The World Health Organization called Tuesday for countries to keep calm and take “rational” measures in response to the new, fast-spreading Covid variant Omicron, which has sparked global panic. “We call on all member states to take rational, proportional risk-reduction measures,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a briefing to countries. “The global response…Continue Reading
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday urged Governor R N Ravi to forward a Bill, passed by the Assembly to exempt the state from the ambit of NEET and provide for admission to medical courses based on Class XII marks, to President Ram Nath Kovind for his assent. Stalin called on…Continue Reading
Two days after the United States moved China and 26 other nations to its trade blacklist, Beijing has asked Washington to stop “close-in reconnaissance, interference, provocation and show of force” in the Asia-Pacific region. Commenting on whether the US military must be accountable for the USS Connecticut nuclear submarine collision and dismissing commanding officer, Chinese…Continue Reading
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K. Stalin has urged his counterpart in Odisha, Naveen Patnaik, along with the CMs of Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi to reconsider the ban on the sale of firecrackers and allow sale of green crackers during Diwali this year.In a letter to four Chief Ministers, Stalin requested them to allow the…Continue Reading