Queen Elizabeth II met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday, smiling and greeting him in front of a large bouquet of blue and yellow flowers, the colors of the Ukrainian flag. The audience was the queen’s first in-person engagement since she tested positive for COVID-19 on Feb. 20. Buckingham Palace declined to comment…Continue Reading
The prime minister stressed the urgent need for ceasefire and de-escalation in violence. Khan hoped the dispute would be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy Topics Imran Khan | Russia Ukraine Conflict | Pakistan Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan discussed the Russia-Ukraine war with European Council President Charles Michel on Monday, expressing outrage at the…Continue Reading
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma on Monday said the party will repeat its performance of 2017 in the assembly elections. During his Jaipur visit, Sharma said the achievements of the Modi and Yogi governments have reached households in Uttar Pradesh and its impact will be visible in the results. “The performance of the…Continue Reading
Delhi on Monday reported 158 fresh COVID-19 cases and three deaths, while the positivity rate stood at 0.49 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. With this, the national capital’s coronavirus case count increased to 18,61,870, while the death toll mounted to 26,137, the latest health bulletin stated. The number of…Continue Reading
ON MARCH 4, as the sound of shelling boomed outside, the VN Karazin Kharkiv National University in eastern Ukraine alerted its international students about “scammers” promising transfers to other institutions in neighbouring Poland, Hungary or Romania. A few days earlier, authorities of Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University in western Ukraine informed its international students…Continue Reading
Expressing “deep concern” for the safety and security of Indian students still in Ukraine, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Monday and sought their support for safe and quick evacuation of Indians from the city of Sumy in north-east Ukraine, official sources said. Modi’s conversation with…Continue Reading
The conflict in Ukraine could see China and the United States arrive at a new modus vivendi aimed at anchoring the world economy even as their tension-filled relationship continues and Beijing steams ahead toward its objective of establishing a solid presence in the Indian Ocean, former Foreign Secretary and Ambassador to China Vijay Gokhale said…Continue Reading
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