Daily Archives: August 20, 2022

Man United in maelstrom as Liverpool heads to Old Trafford

Manchester, 19 Aug: Frenzied talk of billionaires wanting or, in the case of Elon Musk, not wanting to buy Manchester United has topped the...

IAF sends four Sukhois, two C-17 aircraft for ‘Pitch Black’ exercise in Australia

New Delhi, Aug 19 (PTI) Four Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets and two C-17 heavy-lift aircraft of the Indian Air Force on Friday joined a...

India’s First Indigenously Developed Monkeypox Test Kit Launched

Visakhapatnam, Aug 19 (PTI): The first indigenously-developed RT-PCR kit for testing monkeypox was launched at the Andhra Pradesh Medtech Zone (AMTZ) on Friday. Developed by...

“Strongly Condemn”: India On Mahatma Gandhi’s Statue Vandalised In New York

New York, Aug 19 (PTI): The Consulate General of India in New York on Friday strongly condemned the vandalisation of a statue of Mahatma...

Congress’ Rahul Gandhi dilemma continues, CWC yet to announce polling date to elect new...

New Delhi, Aug 19 (PTI): Will he, will he not? That is the question on every Congress leader’s mind as Rahul Gandhi has still...

Climate change likely to reduce India’s solar, wind energy potential: Study

New Delhi, Aug 19 (PTI): Solar and wind potential in India are likely to face a negative trend in the future due to climate...

Senior Gauhati University official suspended due to delay in result declaration

Guwahati, Aug 19 (PTI) The controller of examinations of Gauhati University, Dhruwajyoti Choudhury, has been suspended with immediate effect for anomaly and delay in...

8 Kuki Tribal Union militants surrender in Assam

Haflong (Assam), Aug 19 (PTI) Eight militants of the Kuki Tribal Union (KTU), including members of its armed wing', surrendered before security forces in...

WHO pushes two Ebola treatments that dramatically reduce death rates

GENEVA, Aug 19 (AP): The World Health Organization said Friday that two existing treatments dramatically reduced deaths from Ebola and should be given to...

Salman Rushdie attack was unjustifiable, says former Pakistan PM Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD, Aug 19 (AP): Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has termed the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie as 'terrible and sad,' indicating that...

Want peaceful ties with India, Kashmir issue resolution, says Pakistan PM Sharif

ISLAMABAD, Aug 19 (AP): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed his desire for peaceful relations with India based on the principles of "equity,...

Fault in optic fiber network causes massive internet outage in Pakistan: Officials

ISLAMABAD, Aug 19 (AP): Pakistan on Friday suffered a massive internet outage when a technical fault in the optic fiber network caused by heavy...

Doctors stay in Ukraine’s war-hit towns: ‘People need us’

ZOLOCHIV, Ukraine, Aug 19 (AP) — Dr. Ilona Butova almost looks out of place in her neatly pressed lavender scrubs as she walks through...

Biden to host unity summit against hate-fueled violence

WILMINGTON, Del. , Aug 19 (AP) — President Joe Biden will host a White House summit next month aimed at combating a spate of...

High winds drive major wildfire in Spain; 35 aircraft sent

MADRID , Aug 19 (AP) — A wildfire burning out of control in Spain’s eastern province of Valencia has become one of the country’s...

UK could face public health ‘crisis’ from energy bill hike

LONDON , Aug 19 (AP) — Britain’s public health leaders appealed to the government on Friday to urgently tackle soaring energy prices, warning that...

Malaysia’s Mahathir says US seeking to provoke war in Taiwan

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia , Aug 19 (AP) — Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Friday accused the U.S. of trying to provoke a...

Market blast in north Syria kills at least 9, wounds dozens

BEIRUT , Aug 19 (AP) — A rocket attack on a crowded market in a town held by Turkey-backed opposition fighters in northern Syria...

Palestinians: Israeli troops shot, killed man in West Bank

RAMALLAH, West Bank , Aug 19 (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry said Friday Israeli forces shot and killed a man during an arrest...